iiipopes wrote:Yes. My 4002.
That bass is definitely one of "The Ones" out there for sure... an amazing specimen. I was lucky enough, i.e. Scott was gracious enough, to let me use it on a coffeehouse jazz gig for a few songs.
I have a couple of "The Ones" ("the Two"?). My 4003FL--obviously. It has had the most setup work needed out of all of my basses yet it has always felt special to me. It probably has the most gig hours on it out of all of my basses, although my 2007 4003 would be neck-and-neck with it possibly. When this bass has not been good to me it the past it really sucked, but whenever it was good, it seemed to outshine all the annoying stuff. It's now been through lots of setup and work, including fingerboard planing, such that it's basically been "polished" to perfection. Our relationship had a rough start but there was always so much passion there it pretty much had to work.
The other "One" is my 2010 4003, which is a bit of a fluke story. My 2009 had a thick neck that didn't respond to truss rods so RIC replaced it, around mid-2010, with a new bass. Thin two-piece neck and the new finish this time. This bass shouldn't hold much sentimental value to me, being so new, but it does; it plays and feels so well, it's kind of like meeting someone perfect without even trying.
Really, I'd be a liar to say the other two (4003 and 4001FL) don't mean a lot to me as well. The 2007 4003 was my first full-time Ric and was my only bass for the better part of a year. The 4001FL is a very unique spirit, quite exotic and very dependable. I've had better luck "bonding" with each of my Rics than I have any of my previous basses. I guess in the grand scheme of things I'd say there is such a thing as "The One" but in my case it might even be "The Four".
