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Ladies and gents..#179
Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2011 10:58 pm
by bartyclue
By far the best Ric I have ever played let alone owned. Such a great Axe. My other 5 are Jealous....
Re: Ladies and gents..#179
Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2011 11:05 pm
by cjj
Re: Ladies and gents..#179
Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2011 11:05 pm
by ajish4
SWEET!
CONGRATS BRIAN!
GOTTA LOVE THE CS!
Re: Ladies and gents..#179
Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2011 11:15 pm
by bartyclue
If you're ever in Edmonton...
Re: Ladies and gents..#179
Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2011 11:31 pm
by FretlessOnly
Yeah, that's very nice (the b&w shot is particularly cool). My concern with owning one of these (or any bass with original or re-issue horseshoe) is the string clearance around the H/S. I like my action on the high side and play fingerstyle on the hard side. I do have the bridge PU covers on my '73 4001FL and '08 4003 with no problems, but it looks to me as if there might be somewhat less string clearance with a H/S.
Re: Ladies and gents..#179
Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2011 11:54 pm
by superdick2112
Congrats! Great looking CS!
Also, some very nice pix btw.
Re: Ladies and gents..#179
Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2011 12:07 am
by cjj
bartyclue wrote:
If you're ever in Edmonton...
Dang! I used to live a mere 600 miles from Edmonton (Malta, MT). Now I'm about 700 miles away...
But, If I'm ever in the vicinity, I'll be sure to look you up!
Re: Ladies and gents..#179
Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2011 12:20 am
by bartyclue
FretlessOnly wrote:Yeah, that's very nice (the b&w shot is particularly cool). My concern with owning one of these (or any bass with original or re-issue horseshoe) is the string clearance around the H/S. I like my action on the high side and play fingerstyle on the hard side. I do have the bridge PU covers on my '73 4001FL and '08 4003 with no problems, but it looks to me as if there might be somewhat less string clearance with a H/S.
I play fingerstyle as well. There are no issues with clearance. I also play fairly heavy rock and this bass is bad a$$
Re: Ladies and gents..#179
Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2011 1:13 am
by aceonbass
I really like the finish checking on this. Gives it a real cool aged look. I also like the fact that it's one of the earlier ones with the more accurate bridge pickup surround. I'm guessing it must have the longer headstock too. You should add one of the C64 replacement tailpieces to get it the rest of the way there.
Re: Ladies and gents..#179
Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2011 1:23 am
by badeggs
Oh man, that's sweet...congrats!!!
Re: Ladies and gents..#179
Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2011 1:31 am
by bartyclue
aceonbass wrote:I really like the finish checking on this. Gives it a real cool aged look. I also like the fact that it's one of the earlier ones with the more accurate bridge pickup surround. I'm guessing it must have the longer headstock too. You should add one of the C64 replacement taipieces to get it the rest of the way there.
Re: Ladies and gents..#179
Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2011 2:04 am
by songdog
Oh, that's a beautiful bass, beautifully photographed! I can haz more picturz?
Chris Squire is why I bought a 4001 in the first place, so I especially appreciate the 4001CS... wish I'd had the sense to buy one when they were new. I could have afforded it then, but alas not now....
Re: Ladies and gents..#179
Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2011 3:15 am
by rickenbrother
Sweet! Congrats and enjoy it, Brian!
Re: Ladies and gents..#179
Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2011 6:21 am
by T.A.R.
Wow, That is beautiful Love the headstock shot!
Re: Ladies and gents..#179
Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2011 9:18 am
by teeder
aceonbass wrote:I really like the finish checking on this. Gives it a real cool aged look. I also like the fact that it's one of the earlier ones with the more accurate bridge pickup surround. I'm guessing it must have the longer headstock too. You should add one of the C64 replacement tailpieces to get it the rest of the way there.
+1! Nice bass!
Probably a '91 or early '92.
My April '92 V63 is the last one I see in the register that has the nicer (to me) surround.
