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The honeymoon with my SnoGlo 4003 is far from over....
The other day at a gig I found the stage wall was the perfect backdrop for my new bass. I ended up taking LOTS of pictures and thought I would share some with you all. I hope that's ok.

Wow...Very nice.

VEry cool, Keith! Nice work balancing the bass with the backlighting, too.

Keef wrote:The other day at a gig

The other day?
Man, that backdrop at the club is pure 60's psych! The SnoGlo looks great but I want to hear more about this club that was time warped from 45 years ago.

NICE pics!!!!!!!! In the first one, I SWEAR I can see the body routing for the harness and neck pup--RIGHT THROUGH THE PICKGUARD!!!

Anyone else notice that???

LOVE that back-drop.......FAR OUT Man!!!!!!!!!

Very cool shots!

Very Cool! Great shots, and yes that first pic does look like the rout under the guard.

Nice pix!

There are quite a few guards that show the routes.

RIC often (nearly always?) uses a slightly translucent pickguard material. It is more noticeable when the back surface is on White; the contrast of the deeper, more shaded areas in the routes shows through.

bassduke49 wrote:RIC often (nearly always?) uses a slightly translucent pickguard material.

And when we didn't, people complained vociferously about it.

That all came to a head when acrylic production completely ceased in the USA and was all moved to Mexico and China, resulting in every batch being a different opacity.

My '74 MG has that effect... I always thought it was kind of cool!

teeder wrote:Nice pix!

There are quite a few guards that show the routes.

Unfortunately....

Very nice pics of a beautiful bass.

Thanks everyone!
Yes, it's a pretty trippy background... very 70's.
I kind of like the semi translucent pick guard... it gives it a bit of an organic feel.

I can't say enough about how much I love this bass. It played perfect out of the box... I didn't have to adjust or tweak anything (except for adding vintage type knobs). The tone is so powerful and full... I could go on and on, but I realize I'm preaching to the choir!
And now that I'm not expecting my v63 to sound like a 4003, I'm falling in love with that bass all over again too. I was considering selling it a while ago, but it's a keeper now. I put a set of Thomastic flatwounds on it and it sounds amazing.

I so do love a happy ending... or beginning...?

Lovely looking bass and enhanced by a trippy background. Nice photos!!