Greetings! Waiting for my 4003!

oster · Post by **oster** » Wed Apr 21, 2004 5:21 pm

Hi everybody, I'm very glad to have found this discussion board. It will likely be invaluable once my just ordered 4003 (Mapleglo) arrives. After just settling for other instruments for so long, I've finally made a move towards getting my dream bass and as of Monday the 19th am finally the owner of a brand new Rickenbacker. On paper, at least! It will be worth however long it takes - I was told a few months. Looking forward to more informed discussion then!

mikeylc · Post by **mikeylc** » Wed Apr 21, 2004 7:11 pm

Congratulations on your purchase and welcome to the forum. There are a lot of guys who know there stuff here and are a great help when it comes to RICs.

Delivery time really depends on what is going on at RIC. I believe RIC quotes 6-9 months from dealer order date. I ordered a Turquoise 4003 in mid-December that has not yet arrived. I order a Montezuma Brown 4003 in late January and it arrived in mid-March. I figured the Turquoise would be in before the MB. The MB was ordered right after the NAMM show so I figured that RIC would have many, many orders as a result so I was thinking early xmas present.

oster · Post by **oster** » Wed Apr 21, 2004 7:34 pm

Thanks a lot Mike! I think it's great that Rickenbacker does business this way. It makes the whole experience of acquiring/owning an instrument all the more unique and personal. I think I'm going to like it here!

jnbass · Post by **jnbass** » Wed Apr 21, 2004 10:48 pm

Owen- Welcome!

May you begin the journey down the path of GAS!

ojobob2 · Post by **ojobob2** » Thu Apr 22, 2004 2:01 am

Welcome! Good to see another Owen around here - im waiting for a 4003 to arrive also,

beatlefan · Post by **beatlefan** » Thu Apr 22, 2004 3:02 am

G.A.S. in its infancy....

I can see it happening right before my eyes...

beatlefan · Post by **beatlefan** » Thu Apr 22, 2004 3:02 am

Welcome aboard Owen! Just out of curiosity, what dealer did you order your new RIC from??

basshawk · Post by **basshawk** » Thu Apr 22, 2004 3:25 am

Welcome,Owen. You'll love your 4003, I've had mine for 16 years. True workhorses, those 4003's.

oster · Post by **oster** » Thu Apr 22, 2004 5:32 am

Hello and Thanks for the welcome everyone! Chris, I ordered my RIC from Long & McQuade, a big music store in Toronto and indeed Canada. L&M's 'house brands' incl. Yorkville Sound and the mighty TRAYNOR! They have excellent customer service and I believe they are the only store in Toronto with a Rickenbacker account. I was given the 1993 '4000 Series' catalog free to make the waiting a little easier.

johnhall · Post by **johnhall** » Thu Apr 22, 2004 5:43 am

Actually . . . Steve's in Montreal and Toronto are quite a big dealer of ours along with a handful of smaller stores. Long & McQuade certainly has the coverage all the way across the country. But as the distributor of Gibson in Canada, they do have their priorities.

rickcrazy · Post by **rickcrazy** » Mon May 03, 2004 2:17 pm

Art In America's 1983 album, Druid's 'Toward The Sun' (1975) and 'Fluid' (1976), Esperanto's 'Last Tango' (1975).

jnbass · Post by **jnbass** » Mon May 03, 2004 2:51 pm

'Last Tango' in Paris?

mortivan · Post by **mortivan** » Tue May 04, 2004 4:08 pm

Triumvirat - Illusions on a Double Dimple
Starcastle - Starcastle
Crack the Sky - Crack the Sky
Spock's Beard - V

rickcrazy · Post by **rickcrazy** » Wed May 05, 2004 2:51 am

No, not in Paris. Seriously, 'Last Tango' has the some of the most in-your-face Rick tone I've ever heard on record. To quote myself, 'The 4001 bass at its formidable best'.

ilan · Post by **ilan** » Wed May 05, 2004 3:54 am

"some of the most in-your-face Rick tone ... 'The 4001 bass at its formidable best'"

To me, that's Glover's solo in Purple's Pictures of Home (Machine Head album).