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Alrighty then, here's the skinny on the 2 RUBY basses:
--According to the Ric website, these are made in Dec of 86 and Jan of 87
--As you can see by the pictures, the black trim is intact and I plan to keep them just as you see them, I tried to change out a couple of chrome pieces but they took away from the color
--The neck wear is on the 86 and it is no different than my 91 MBlue, the finish is intact and the color has changed UNDERNEATH the top clearcoat
--The necks are both arrow straight and have little to no fretwear
--Obviously, the basses have been played and there are various nicks and scuffs here and there(not an issue for me!!)
--The camera makes them look redder than they actually are, there is a silver coat underneath as can be seen on the neck of the 86
--I played them both yesterday at church using the trusty SansAmp and was happy as a clam about how they sound
--These have become #1 and #2 and will be my touring basses as I go out live

Now for some pics...

Ruby compared to fireglo, for Jim Glen of course!!

The last picture here shows the color without any real artificial light...especially when next to fireglo.

Me like'm Ruby!

Nice pair Jaymi .... !!!

...and the basses are pretty cool too! (rim shot)

so Jaymi ... what did you trade for those red guys? ... the azureglo and the 4004CI?

Suhweeeeeeet.

These basses look Red to me, not Ruby. Ruby was a metallic red, while Red was non-metallic. And according to the timeline on Mike Parks' site, Ruby was 1980-84, Red was 1985-99.

jeff, azure and cheyenne I

Dave, the undercoating on these is silver, I matched them to my earlier Ruby basses and the color is identical. The Camera made them look more red but check out the ruby/fireglo picture and the color makes more sense. They are definitely NOT the "ferrari" red..

I've actually seen Ruby 4003 with '85 and '87 serials. I had a Ruby 620/12 that had an '86 serial. It's still a rare color but I think the timeline is a bit off.