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Introduction
Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2005 11:30 pm
by sped17
Stupid me--been lurking for a couple of months and posted twice, then I remembered about introductions! Sorry about that....my name's Mike Carlson,I live in Duluth, MN....I've only got one Rick (so far), a 1980 4001 that WAS burgundy when I got it in 1984. Being young and dumb at the time, I decided to repaint it (I know, I know...)since I'm an artist with the airbrush in my normal day job. Anyway, I didn't do anything gaudy or loud, just irridescent blue w/ chameleon topcoat. Other than paint, it's completely stock, no mods. Then I've got 2 Fenders, a '97 P-bass Special, candy apple red, Dimarzio P/J pickups, Badass II bridge.....and a '99 MIA Precision, metallic purple, Dimarzio split pickup, maple fingerboard. For amp I've got an Ampeg B4-R running through an Ampeg BSE410-HLF and an old Peavey cab with a single 18" BW speaker. I play in a blues/old rock band (anything to keep 'em on the dancefloor!) in the Duluth/Superior area, we're called The Busters. I just joined up with these guys last April--was on the verge of giving up playing music and was going to sell my equipment after my best friend (hunting, fishing and jamming buddy) died unexpectedly last Jan. of a heart attack while snow blowing his driveway. Then out of the blue I got 2 different calls to try out for local bands, I went with the rockers over the country band! The Busters opened the Bayfront Blues Fest in Aug. 2004 here in Duluth--I can't remember all the other bands that were there, but there was Little Richard, Koko Taylor. Lamont Cranston, and Big Walter Smith & The Groove Merchants to name a few.
Anyway, I'm looking forward to contributing what I can in the Rick forum--I've learned a LOT from all you people already!
Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2005 1:49 am
by henny
A good old forum welcome from me to you, Mike!
Get some pics up of your 80' 4001!
Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2005 1:53 am
by los_sentidos
Hola!
Yeah - lets seen the handy work on the Riccy
Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2005 4:29 am
by teeder
Welcome Mike!
Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2005 4:34 am
by rickde
Hey Mike. I'm from Superior. Welcome.
Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2005 5:46 am
by atomic_punk
Mike, I almost wrecked my car in Duluth on my way to a gig in Ely. Welcome to the forum!
Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2005 6:30 am
by marty
Welcome Mike.
Look forward to seeing a pic of that paintjob
Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2005 7:21 am
by jwilli
Welcome Mike.
Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2005 8:12 am
by jps
Welcome Mike, nice to see a blues band with that ol' Chris Squire bass tone!
Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2005 9:04 am
by ken_swearingen
welcome mike,i never made an introduction i just started posting ,i guess its like getting in front of the class and the teacher saying so tell us about yourself ,its easier to try to just blend in .its a pretty relaxed here great bunch of guy's and gal's i can be a little or alot obnoxious with my point of view and ill humor i think I'm tolerated at best,anyway welcome.
Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2005 9:09 am
by jnbass
Welcome!
must-post-pics...
Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2005 10:02 am
by crazypink
Hi Mike, and well you guessed it, another welcome! Cant wait to see your airbrushed art! enjoy the forum!
Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2005 10:42 am
by phlemmy
welcome. i'm still relatively new as well.
Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2005 5:48 am
by sped17
Um, slight problem with posting pics right now--I don't have a digital camera....but I plan on getting one very soon, maybe this week. I turn 48 tomorrow and although I already got myself a birthday present ('97 mapleglo 4003 from a guy in San Diego, off E-bay for $950+shipping) I've been needing to get a digital camera for some time. I'll see what's on sale at Best Buy this week. If anybody really wants to see what I can do with the airbrush, then check out this page:
www.deercals.com
There's a photo of me with a painting of a whitetail deer that I did a couple of years ago--my hair isn't really that gray, just bad light! In that painting the deer itself is life-size...I measured the antler tines to be exact.
So Rick Germany is from Superior--interesting!
Although I see in your profile that you're now living in Boston--been there a few times when I used to live in Northfield, Vermont. I'm actually from Germany, born in a tiny village called Frankershausen, about an hour from Kassel, where my mom is from. My dad was in the US Air Force, so we moved around a lot when I was younger--I graduated from high school in Izmir, Turkey in 1975 and have also lived in Iceland.
Gotta stop here....have to e-mail a guy who wants to buy my '80 4001 and tell him it's not for sale....Later
Mike
Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2005 6:40 am
by rictified
Welcome Mike,
I have an 81 Burgandy 4003 and had a 68 Candy Apple Red P bass, I also play a lot of blues, (mostly with upright now though) with Rics with flatwounds on them along with all sorts of other types of music.