Recent content by Funky Chicken

Thank you CL. CIJ with “S” serial number picked up from original owner who bought it to switch from guitar to bass, gave up after a few weeks, and stuck it in a closet for 16 years. Squeaky clean. In dire need of a setup-started tightening the truss rod today. Added Dunlop Straplok Buttons.

Every once in a while Craigslist comes through.CIJ Geddy. “S” serial number so 2006-07. Bought from original owner who decided to stick to guitar a couple weeks in and stuck it in a closet for 16 years. In desperate need of a setup but responding well to truss rod tweaks. Limited plugged in time...

I've got a '93 in the same finish with a maple board. My most gigged bass for over 20 years. Nice find!

I'm a weird guy. I have gigged as a bass player for nearly 40 years (much less frequently the last 10) but I ran on two basses for more than half that time. My guitar collection, on the other hand, has steadily grown because I was always trying to add instruments that didn't overlap one another...

I got the '60s Traditional Fretless Jazz in Three Color Burst from CME as a "used" (I promise you it was NOT-the plastic was still on the tuners) instrument for $650 over July 4th weekend. It's amazing. Maybe they set it up (I doubt it) but I pulled it out of the bag and fell in love. I really...

I had a 4001 as a kid and traded it away to buy an Aria Pro II SB-900. 37 years later I am the proud owner of a new 4003S in Mapleglo, delivered from Dave’s a couple of weeks ago. Pickup cover off, bezel installed. It’s great right out of the case. It’s a weird bass, and it’s easier to have one...

I just bought a new Rickenbacker 4003S AND a Fender MIJ Traditional ‘60s Jazz Fretless and stayed within $50 of your budget. More Basses=happy bass player.

Five pages in and nobody has mentioned two things. Dave’s Guitar Shop is another independent with good pricing (in line with Wildwood) and who turns Ricks fairly quickly. I have my second new Rick in a year inbound from Dave’s (4003S in Mapleglo-the other was a 660/12 in Ruby, quite possibly the...

”Floor Model” @ $750 plus 15% off = $637.50 plus free shipping. Ends tonight. 2 left. Mine is on the way.

I just bought the Fretless from CME as a “floor model” for $637.50. Couldn’t resist. The last “Floor Model” I bought from them was never out of the case. Busy week with two new Basses inbound-also have a Rickenbacker 4003S in Mapleglo on its way.

I bought a very early Sterling (Neck date 7/8/93 so pre-Summer NAMM that year when they introduced the model) in '94 for $600. I found it in the Bargain News (CT's local want ad paper) and met the guy at a rest stop on the Merritt Parkway. Red/Maple. Still have it. Mutes intact, and somehow I...

Bumping-some of these are now available on CME’s website.

The link popped up on the Fender site a few days before NAMM but has since disappeared. Maybe shipping delays? In any case I am quite interested in the '60s hybrid Jazz.

When I got my Steinberger L2 in the fall of 1983 I decided to pull the frets out of the Aria Pro II SB-900 that it replaced. I did a hack job. I wish I had never done that and I wish I had kept that bass. I sold it a few years later and eventually got a Music Man Sterling Fretless (the real...

Make mine the '60s Hybrid Jazz in Surf Green.