4003AC. OK.

[PennyroyalWe]

Never heard of this dude, or his bands. From what I’ve seen here, he seems more like a guitarist playing a bass. Regardless, I still don’t hear/see the connection with weed beyond the run of 420. Certainly not the Ric for me, but I’m also not the demographic for this bass either. I wish they would just buckle and make an import budget line, that’d turn more heads (and also possibly turn up more noses.)

 

[Gizmot]

I love my Ric basses and I keep wishing that they would give me a real reason to buy a new one. And they give us this?

I HATE the inlays and I hate the control knobs (but at least that's easily fixable). I'm certain that all those pickup shields help minimize noise, but there isn't much space left to actually play this bass.

I bet the bridge helps it sound better (but I've already got a Hipshot on my '79).

The bottom line: if Ric TRIED to come up with a weird bass, they could hardly have done better.

Come on Rickenbacker - - get serious and create a new bass that I'd like to own.

 

[JBOWLES]

Never heard of this dude, or his bands. From what I’ve seen here, he seems more like a guitarist playing a bass. Regardless, I still don’t hear/see the connection with weed beyond the run of 420.

This might help.

Guitarist playing bass? Not so much.

 

[ardgedee]

...I still don’t hear/see the connection with weed beyond the run of 420.

The entirety of Sleep's recorded output, plus promo art, album covers, and so on, are about marijuana and getting high.

And that's also why the inlays are green.

 

[Tony In Philly]

I don't think Lemmy would have liked it. How could he have rested his picking hand on this unique specimen?

 

[Aceonbass]

Digging that Hipshot inspired bridge though.

The new tailpiece is a heavily modified 4003 casting with Schaller style roller saddles.

 

[cataract]

The new tailpiece is a heavily modified 4003 casting with Schaller style roller saddles.

I love it!

 

[Gilmourisgod]

@Aceonbass
You seem to have an inside track on Ric, have you seen the new bridge in person yet? I want one!

 

[4001]

TalkBass used to have a "There are no ugly basses" rule ....

I don't know...I've seen some ugly basses here on TB.....

 

[TolerancEJ]

I don't know...I've seen some ugly basses here on TB.....

The point being, what is construed as an "ugly" bass to someone, might be interesting to someone else.

 

[4001]

The point being, what is construed as an "ugly" bass to someone, might be interesting to someone else.

That is why I wasn't being specific, naming which ones....

Just like being professional in a band and not ripping a band you don't like... in public...

 

[TolerancEJ]

That is why I wasn't being specific, naming which ones....

Just like being professional in a band and not ripping a band you don't like... in public...

Thank you. I held back on bringing that up.

 

[stringthrough]

Great, now there is even less space in which to pluck strings.

 

[thiocyclist]

I bet this bass sounds awesome. I love the bridge re-design.

 

[ctmullins]

Great, now there is even less space in which to pluck strings.

Not if you’re Al Cisneros. Al plucks right up at the neck, which is presumably why there are no pickups there, but there is a thumbrest. Plenty of room. And since this is Al’s signature bass, it works if you’re him (or if you play like him).

Maybe you should petition Rick to build a StringThrough Signature Model?

 

[Gilmourisgod]

I’d like to hear a clean demo of it, with no dirt, no way to tell what it actually sounds like from those videos.

 

[stringthrough]

Not if you’re Al Cisneros. Al plucks right up at the neck, which is presumably why there are no pickups there, but there is a thumbrest. Plenty of room. And since this is Al’s signature bass, it works if you’re him (or if you play like him).

Maybe you should petition Rick to build a StringThrough Signature Model?

I hope you realize I was joking

 

[flam]

Funnily enough, the only part I like about this bass is the green inlays. I'd love to have a green 4003. Otherwise, it's just not the bass for me personally, but Al's stuff is really cool.

 

[Jeff Scott]

I hope you realize I was joking

Given all the, apparently endorsed, Rick bashing around here, why would he think that was a joke?

 

[bobyoung53]

I would like to hear what it sounds like clean, with the distortion device it could be a Montgomery Wards bass from 1964 and no one could tell the difference The 2nd "clean" tone was still dirty. I'd ditch the covers, thumb rest., and the knobs and it would be a cool bass, I would especially like the hear the neck pickup clean.