A dillemma with a L2500...

Take it easy cowboy! I love my G&L's but you should think twice before selling off you Ric.

 

I sold my Ric in favor of my G&L's.

 

Hey, if you're selling the Ric, you can get a US L2000 and still have plenty of cash left over if you buy used...

 

Yes.

Ric's are pretty stinkin' cool

A ric is just one of those timeless instruments with a sound all it's own. Fads come and go but Ric's are always cool.

 

O.K. I can appreciate that. If it's a fuddy sounding one then you may as well get a bass you will want to play.

Here is some gratuitous drooling material for you:

 

Not to shure about the walnut finish but those carved tops look pretty cool.

it looks like they offer blackburst now! Too bad you can't get ebony fingerboards anymore. I could build the exact opposite of my bass .

 

Nope. Here are the currently available (7/09) USA finishes.

Ken...

 

Saw a redburst the other day.

SCARY!

It looks like a vampire bass!

 

Something like this.....

 

Not quite, those are nicer. This one had a really deep glossy crimson (blood) red which faded quite agressively into glossy absolute black.

Really dark rosewood fretboard also.

 

Or get Spidey to sell you one of his old mahogany L2K's

 

I'm with you. Great looking bass. I might even have purchased that instead of the natural...which I also happen to love.

 

Join the club, the legion of other mortal folks with broken arms that've tried to get the Geddy grind out of a rick...

My 4003 sits in its case for pretty much the same reason - I can play my G&L's by basically just touching them and these magnificent notes just blast out of them. My rick on the other hand..... well I just don't have the bionic arms you need to really get some sound of it.....

They may become good investments tho, which is partly why I'm hanging onto mine for the moment. Tho my carvin bunny 6 is due to get here end of Aug., so if it works out as my main 6 the rick will probably have to go to pay for it.

But as others have said, you could get an MIA G&L for what you could sell the rick for. If you play fretless you're in even better shape - I got my L2500 factory new for dirt cheap (1100) because it was a FL and the dealer couldn't get rid of it.
But even new fretted MIA's are around for less than full retail...

LS

 

Not exactly selling yourself short by buying a Trib. Mine is a beautiful bass and it sounds geat (and that's with ME playing it...imagine what'll it do with somebody who knows what they are doing!)

Yeah, probably some difference with the finishing, but that doesn't affect the sound and that's what it is about. Thought I wouldn't like the thick neck--my two basses are about as far from each other in terms of the neck as they could possibly get--but I have grown to love the thick, substantial feel of the Trib L2500.

Put the rest of the money in the bank and play on!