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What's that thing sticking out of your left ear (and I don't mean my old 4005WB)?
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In SG, no less, too!
What's that thing sticking out of your left ear (and I don't mean my old 4005WB)?
Hopefully that was Graham's finger.... LOLIn SG, no less, too!
What's that thing sticking out of your left ear (and I don't mean my old 4005WB)?
Post a pic of your bass, ask for a number, and when Nick901 sees it he will give you a number.
Thanks, and I do.
When I bought it, it was all I could do to scrape that much money together. As a result, even though I worked with it about 5 days a week, back then, I never kicked it around or took it for granted. Over the years that became habit. I still use it regularly and it's not "babied", but 41 years later the only thing that has ever been replaced on it is the "A" sting tuner.
With all the bases (8 of them) I've accumulated over the years, it's still my "go to" bass.
Oddly enough it's also the one that attracts most of the attention, and interest.
Mariabass
Registered User Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: María de Huerva (Spain)
My 4003 midnight blue 2011,
Can i have a number?
511
Welcome to the club!
Registered User Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: María de Huerva (Spain)
My 4003 midnight blue 2011,
Can i have a number?
511
Welcome to the club!
Here's my Rick. It's a 1972, and I bought it new. Can I get a club number?
512
Welcome to the club!
I have my Rickenbacker 4003 (Midnight Blue) completely paid off with Guitar Center and Rickenbacker. Now to wait a year until they get around to making it. I would feel better about it if I wasn't so in the dark. It will be my first Rickenbacker and I haven't heard great things about dealing with the company.
I don't know; that doesn't seem too odd to me! My Rick never fails to get compliments whenever I take it out. Like yesterday, I went shopping for a new cab (Markbass NY121, as it turned out; awesome!), and every single person who walked into the bass room at the store was just like 'damn!'. Especially the sales guys; they were all over it! And at gigs too. It's a sexy beast, and yours is, dare I say, sexier than most. It should be grabbing eyes. Awesome '72!
All I can say with any confidence is 'best of luck, I hope it's timely'. For whatever reason, either popularity, small working staff, etc., new Rics seem to take their time getting put out. You'd think/hope with a special individual order (vs a store buying in bulk) that they would try to put a priority on it, but yeah, RIC does not have the best or most transparent business practices. I've heard that a 3-4 year wait, while not terribly common, is also not to be entirely unexpected.
EDIT: Although at said shopping trip, I did get a chance to play my first every brand spankin new 4003, and it was a pretty awesome feeling instrument! Lighter than my old one, with a thinner neck profile (didn't love that), and some punchy ass pickups! Those things had balls. Except the bridge p'up cover is literally the dumbest thing ever... SUCH a pain trying to play with that in the way... But otherwise awesome! If you're looking for 'classic' Ric sound (Geddy/Squire), it's not quite there compared to the old stock, but it's got a great, musical sound with a little more modern sense
I didn't think Ric took special orders anymore. It's been over a decade perhaps? If someone orders a current model the dealer is out of, the customer has to wait until that unit comes up in rotation at their production facility. But I could be wrong.
They are perhaps a ten million dollar a year company, and the others are in the hundreds of millions of dollars year. That's why people always fawn all over them. They look cool and one doesn't see them every day.
They are perhaps a ten million dollar a year company, and the others are in the hundreds of millions of dollars year. That's why people always fawn all over them. They look cool and one doesn't see them every day.
edmidlifecrisis
Registered mediocre bass player
Sigh. My local shop has a brand new (put out on the 19th) Mapleglo 4003. I played it yesterday, it was sweet although it had a buzz on the fifth fret of the E string. I loved the feel of the neck/fretboard and just the whole thing.
They recently became a Rick dealer and also have several guitars.
They recently became a Rick dealer and also have several guitars.
I sort of get the impression that it is how it works, but apparently Rickenbacker recently changed their policy where all special orders have to be paid in full. Originally, I just put like 25% down at Guitar Center, but then a month after doing so, the salesperson calls me and says he got an email from Rickenbacker saying they changed their policy and now require all special orders to be paid in full. I think it is strange because it is ridiculous I have to pay in full for something I might not see for more than a year, because I figured it worked like you said, that I was merely waiting a long time for them to get around to making a batch of the guitar I wanted. Now I am starting to think that they are making one-offs for special orders for customers like Guitar Center. Why else would they have such a weird change of policy?
I would also check your states consumer protection laws to see if it is legal to pay in full with a cc for something that may not be delivered until a year later.
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