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Rick 4003 midnight blue 2002
Posted: August 20th, 2015, 3:23 pm
by paulo
Re: Rick 4003 midnight blue 2002
Posted: August 20th, 2015, 3:30 pm
by Matt R.
looks beautiful but that sticker...

Re: Rick 4003 midnight blue 2002
Posted: August 20th, 2015, 3:40 pm
by superheavydeathmetal
Heck yeah, man! I'm glad you got it back. How is the action?
You didn't buy chance purchase this bass from a Craigslist ad out of Bowling Green, Kentucky, did you?
Rickenbacker all day and all night!

Re: Rick 4003 midnight blue 2002
Posted: August 20th, 2015, 3:49 pm
by AzWhoFan
Matt R. wrote:looks beautiful but that sticker...

it is very beautiful!!
I have had my sticker on for 15 years. i'm thinking of lacquering it onto the PG just to piss off Matt ...

Re: Rick 4003 midnight blue 2002
Posted: August 20th, 2015, 3:53 pm
by paulo
Thanks! But I didn't got it back yet, took these photos when i first got it and gave it a good clean up. This was the dirtiest bass i ever owned, there was crust all over it! I had to remove the bridge, pickguard, pots to clean it all up also gave it a nice wax. I call this bass "Krusty" since i got it! I thought about leaving the sticker just cause it's there for all these years but looking closer... yes Matt i have to agree with you!

I'll take care of it as soon as i get it back!
Re: Rick 4003 midnight blue 2002
Posted: August 20th, 2015, 3:54 pm
by Matt R.
Always been curious- why do you guys leave those on? I see people leave their pickguard plastic & huge stickers on Fenders a lot too.
Re: Rick 4003 midnight blue 2002
Posted: August 20th, 2015, 3:57 pm
by AzWhoFan
In my situation, the bass sat in the case for a few years while I finished school, raised a family etc. etc. Then the internet happened and I saw the controversy re the PG sticker so I just wanted to be difficult and annoy as many musicians as possible.
Re: Rick 4003 midnight blue 2002
Posted: August 20th, 2015, 4:04 pm
by Matt R.
Hahaha
Re: Rick 4003 midnight blue 2002
Posted: August 20th, 2015, 4:55 pm
by paulo
This is just one of the dirty pics...

Re: Rick 4003 midnight blue 2002
Posted: August 20th, 2015, 7:18 pm
by superheavydeathmetal
Man, it is such a bummer to see a nice bass get so neglected. I am glad you are taking care of it!
Look at this horror story:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Rickenbacker-Mo ... rmvSB=true
Re: Rick 4003 midnight blue 2002
Posted: August 20th, 2015, 7:31 pm
by paulo
OMG... hate to see stuff like that... Left in the garage for years... THAT IS a nightmare.
Re: Rick 4003 midnight blue 2002
Posted: August 21st, 2015, 8:06 am
by AzWhoFan
Looks like a victim of hurricane Katrina to me. or maybe the Nashville flood of a couple years back.