Midnight Blue RIC 4003s

Matt R. · **Posted:** February 1st, 2019, 6:32 pm

New addition to the flock.

superheavydeathmetal · **Posted:** February 1st, 2019, 8:12 pm

Oooooh! johntheleftybassist is not going to be happy that you found this before he did!

Awesome score! Are you going to replace the jack with a stereo jack?

tim · **Posted:** February 1st, 2019, 8:12 pm

Awesome! The midnight blue is my favorite Ric color.

Matt R. · **Posted:** February 1st, 2019, 10:58 pm

superheavydeathmetal wrote:

Oooooh! johntheleftybassist is not going to be happy that you found this before he did!

Awesome score! Are you going to replace the jack with a stereo jack?

Nah. I never used the stereo thing on any of the other ones I owned.

Matt R. · **Posted:** February 1st, 2019, 10:59 pm

tim wrote:

Awesome! The midnight blue is my favorite Ric color.

Me too man. It’s a little more off the beaten path I think.

Grant · **Joined:** July 5th, 2017, 2:36 am **Posts:** 306

I love that blue in the Rick but dont the 4003's have the white binding?
Still i just love it..

paulo · **Posted:** February 2nd, 2019, 4:31 am

What a beauty! Congrats!

Jeroen · **Posted:** February 2nd, 2019, 6:38 am

Grant wrote:

I love that blue in the Rick but dont the 4003's have the white binding?
Still i just love it..

The regular 4003 does, but the 4003S is a slightly stripped down version without the triangular inlays and bindings and with rounded body edges. I think the S version is prettier, and more comfortable too.

Looks great Matt! I love these in Midnight Blue.

Matt R. · **Posted:** February 2nd, 2019, 7:32 am

Jeroen wrote:

Grant wrote:

I love that blue in the Rick but dont the 4003's have the white binding?
Still i just love it..

The regular 4003 does, but the 4003S is a slightly stripped down version without the triangular inlays and bindings and with rounded body edges. I think the S version is prettier, and more comfortable too.

Looks great Matt! I love these in Midnight Blue.

Yep it’s sort of a cool hybrid of the older 4001 models & modern 4003 models.

Matt R. · **Posted:** February 2nd, 2019, 11:28 am

Fun fact:

I managed to damage the coil on the bridge pickup the other day (after a whopping 2 days of ownership) while installing a treble bezel on this bass. So now, since there’s no warranty coverage for being a dumbass, the pickup is currently on the way to Lindy Fralin to be re-wound. :roll:

tim · **Posted:** February 2nd, 2019, 12:27 pm

Ouch, man, bummer

Matt R. · **Posted:** February 2nd, 2019, 6:07 pm

tim wrote:

Ouch, man, bummer

Yeah it’s annoying. I have to laugh at myself. Not even sure how exactly I did it. It’s an easy installation that I’ve done several times with no problem. Oh well. :oops:

donahue · **Posted:** February 2nd, 2019, 10:42 pm

Hell yes awesome bass. Would like very much to own a 4003s

Matt R. · **Posted:** April 17th, 2019, 4:03 pm

Matt R. wrote:

Fun fact:

I managed to damage the coil on the bridge pickup the other day (after a whopping 2 days of ownership) while installing a treble bezel on this bass. So now, since there’s no warranty coverage for being a dumbass, the pickup is currently on the way to Lindy Fralin to be re-wound. :roll:

Turns out, the pickup is fine. It wasn't grounded properly :roll:

Sorry for the confusion, just wanted to be transparent since I'm selling.

This bass is for sale here if anyone is interested:

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