Sarlscharisma

I know what you mean about old and familiar basses. Although the Lincoln is 34 scale my 76 Ric 3000 short scale is like putting on an old pair of slippers.

Still impressed with your Serek? I’ve just put a deposit on a Lincoln. It’s gonna be a long wait till February. A big gamble on whether I will like it but I love the sound on Jake’s promo video and the looks are killer.

Fantastic, I love retro. And to have the Serek quality standards too. Absolute bargain

Today I learned the hard way when I bought a Guild B301 from Reverb with damage that wasn't mentioned in the advert. It was shipped it from France but when I finally got the refund the exchange rate meant I lost a considerable amount in Paypal fees. I contacted Paypal and got the following: if the amount is returned after 1 day of the date of the original payment, we will use the transaction exchange rate applicable at the time of the conversion of the returned amount. See Section 8.2. for more information about how we set the transaction exchange rate.' So please be aware that you take a big risk with Paypal. You may not get a full refund if something is wrong with the guitar. That's me finished with using Paypal to buy guitars! Just to add, my purchase transaction was £s to Euros but the refund transaction was Euros to £s which is always going to be less. Hope my post is ok for the forum??

That could’ve been mine. My star sign is libra, so decision making is not one of my finest qualities 🤯. Enjoy the bass!

2 left this morning. I was so tempted to pull trigger. Just looked again. All sold. If Serek become a household name those basses are gonna be worth something.

Damn, the Lincoln I was pondering has gone. Too slow! I was holding back due to colour of bass not quite my usual taste.

Tempting. Almost covers the import tax. So cost for one I’m looking at just shy of £2000

gotcha. thanks

can't see the 15% discount ☹️

A short scale Rick 3000. Not sure how rare, but rare-ish

I never got on with 4003 due to forearm rubbing on on binding. But this is solved with my 4003S. The rounded edges are much friendly to my arm now.

I had a nightmare on eBay several years ago exporting a bass to USA. It was a vintage and rare instrument and I thought I’d explained the minor issues and reconfirmed that she wanted to buy still after auction re-emphasising the issues.. She was adamant. Anyway when she got it she thought the wear and tear was worse than she expected and demanded a partial refund. I didn’t want to lose my 100% feedback gained over the years of buying and selling guitars so I lost out and she cleverly got an absolute bargain. Never again will I export abroad.

Can't comment on Warwicks or Ibbys but the Jazz growl is often cited - the 4003 Ric growl is so different to that and I have not heard anything to compare it too. I also have a Ric 3000 which doesn't have that growl at all.

Nothing sounds like a Ric growl and along with it the iconic 50s design is the reason why it’s lasted so long and will continue to do so. Here’s my little friend...

I would guess less than 50%. I still have one, but it's my 6th in as many years. Sound great recorded but hard work to play and the live sound normally loses some bottom end. Even those famous for playing them either moved them on or modded them to the point of them barely have the classic ric sound. IMHO.

Certainly a resemblance to Grandpa Walton