I’'ve never handled a Rick, but I have been told by someone who owns a couple of them that they are extremely heavy.
Heavy is something I am trying to get away from, which is why I love the Hofner so much.
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They definitely look heavy. Never played one myself either.
edit: 9-10lbs apparently. So on the heavy side but not terrible, about like a Jazz bass.
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I just love the fact you have to slacken off the strings and remove half the bridge on a Rick to get to the intonation adjustment screws. How do you set intonation with the strings slackened off? It’s certainly got me puzzled 
To be fair though I should say that new one does seem to have a different bridge design
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yeah, it’s a 1970s bass. the 4003 was a big redesign.
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You have to do something similar with floating bridges on a bunch of hollow bodies too.
But yeah that bridge does look like a “unique” design.
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+1
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I have 1 burgundy glow @chris6,
I did have 2 but sold a black 1 to @Mac.
Some of the best players in the world have used them over the years,
ie: Chris Squire, Lemmy and Geddy Lee.
They have a muddy sound but have a unique place in the bass world.
Cheers Brian
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Unfortunately @PamPurrs they sound the same when she plays and when she doesn’t.
I Love it, it is Punk AF, but it is a bad case for your Hoffner IMO.
The Allman Brothers was a better case for it. LOL
Edit: Ok, the end of the 3rd video she plays more then one note and the bass is mixed in nice.
Again, I am not bashing it, I love this total freestyle punk, it is cool AF
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Hey Brian
Yeah, my post was probably badly worded. I didn’t mean to criticize them particularly and I agree they have a unique place in bass history but because I hardly ever hear about people playing them anymore I just wondered whether they’d fallen out of favour. The guy in that video ceretainly didn’t seem to rate them (but then he was talking about an earlier 70s model). I must admit I have trouble getting my head around the price of them. Yes, they have a thru body neck which is a bit more costly to produce than say a Fender but to me it seems like it’s a mass produced bass at a boutique price. But hey, each to his own.
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My guess is that because they’re so expen$ive, most people don’t have one yet.
I sure don’t think they’ve fallen out of favour, @chris6 . . . 
Cheers
Joe
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and everybody famous that played them doesn’t anymore. geddy, lemmy, chris, paul, etc.
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All good Chris,
I didn’t take anything as a criticism, everyone is entitled to have a view, and that’s what is good on this forum.
We all share our ideas and thoughts in a positive way and everyone who wants to share an opinion does.
Rickenbackers imo are more suited to pick playing than with fingers, hence i dont use mine very often, but i must say they are the most amazing looking eye candy 
Cheers Brian
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yeah, trust us chris, you have got to go pretty damn far to offend anybody around here
all opinions are welcome.
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This is a demo of the Ibanez Artcore AFB200 I just ordered. It has a sweet tone (to me) but it may not be for everyone.
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sounds good, super cute, 30" scale. approved 
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never noticed but these things all have big necks for shorties. Very interesting.
42mm nut on the Ibby. That’s going to be a meaty neck 
Gretsch is 40.6, which also seems big. The Chowny is 40.
Hofner is also 42, so the Ibanez should feel similar.
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I wonder if most shorties do. I never thought to look.
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@howard I have to give you a lot of credit for your attention to detail. The nut width is not something that I ever pay attention to when shopping. Maybe I should…
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I always look when looking for long scales because neck shape is very important to me - there is definitely a style I prefer. never occurred to me to look for short scales, I just assumed they would be similar. Maybe not!
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