Oh yeah, I forgot that RIC has their own special scale
They have their own special everything. Screw sizes, pickguard material, the zinc tailpiece, mute thumb-screws doubling as strap buttons, volume knobs at the bottom and tone pots on top, sometimes it seems like they do it on purpose just to be different in every possible way.
I have to say the RIC hangs nicely on a strap
It was the first bass with an extended upper horn. Still looks way more elegant than any other extended upper horn bass designed since then.