That 2030GF was the most aggressively Rick sounding bass I had ever owned. Truly glorious tone from it.
That bass now resides in the RIC museum.
Aggressive and glorious, okay, but riddle me this: if it was substituted in a song played with the distinctive tone of a 4001 or 4003 bass, would the average bassist be able to identify it as a Ric? I wouldn't.
Prof Scott.
Again, showing my ignorance of many things, what does the GF designation mean?
But on a more pertinent level ..... I was lightly pondering waving in one of those new 4003 5 stringers. Maybe after the holidays.
The 2030 convertible caught my eye, but I wonder if there's a good reason why Olivia's didn't show it as a fiver. From your experience, do you think the neck profile would handle five strings?
Thanks!
I'm not Jeff Scott, but the GF stood for Glenn Frey. No, he wasn't a bassist but it was the bass version of the 230GF guitar.
Are you familiar with Jeff Rath? He has converted quite a few Rics to fivers over the years. This looks like one of his creations, and I don't know of anyone else doing it. Whoever had this before Olivia's must have converted it back.
I wonder if the extra hole adds or subtracts from the tone.