The Reversed headstock of the C64 model.

godofthunder · August 01, 2008, 08:16:24 PM

Thats cool but I love 'em/mine if I'm a dork so be it. Been called far worse.

SKATE RAT · August 01, 2008, 09:45:21 PM

Beatle Dorks are fine but you really gotta watch those Yes Geeks.

Dave W · August 01, 2008, 10:27:13 PM

Quote from: SKATE RAT on August 01, 2008, 09:45:21 PM
Beatle Dorks are fine but you really gotta watch those Yes Geeks.

Ooh, just you wait til leftybass sees this. He's got a Squire and a psychedelic finish 4003, among many others.

bobyoung · August 02, 2008, 12:09:51 AM

Quote from: thornton davis on June 20, 2008, 09:44:00 AM
Too me, a left handed headstock on a right handed looks daft. I wouldn't mind owning a C64, but not as long as they continue to make them this way. Just my opinion.

TD

I too would never buy one with those weird looking headstocks besides the fact that I can't play them with the horseshoe (or cover) anyway. I have never gotten used to that look.

leftybass · September 30, 2008, 12:06:36 PM

Quote from: Dave W on August 01, 2008, 10:27:13 PM
Ooh, just you wait til leftybass sees this. He's got a Squire and a psychedelic finish 4003, among many others.

Haha, I represent that remark!
The psych finish one is a 4001S actually, here it is at a gig in Corpus Christi,Texas a couple days ago.

ramone57 · September 30, 2008, 06:34:03 PM

your bass looks just fine with the mirrored headstock, lefty. nice GK stack, too!

Dave W · September 30, 2008, 10:29:59 PM

Nice shot, Ronn. I can almost feel the Gulf breeze.

ilan · October 01, 2008, 01:36:55 AM

Cool pic Ronn!

That headstock can be fixed, you know?

Chris P. · October 01, 2008, 01:53:04 AM

Brilliant! And while you're PhotoShopping, please change the amp in a big sixties Vox and make a nice uniform jacket of his shirt;)

godofthunder · October 01, 2008, 05:35:39 AM

You've dropped a few lbs. , looking sharp !

leftybass · October 01, 2008, 07:23:42 AM

Quote from: godofthunder on October 01, 2008, 05:35:39 AM
You've dropped a few lbs. , looking sharp !

Thanks, down 44 lbs. since June.
Here's my lefty Squire with "normal" headstock.

gearHed289 · October 01, 2008, 09:06:58 AM

Quote from: ilan on June 20, 2008, 04:30:49 PM
I'm sure RIC will exchange a righty lucite TRC for the lefty.

I wouldn't be so sure about that. Last I heard, they won't even do color changes anymore. I'm glad I got my black with chrome letters in exchange for a white one when I did back in 2000.

uwe · October 13, 2008, 05:24:49 AM

I think it looks curious, but that bass was made to match what Paul played. Kind of like people playing righty Strats with lefty headstocks to emulate Hendrix. Those look weird too.

ilan · October 13, 2008, 06:04:57 AM

Quote from: uwe on October 13, 2008, 05:24:49 AM
I think it looks curious, but that bass was made to match what Paul played. Kind of like people playing righty Strats with lefty headstocks to emulate Hendrix. Those look weird too.

I can justify upside-down Strat headstocks even without Hendrix, they have different string tension with those headstocks. But an upside-down Ric headstock is only saying, "I want to look like Paul". And it messes with the classic shape of the 4000 Series, IMHO, YMMV, etc. I have no idea why they didn't give him a complete lefty bass.

Bert · October 13, 2008, 07:14:20 AM

Quote from: ilan on October 13, 2008, 06:04:57 AM
I have no idea why they didn't give him a complete lefty bass.

You mean RIC had lefty headstocks in the earlier days? As far as I know these older Lefty Ricks are all upside down headstockwise.