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With a band name like Motel California, I'll bet you can't guess whose music we enjoy performing: A. The Eagles B. Linda Ronstadt C. Jackson Browne D. All of the above If you answered "D" and happen live in Big D (Dallas, TX) then you're invited to hear us this Friday night, April 22nd at ...

"Reunited,and it feels so good"...... :D For those here on RRF who don't know the story . . . our friend Woody was kind enough to sell LD389 back to me earlier this year. What a happy homecoming !! She is still strung with Ernie Ball 40-95 Cobalt Flats. Previously, she wore LaBella Low-Te...

Last Saturday night at the Red Rock Grill in Dallas.

I was looking for a little more natural brightness from my 4000, so this morning I strung her up with 40 - 95 Ernie Ball cobalt flatwounds. Everything that you have read about these strings is true: flatwound feel with roundwound tone. Previously, LD389 was strung with LaBella Low Tension flexible f...

Hi Dane,

Maybe not obvious from the attached picture, but I play a 4000, so neck pickup phase revearsal isn't a problem.

I did install 500k pots a 22 orange drop tone cap when I did the mod - sounds SO MUCH clearer than the originals !!

Don

oops . . . forgot to resize the pic

Although I admit that both real horseshoes and also the chrome cover for hi-gain pickups LOOK so damn good, I confess that I am one those players who just needs them to be out of my way. Today I installed a pickup bezel from Frank at tubeampology. Custom machined to fit the HB1 in my instrument. Per...

All's well indeed . . . I play LD389 and the Woody bunker gets new flooring !!

Thanks again

Yes . . . sometimes we do get to play our wonderful instruments again. Because of our friend Woody's great kindness, I am once again enjoying LD389. She is a '72 4000 MG, three-piece neck through. I modded her with an HB1, 500k pots, hipshot tailpiece, and pickguardian back-painted guard. Woody inst...

Oh brother Woody . . . hope that I can find the cash to buy it back from you !

If our brother Woody is gonna post his pic with the 4000, maybe I should follow suit . . . This late 70's JG belonged to the music director of a band which employed me for almost ten years, and is the reason why I love the model 4000. Picture only fourteen years old !! You look very mature for a 14...

If our brother Woody is gonna post his pic with the 4000, maybe I should follow suit . . .

This late 70's JG belonged to the music director of a band which employed me for almost ten years, and is the reason why I love the model 4000.

Picture only fourteen years old !!

Two other popular sets that I tried:


- - - - -TI JF344 100 34.39 70 31.30 56 37.47 43 37.03 140.19
-D'Addario super light ECB80 95 36.20 75 42.58 60 46.49 40 37.83 163.10

The '72 4000 i recently got ( :mrgreen: ) came with a new set of Labella Low tension flatwounds,a relatively new offering from the company. I forget the exact gauge,but they're in the 40-100 ballpark. They are absolutely fabulous strings,supersmooth,slinky,with a perfect tension,and a great sound. ...

bassduke49 wrote:Oops, yeah. Actually, I have it both ways in my book. I overlooked something there.

No worries . . . although Roger's last name is spelled "Rossmiesl" in the JH interview starting on page 9.