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Bring back the unlacquered fingerboard. Offer it it ebony. In fact, to be more specific- Jetglo 70's/80's era big horn body shape (white biding, no gap) Skinny neck, unbound with dot inlays Ebony fingerboard (no varnish) Skinny, flat frets Single DA truss rod Black scratchplate Jazz Bass pickups Hi...

StereoPlayer wrote: ↑Tue Mar 12, 2024 2:55 pm I switched my order to FG,

Any particular reason?

The pickups are in the less than ideal space, and the pickguard looks awkward . This was always a great body shape in search of refinement. I’d be into it if it added some modern corrections. If you want a pickup in a different location, go for it. There's plenty of room for another. And another. A...

Thanks.

Based on my own personal experience, sometimes it's just easier, more efficient, and considering time and labor, to get an entire wiring harness. The appropriate pots and caps are already soldered in place. Here's a good source, from a guy who is one this forum's members. I had questions about how ...

Get nuts to fit the threads and use those under the pickguard to lower the height of the pot. Unless the threaded portion is really long and bottoms the pot out in the cavity. That's a thought that hadn't occurred to me. No help with the push-pull pots, as they're already very slightly too long as ...

I have a burgundyglo 4001 with Bartolini pickups. I like it a lot. Always have, since I got it. When changing strings today, I opened it up. Looks to be the original wiring harness, except that I bypassed the bass blocker cap. I measured the potentiometers. Both volume pots are 227K, bass tone is 54...

cmatthes wrote: ↑Sat Jan 27, 2024 2:31 am How different is the 4005XC case from the regular 4000 series vintage case? Dimensions?

About an inch and a half longer, for starters.

My thought is that, for a bass to be audible acoustically, it has to excite the air. That energy has to come from somewhere, and it comes from the strings. That will reduce sustain. If the energy taken from the strings varies with frequency (it will; it's a matter of which frequencies and to what ex...

I get 45¾" long and 15 3/16" wide.

A maple "skunk stripe" is an interesting idea, too. I've seen a picture of one. I think maybe I like the dark one better, though.

I intend to put flats on mine, at least to try them out.

As for why RIC put rounds on, I'd guess that it's because that's what they use these days. That way, they have to buy only one kind of strings rather than two.

I may be the only person who feels this way, but I'd really rather have maple wings on the headstock on a mapleglo.

There are people who could set you up with a Sunn rig.

Not at over $7K, it won't be!