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yeah, sounds about right.

jingle_jangle wrote:October '06, by my records...

ahhh..it was once my 4000.

man, it sure does look a million time better.

i think i remember sending it to ya a couple years ago for the current owner.

jingle_jangle wrote:I believe it was walnut.

when it comes to "figured" wood (ie. birdseye, quilted) flat sawn is the way to go.
on the other hand i think any "plain" wood looks ten times better when quarter sawn.

paul,

first off, that bass is stunning. you do awesome work.

was the bass originally walnut?

Well, Alisha posted a thread about receiving the above guitar, and I was out with a bad flu (despite flu shot) for over 4 weeks...so things moved back a bit. I have four more jumbo acoustic bodies ready ...

someone got a decent deal on a v63.

that is actually a faker tail-piece that i cut the slot into and a genuine ric bridge. i couldn't bring myself to modify the original tail-piece.

Zack, is that a V63/C64 bridge on there? Or did you cut that tooth yourself?

Nice-looking 4000, especially with the longer 'guard (which they should ...

antipodean wrote:Very nice! I like the older full-size 'guard. And the great relic job on the body should add $1000 to the value of the bass!

thats all natural. just the way i like it.

just wanted to share the new pickguard i made for my '74. all it needs now is a foam mute and some cleaning and its ready to rock.

before:
http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t294/1857353/IMG_0335.jpg

after:
http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t294/1857353/IMG_0399.jpg

(sorry, i couldn't figure out ...

Just thought I'd pass on the info to the rick community in case someone was looking for one.

http://www.gruhn.com

i bet it would burn nicely.

welcome to tha forum Todd!

that is a very cool bass and i would have bought it by now except that i need to sell some gear not acquire it.

bryce is a super cool guy! i have done many transactions with him with no issues at all.

it's a hipshot "A" style bridge.

email sent

The bass is Black.....not.

man, that bass is bad ***!

nice score.