4000 Carcass

charlyg · Post by **charlyg** » Sun Jun 19, 2005 10:48 am

I have a line on a 4000 carcass that has the headstock snapped off, and no, the headstock is not still around. The nut is still there. My question is, what do you think of trying to make it into Steinberger looking thing. Get a bridge that tunes and use the Steinberger thing for the nut. I could buy the electronics for it and re-finish it! Sound like fun to me. I am guessing Jeff might have a thought or two.It would be extremely fun if I could make it into one of those Jeff special 5 string basses!

dswp · Post by **dswp** » Sun Jun 19, 2005 11:05 am

Charly, if its' the one at Jammin J. The price is sure right.

jps · Post by **jps** » Sun Jun 19, 2005 11:10 am

That sounds like a plan, you can get the ABM headless bridge/tuner set from Allparts or somewhere else perhaps.

charlyg · Post by **charlyg** » Sun Jun 19, 2005 12:55 pm

I'm gonna do it! Everyone needs a project. And yes it's at Jammin J's. That's where I bought my 5 string and fretless Hohner basses. Not a bad Korean import for the money. Hands down over Washburn etc.

charlyg · Post by **charlyg** » Sun Jun 19, 2005 1:43 pm

At Allparts the Headless system in $325, plus $200 for the carcass and then electronics and finishing. But it would be UNIQUE!!!!!

jps · Post by **jps** » Sun Jun 19, 2005 4:16 pm

charlyg · Post by **charlyg** » Sun Jun 19, 2005 6:07 pm

I'm going there tomorrow! I had a bad thing happen at church today. We warmed up but didn't take as long as the kid's were singing a Father's Day special and needed to rehearse. I decided to shut off my amp as it would be another 20-30 minutes before we start. When I got back up there, I turned on the amp(Eden Traveller)and the light she's on but nobody home. Maybe the tube went out. I looked to see if there was an internal fuse,but no. So, no bass at church today. I tried to plug into the keyboard amp but didn't hear anything so I wasn;t sure if it was the bass, the cable, amp,or speaker at the time. I didn'.The music really suffers when we are not on post!

charlyg · Post by **charlyg** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 10:29 am

WEll, there is a BIG issue with the carcass. It has no truss rods, and the guy at JJ's says it's only good for the wood, like replacing a broken horn....

So, unless I hear it's not a big deal to replace em, I'll pass.

edski · Post by **edski** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 11:20 am

Truss rods are an easy replacement, from what I hear. Should not be a deal killer...

rickfan60 · Post by **rickfan60** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 7:17 pm

Talk to Randy Wood for replacement rods. The last I heard, he was still making the old style rods.
http://www.randywoodguitars.com/

mikmik · Post by **mikmik** » Wed Jun 29, 2005 1:57 pm

Couldn't you have a headstock replacement while you're at it? Would RIC do it?