Checkerboard binding on a 4-2-5

charlyg · Post by **charlyg** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 11:53 am

Kinda where I'm going except for the horseshoe.

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 12:22 pm

ya ... I might not do the horseshoe either ... it gets in the way of playing, picking, thumb slapping, and fingering ... but it looks pretty ...

highway_star · Post by **highway_star** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 12:33 pm

Man, Charly, I won't even recognize my old bass once you're done with it!

charlyg · Post by **charlyg** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 1:01 pm

I changed my mind I don't want it anymore!!!

Just kidding!

jps · Post by **jps** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 3:30 pm

Someday this may get checker binding and walnut wings!

jps · Post by **jps** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 3:31 pm

BTW, you do know that the toaster will cover five strings, don't you?

charlyg · Post by **charlyg** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 4:03 pm

gshadoan · Post by **gshadoan** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 6:14 pm

BTW, you do know that the toaster will cover five strings, don't you?

It should if its a 4-2-5. Thats what the 4003S/5 had on it.

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 6:23 pm

but there may be "PHASING" problems ... with 6 magnets and only 5 strings ...

alanz · Post by **alanz** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 6:51 pm

It's my understanding that a toaster PU will cover 5 strings but with a possible phasing problem.

gshadoan · Post by **gshadoan** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 7:01 pm

ROFL.... you guys slay me.... sometimes...

charlyg · Post by **charlyg** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 7:11 pm

You rise upon a black day, coming from a mile away
And every time I hear you say, that I don't have to be this way
You sneak upon a mean moon, that casts it's shadow too soon
When the spell is in tune, your shadow slips away

The relevance you ask? Smiling Phases by Traffic!

charlyg · Post by **charlyg** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 12:45 pm

It's here! I get to play my new 4-2-5 tomorrow at church!!!!!!

It's purtty! And with the thicker 2004 neck,it feels just like a 5 string! I have owned a few 5 strings in m,y day. I will have to get used to the slightly more narrow spacing but it's not that much different. The neck is way thicker than my 87!

charlyg · Post by **charlyg** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 12:47 pm

I love the treble pickup surround. It is so much cleaner than the factory one without the cover....

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 1:01 pm

Hey if I lived in CA I would visit your church tomorrow ... if you have a bass pod then try the brit major model with that bass ... I'm not really a flat wound guy but that bass was pretty cool with flats ... I was pretty happy with the action on that bass when I was done ...

the biggest, widest, chunkiest neck on a Ric bass is my 2020 4-2-5 ... but even then it is still slimmer than other five string basses ...