Here's a nice twist on blackness

rickfan60 · Post by **rickfan60** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 8:59 pm

Paul Boyer has opted to customize his recently purchased JG 4003 with some bits from Pickguardian. Paul took them a step further and trimmed the black plastic in white. I think it ties in nicely with the binding. We had to restore the circuitry because the original pickups were replaced with a set of Bartolinis. Anyone want a nice new set of Barts?

The action on this baby is perfect! The neck is actually slim for the year. I have two recent 4003s here right now and Paul's is definately slimmer feeling.

jnbass · Post by **jnbass** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 9:06 pm

very nice!

got this from Paul awhile ago...

marc61 · Post by **marc61** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 1:39 am

Paul is very creative in styling his basses. Nice to see folks doing something different.

bassduke49 · Post by **bassduke49** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 4:04 am

I think I'm going to nickname it "Some Blacker." ;^)

This is the bass that flashed on eBay a couple weeks ago with a BIN of $500. Click. Previous owner had installed the Barts direct to the output, bypassing the vol and tone board (?). Some of the wiring was missing, but the sale included the original Rick pickups. It's not quite mint: a couple of tiny dings, one on the upper horn binding, and another BB size depression in the upper horn face. When Ted was repositioning the original pickups, we discovered that one of the mounting screws in the treble pickup had sheared off, but Ted was able to remove and replace it.

If I were to do it again, I think I might attempt to create a 45-degree bevel to the pickguard and surround before painting the edges white for more "reveal." Still it looks nice. I painted the edges with Polly Scale white model paint, then cleaned up overstrike with Windex and polish. Thanks for fixing the electronics stuff, Ted. Go to Ted if you want to buy the Bartolini pickups.

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 4:10 am

gothic ... http://www.3dentourage.com/425/1996%204003-5%20bt.htm

atomic_punk · Post by **atomic_punk** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 4:31 am

Paul, that looks great! Congratulations!

incubus2432 · Post by **incubus2432** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 5:40 am

Looks great Paul/Ted....nice detail !

rickfan60 · Post by **rickfan60** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 6:35 am

Here is a better shot of the body.

...and the head

doctorwho · Post by **doctorwho** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 8:34 am

Hey! My 4001 FL BG has a TRC with white on the edge, too. I don't have a close-up picture of it with me, but I'll take one and post it later when I get home from work.

bassduke49 · Post by **bassduke49** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 9:09 am

Gary, was it painted on, or was it a factory piece? If so, it may have been a laminate of some kind. I think they would look cool, but figured I'd have to do it myself -- so I did!

incubus2432 · Post by **incubus2432** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 9:11 am

After looking at it more I really like it. I never liked black pickguards on JetGlo 4003's because of the white binding.....it just looks wrong (IMO). With the white trim everything is brought together nicely. The black/chrome TRC is a nice touch as well.

ilan · Post by **ilan** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 10:13 am

I don't think you can buy black/white logo TRC's from RIC anymore. If you want a black TRC, it's either silver or gold letters.

nattiep · Post by **nattiep** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 12:41 pm

I hope you don't mind if I steal that idea.. hehe. I want a JG 4003 with black plastic, and that makes it look even better. Thanks for the idea!

jps · Post by **jps** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 2:58 pm

Looks great Paul/Ted!

bassduke49 · Post by **bassduke49** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 3:07 pm

Nate, do you have a Jetglo 4003 yet? I'll likely want to sell this one, so maybe we can talk.