4005 Montezuma Brown

rickcrazy · Post by **rickcrazy** » Tue Mar 28, 2006 1:46 pm

Hey, what's with the Rick on the left? It sure looks like a short scale 4001 to me.

ealdrett · Post by **ealdrett** » Tue Mar 28, 2006 2:16 pm

According to the caption it's a 4001S. That's all it says.

cheyenne · Post by **cheyenne** » Tue Mar 28, 2006 2:37 pm

Thats an oddity allright. Its not an "S", you can clearly see the binding, and look how close the bridge appears to be to the treble pickup as compared to the one in the backround.

chefothefuture · Post by **chefothefuture** » Tue Mar 28, 2006 4:02 pm

Could be a 21 fretter...
On those, the TP is closer to the treble PU by @ .5"

rickcrazy · Post by **rickcrazy** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 1:42 pm

It's no 21 fretter for sure. Now it's got me very curious! Anyone?

jaybic · Post by **jaybic** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 2:18 pm

Could it be that the bass is tipped forward a bit - meaning the headstock is closer to the camera - giving a different perspective?

cheyenne · Post by **cheyenne** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 3:58 pm

Did they ever experiment with short scale 4001's??

beatlefan · Post by **beatlefan** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 5:15 pm

I thought I read somewhere that Ric DID make a few "short scale" 4001's......they occasionally dropped a few oddballs in the mix, as we've seen previously. I wouldn't be surprised a bit....

325_fan · Post by **325_fan** » Fri Mar 31, 2006 12:54 am

Probably the dead spots killed the idea. I'd like to see come up with a medium scale (32") in a different body style.