4004 fireglo 4-2-5

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Wed Sep 20, 2006 12:15 pm

http://www.3dentourage.com/425/05-4004cii5.htm

this is (Rick) Barry Carlos' 4004 that I just converted ... it has toaster pickups and stacked knobs ... it looks like hb1 pickups but they are toaster pickups with hb1 covers ...

kcole4001 · Post by **kcole4001** » Wed Sep 20, 2006 12:21 pm

Nice!

simer4001 · Post by **simer4001** » Wed Sep 20, 2006 1:12 pm

AWESOME!

zoomduck · Post by **zoomduck** » Wed Sep 20, 2006 1:35 pm

WOW !! She will be back home soon ! Killer job Jeff !

ram · Post by **ram** » Wed Sep 20, 2006 1:39 pm

you all amaze me - what a nice job!!!

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Wed Sep 20, 2006 2:19 pm

Barry had the toasters and the stacked knobs put in before I got it ... I added the 5th string ... I was surprised to see how good the toasters sounded ... I expected it would have a dinky sound ... but it was pretty good ... I still prefer the hb1 pickups in a 4004 especially for the bridge position ...

Barry the bass is shipped ... you should get it about next tuesday ... I set the action a little higher because some people don't like it as low as I do ... but you can lower it as desired ... I like a little fret buzz ...

The 4004 makes a nice 5 string bass ... the neck is plenty wide enough ...

Also this 4004 was a real nice instrument ... the walnut headwings are so cool ... why did Ric ever make a instruments without walnut headwings?

atomic_punk · Post by **atomic_punk** » Wed Sep 20, 2006 2:50 pm

Another great job, Jeff! Congrats, Barry!!

pma · Post by **pma** » Wed Sep 20, 2006 3:31 pm

Jeff,

Very nice! Can't wait for my goth Jetglo conversion. It shipped today from Apple Music.

Paul

rickfan60 · Post by **rickfan60** » Wed Sep 20, 2006 3:35 pm

Nice work Jeff.

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Wed Sep 20, 2006 3:42 pm

actually Rickenbacker did most of the work ... I just modified it ... I am surprised how much I like the gold trim and black plastic on the fireglo 4004 ...

markbass99 · Post by **markbass99** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 1:03 am

Great job- Me and Barry have been using the dual toasters for a while now and I really like the clarity in the sound plus everything else that you would expect is there also. I'm so blown away by how good a 4004 works as a five string that I'm not even thinking about 4003's now, I can see a couple more 4004's in my future.

rickenbrother · Post by **rickenbrother** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 2:46 pm

Jeff, ya gotta stop tempting me to 4-2-5 my 4004Cii!!

Nice work as usual!

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 3:12 pm

that fireglo is one sweet bass ...

I will soon be doing an all black gothic 4-2-5 Laredo for a forum member ... pics coming soon ...