A little 4001 fun

rickfan60 · Post by **rickfan60** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 5:20 am

Wow, thanks Eric! I hope to be that good someday. Jeff and Ilan, maybe I should install 4 humbuckers too.

rickaddict · Post by **rickaddict** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 5:23 am

That would rock, Ted. And a little exhaust header would complete the look!

ricosound · Post by **ricosound** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 5:24 am

Dude, when do you sleep?

rickfan60 · Post by **rickfan60** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 5:37 am

Sometimes I get going on part of a project and 3 or 4 hours go by seemingly in minutes.

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 5:52 am

Ted ... I have a used p-bass pickup that you can put in there ...

kcole4001 · Post by **kcole4001** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 5:55 am

Brilliant work!

johnallg · Post by **johnallg** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 11:11 am

That hot-rodded 6-string is.... really different.

I agree with Eric, Ted. It would give you time to develop spraying technique.

aceonbass · Post by **aceonbass** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 12:46 pm

Ted, if you use walnut for the body wings, you can do a 4002/Lemmy tribute. Are you going to put the mic jack on the side next to the regular jack plate? If not, that would be the tell tale sign that it was not a real 4002. I've had a project in mind like this for some time but as a 5 string. I think the ebony board and lack of routing in the neck blank would make it strong enough. Looks like you're gonna need to use RIC vintage style Schaller tuners to cover up all of those string holes.

rickfan60 · Post by **rickfan60** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 1:37 pm

Ebony is amazing wood. It is very strong and it takes to tooling very well. Of course it is also very heavy and it eats saw blades in a hurry. It is also brittle and will chip or splinter easily if you are not careful.

aceonbass · Post by **aceonbass** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 1:40 pm

Ebony has other uses as well......

rickfan60 · Post by **rickfan60** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 1:45 pm

That is another kind of wood altogether!

jps · Post by **jps** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 3:01 pm

How's this for Ebony?

And solid Titanium for all the metal parts.

aceonbass · Post by **aceonbass** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 3:10 pm

I just don't know Jeff. Let's see what developes.

jps · Post by **jps** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 3:23 pm

Here is one I made with that camera.

(c) Jeffrey P. Scott 2004

ben_brown · Post by **ben_brown** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 5:41 pm

Cool...How long was the shutter open?