4008 FG

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[johnallg]

Now that I think of it, the RIC display at the MOMM had one in a display case.

[sloop_john_b]

John - we both gasped at when that bass was produced: 1996!

[ilan]

Interesting... Toasters and sharkfin inlays - and the octave strings on top...

[johnallg]

"John - we both gasped at when that bass was produced: 1996!"

Yeah, now I remember standing there with you and speculating on that 1996 date for production. Well, maybe when that backlog is caught up.....

If anyone wants a full size pic (slightly blurry - glass case confused autofocus) email me.

[sloop_john_b]

I believe one of the 4005's in the RIC museum also had a 1996 build date. Most likely leftover parts that were put to good use.

[sloop_john_b]

Dave, i'm sitting here plucking my 4005 just trying to imagine how good yours must sound with the octaves!

[aceonbass]

A closeup of the headstock on that 4005/8 will reveal it to be a unique variation on the potato head design.

[jnbass]

"a unique variation on the potato head design..."

[hieronymous]

4008 UPDATE!

I lent my Fireglo 4008 to Gareth - he wants to use it on an upcoming recording session. I took it over yesterday and snapped a pic while he was playing it:



It sounded really amazing through the Trace Elliot rig in the pic (actually, you can only see half of it!) - it sounded almost like there was a suboctave effect, but that was just the thundering bass, plus the clarity of the octave string, it just sounded great.

And while we're at it, I remembered that I recorded something a while ago with the 8-string - on this track I'm using it to play the melody - the bass synth is my Moog Little Phatty, drums by Greg DeGuglielmo - this one was recorded in Lodi a couple of years ago, it's a Japanese song:

Ondokusan