4004 Appreciation

rickenbrother · Post by **rickenbrother** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 6:51 pm

James, let's see some pics of that 4004Cii. I'd like a trans blue Cii someday.

edski · Post by **edski** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 11:45 am

Congrats James!

It does take a while to find the sweet spot, but in my experience I increase the bass and treble and essentially scoop the amp EQ. I keep my volume and tone at about 50% so I have some flexibility from there, and then I can switch PU's to easily get some nice fat tonal variation.

If I even do that much. Often I just dial it in and play the night.

My Behringer rig has a 5 band EQ - I usually keep the low flat, cut a little of the low mids, keep the mids about flat, and up the high mids and highs somewhat.

zoomduck · Post by **zoomduck** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 6:02 pm

Damn !.....I just got back from 8 days in the Caribbean and this forum is Full of new info !.......I LOVE my 4004 Cii !!!!!!!

joutten · Post by **joutten** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 6:13 pm

I am not much of a photographer but this is my new 4004cii in translucent blue

rickenbrother · Post by **rickenbrother** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 6:46 pm

Very nice James, congrats. I never cared for blue guitars until the first time I saw a 4004Cii in trans blue. The RIC trans blue is an exception to my not liking blue guitars.

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 6:58 pm

blue is cool ...

joutten · Post by **joutten** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 7:47 pm

mine almost looks solid blue unless under bright lights. I don't really have that "tiger stripe" look.

sloop_john_b · Post by **sloop_john_b** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 8:03 pm

Lindsay Hahn's Blueburst Cheyenne is incredible. Everytime I see it, well, you guys know the drill...RAS attack!

jnbass · Post by **jnbass** » Thu Dec 21, 2006 12:03 am

whoa!

tranny blue...

teeder · Post by **teeder** » Thu Dec 21, 2006 3:52 am

Wow, Jeff! That is stunning!
I want it!

rickenbrother · Post by **rickenbrother** » Thu Dec 21, 2006 4:57 am

Jeff, I think that trans blue Cii is my favorite of all the Ricks you've 4-2-5ed. The Goth 4003 would be my second favorite.

highway_star · Post by **highway_star** » Thu Dec 21, 2006 6:17 am

That tranny blue 4-2-5 looks familiar. Is that one of my old basses that I sold to someone?

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Thu Dec 21, 2006 8:17 am

That is one I did For Paul Alvarez ... Paul is my best customer ... I did 3 basses for him ... I did a mapleglo 4004cii 4-2-5 ... the blue one and the all black 4004L ...

eric_b · Post by **eric_b** » Thu Dec 21, 2006 8:39 am

The Trans Red Cheyenne we'll have at NAMM is just ridiculously gorgeous..In fact,so is the blue one,and the green one,and....

nukebass · Post by **nukebass** » Thu Dec 21, 2006 9:03 am

Do the NAMM guitars hit the streets or are they put up in an "archive" file somewhere? If they do get out, are there any markings to indicate they are NAMM? Just curious...