4004 Monte spotted in church!

charlyg · Post by **charlyg** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 9:34 am

Oh wait, it's mine! What an awesome bass! Anyone want to buy a 2004 4003 FG 4-2-5? {:^)

It has all the tones I want and the cool part is, I just have to flip a switch. switch down, play by bridge, massive grind, snarl, etc.

Switch up, and playing close to neck, nice round tones for ballads.

Very versatile! What more does a bassist really need?

rickenbrother · Post by **rickenbrother** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 9:37 am

...and the congregation thought it was a miracle!

incubus2432 · Post by **incubus2432** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 10:14 am

....and another born again 4004 fanatic!

charlyg · Post by **charlyg** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 10:18 am

And this is with Chromes. I can't imagine the snarl with rounds!!

edski · Post by **edski** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 10:29 am

Play it for a while before you pull a Crisman/Rath/Gilbert on it!

You might find that it's versatile enough stock. I know I do.

I might very well go to flats on it someday, but as I said in the other thread, I keep my strings on so long they are basically flats.

incubus2432 · Post by **incubus2432** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 10:34 am

Whoa there Ed....you must have fallen on your head recently!

I've only ever changed strings on my 4004's......no other non-cosmetic mods needed.

edski · Post by **edski** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 11:37 am

LOL! On both lies.

I fell on my a$$ (of course, that might be where my brains are abusing that ladder like I was). You've at least painted the neck on you JG 4004. And threatened the integrity of several nice ones for the "ghost" project!!

Bahhh!

incubus2432 · Post by **incubus2432** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 11:49 am

The neck is only cosmetic (and quite the improvement if I may say so myself) and I have been unable to act on my threats so they don't count.

edski · Post by **edski** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 1:16 pm

Ohhh, didn't see the "non-cosmetic" part.

markbass99 · Post by **markbass99** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 1:51 pm

Wait a minute, Crisman doesn't do the five string conversion thang! But seriously, if it weren't for Brian and Jeff I might not have discovered the ultimate bass(IMO) a 4004 w/five strings. As soon as the epiphany was realized all my 4003's went up for sale to pursue more 4004's, like I was on crack or something.

Charley, I'm not kidding, with DR rounds and a nice strong amp (like my Markbass + sansamp), I'm getting tones similar to Geddy on Exit Stage Left. That means bark, bite, punch, growl, the clank is not as much as a single coil would do, but it sounds mean as hell. The sound is so thick you could walk on it.

rickenbrother · Post by **rickenbrother** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 2:31 pm

Don't forget, this was Brian's fault:

charlyg · Post by **charlyg** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 2:32 pm

Well, I think my amp now qualifies. An SVT Classic through a 4x10! The 8x10 is a bit much for church!

charlyg · Post by **charlyg** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 5:53 pm

Oh, I should mention, I need to raise the action a skosh at the bridge end. When I really dug in, I got some fret slap. I have tried to play softer and turn up the volume, but it doesn't work for me. I work best when I can go from very quiet to maximum attack just by how hard I'm "digging". I suppose I could learn to do this with a bit more subtlety, but alas.....

edski · Post by **edski** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 1:07 pm

I was smitten with the 4004 when I bought my Dakota in 2001 and saw an old Ci on the poster that came with the guitar. My cousin thought I was silly to be searching for a guitar I'd never seen, but the 4004 has not disappointed me.

So it's John Hall's fault!

charlyg · Post by **charlyg** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 5:22 pm

I received my Bass X-tender already! WOW that was fast!