4004 pickguard

incubus2432 · Post by **incubus2432** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 5:58 am

Another idea would be to let Dane drill out the screw holes then just cut off the screw heads and glue them to the pickguard. I think the screws add a nice visual. Best of both worlds IMO.

sloop_john_b · Post by **sloop_john_b** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 6:04 am

Great idea Brian!

aceonbass · Post by **aceonbass** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 7:19 am

No screw holes for you John!

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 7:24 am

Horses for courses. I dreamed up this solution to eliminate those pesky screws! LOL

sloop_john_b · Post by **sloop_john_b** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 7:32 am

Thanks Dane!

incubus2432 · Post by **incubus2432** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 7:57 am

Paul....you dreamed up the solution of double sided tape.......BRILLIANT!

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 8:03 am

Well, not exactly, when you put it that way, Brian. I just thought it would be a good way to eliminate screws from the equation. You know how I hat to drill into a nice paint job!

Double-face tape itself predates me.

By about a week or so.

sloop_john_b · Post by **sloop_john_b** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 8:18 am

Brilliant!

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 10:17 am

Those guys have all of their screws tightened, that's fer sure...

bobcat · Post by **bobcat** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 11:11 am

I've been wondering about this for the longest time. I absolutely love the look of the 4001S and 4001V63, neither of which are in production anymore. Specifically, I've been pining for a Mapleglo with no binding and walnut wings. I don't really care about the pickups at this point.

I love the way the 4004 looks, body contour-wise, but I think it would look awesome with a regular Ric pickguard. I've been thinking that getting a 4004L in Mapleglo and then somehow attaching a 4003 pickguard to it would look amazing.

Someone on the "Anyone need a bass photoshop?" thread at Talkbass.com did one for me. It's not perfect (the pictures I gave him were not so great to begin with), as you can see with the too-short pickguard, but pretty awesome nonetheless.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y193/rws10923/4004withPickguard.jpg

sloop_john_b · Post by **sloop_john_b** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 11:12 am

johnallg · Post by **johnallg** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 11:20 am

Bobcat, that looks really nice! A little longer on the guard under the strings, maybe. 'Course I'm partial to Mapleglos.

incubus2432 · Post by **incubus2432** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 12:04 pm

I'm sure you could come up with pleasing dimensions and have Tony at Pickguardian make one up. MG with black would look nice. I wonder if Paul would paint on a faux-pickguard.

cheyenne · Post by **cheyenne** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 3:36 pm

Seee? you guys are crazy! What you really want to be playing is a 4003!

johnallg · Post by **johnallg** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 4:00 pm

"What you really want to be playing is a 4003!

"

Only until you try a 4004.