4004 pickguard

sloop_john_b · Post by **sloop_john_b** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 12:05 pm

Brian, i'd rather keep it simplified. At most i'd do concentrics, but I could live without them. It's part of the charm of the 4004.

aceonbass · Post by **aceonbass** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 12:17 pm

I've found with roundwound strings, particularly with HB1's, that I always run the tone wide open anyway. For this reason I wired my 4004MID in stereo with two volumes and a selector switch. I feel that flatwounds require more tone control, so I did concentrics in stereo on my 4004MG soon to be fretless.

sloop_john_b · Post by **sloop_john_b** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 1:42 pm

A few more pics, with her strung up, and with the vintage reissue TRC:

relayer4u · Post by **relayer4u** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 1:56 pm

I think it looks very cool JB.

I do wonder how it would look with the controls centered in the guard area with a placement shifted towards the centerline a little more...

aceonbass · Post by **aceonbass** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 1:59 pm

Additional routing would be required to do that as well as adding any more controls.

jps · Post by **jps** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 2:01 pm

If the PG were made larger like the one on the experimental '60s 4001 in the Smith book, I think the controls would center nicely.

relayer4u · Post by **relayer4u** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 2:04 pm

I meant drilling the holes in the guard a bit more to the right Dane...not moving the control cavity!

Or maybe I misunderstood?

cheyenne · Post by **cheyenne** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 2:55 am

Does anyone have a pic of the first generation RCA 4004 that was on Ebay a few years ago?

If I remember right it had a similar "gold" guard.

Maybe even oven knobs?

It really looked cool.

86kubicki · Post by **86kubicki** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 3:38 am

I've always thought the 4004 could use a pickguard. The top looks too bare (unless there's some really nice wood - cue Jared).

rickaddict · Post by **rickaddict** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 4:34 am

I like the look. I like the contrasting colors.

I wish I had taken a photo of the RCA 4004, Scott. It did have a similar gold guard, but I don't remember oven knobs. I think the solid black "vintage" knobs would look good against a gold guard.