new guard for da 4000

[xakattack]

just wanted to share the new pickguard i made for my '74. all it needs now is a foam mute and some cleaning and its ready to rock.

before:
http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t294 ... G_0335.jpg

after:
http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t294 ... G_0399.jpg

(sorry, i couldn't figure out how to make them show up in the thread)

[antipodean]

Very nice! I like the older full-size 'guard. And the great relic job on the body should add $1000 to the value of the bass!

[xakattack]

Very nice! I like the older full-size 'guard. And the great relic job on the body should add $1000 to the value of the bass!

thats all natural. just the way i like it.

[teeder]

Good job, Zack!
I just made a new guard tracing for my 4000 so I can add a toaster up front.

[badeggs]

Zack, is that a V63/C64 bridge on there? Or did you cut that tooth yourself?

Nice-looking 4000, especially with the longer 'guard (which they should never have discontinued in the first place - it looks so much cooler).

[wints]

Good job, Zack!
I just made a new guard tracing for my 4000 so I can add a toaster up front.

So Kev, the 69 is getting toasted into a 4001?

[teeder]

Good job, Zack!
I just made a new guard tracing for my 4000 so I can add a toaster up front.

So Kev, the 69 is getting toasted into a 4001?

Ye"S"

I have to figure out what to do for a toaster though. The new scatterwound that I got is too deep. The long magnets hit the bottom of the pick-up cavity.
I need a short pole toaster, or swap this toaster with the one in my '71.

[wints]

Good job, Zack!
I just made a new guard tracing for my 4000 so I can add a toaster up front.

So Kev, the 69 is getting toasted into a 4001?

Ye"S"

I have to figure out what to do for a toaster though. The new scatterwound that I got is too deep. The long magnets hit the bottom of the pick-up cavity.
I need a short pole toaster, or swap this toaster with the one in my '71.

It's tough finding those "shorties". Took me forever to find one....

[teeder]

That's not good news.

"or swap this toaster with the one in my '71." I'm assuming that the '71 will accept a long magnet toaster.
The '72 I had, had long poles.

[wints]

My Dec 71 had the short/recessed poles as well Kev, but I can't remember how deep the cavity was...

[xakattack]

that is actually a faker tail-piece that i cut the slot into and a genuine ric bridge. i couldn't bring myself to modify the original tail-piece.

Zack, is that a V63/C64 bridge on there? Or did you cut that tooth yourself?

Nice-looking 4000, especially with the longer 'guard (which they should never have discontinued in the first place - it looks so much cooler).