A 4004L on the bay

jnbass · Post by **jnbass** » Wed Mar 10, 2004 9:19 am

love the figure on the fretboard!

gstuadams · Post by **gstuadams** » Wed Mar 10, 2004 10:48 am

Greg, what color is that laredo?

jayfbv · Post by **jayfbv** » Wed Mar 10, 2004 11:27 am

Anyone know whether RIC make that roller bridge? Mike Parks doesn't show them for sale.

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Wed Mar 10, 2004 11:36 am

the 2000 series used Schaller ... the 4004 is ABM I think????

ken_james · Post by **ken_james** » Wed Mar 10, 2004 12:43 pm

I think I remember JH saying it was a ABM bridge.

johnhall · Post by **johnhall** » Wed Mar 10, 2004 1:09 pm

Yes, that's correct, ABM is the current supplier of this part.

ken_james · Post by **ken_james** » Wed Mar 10, 2004 2:02 pm

Was Fireglo an option on the 4004's back in 1997? Ebay link:http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3708510054&category=4713

johnhall · Post by **johnhall** » Wed Mar 10, 2004 2:33 pm

It was but probably not well publicized.

It also may have been one of those things where we said "Let's see what it looks like".

jps · Post by **jps** » Wed Mar 10, 2004 3:02 pm

Is it possible to get the quick release tailpiece for the ABM bridge? I know that it just screws on to the baseplate of the bridge so it would be easy to replace. I tried Allparts but they couldn't help at all.

ken_james · Post by **ken_james** » Wed Mar 10, 2004 4:41 pm

Well you learn something everyday, thank you.

johnhall · Post by **johnhall** » Wed Mar 10, 2004 5:48 pm

This is a custom part, made to our specs. It's all one piece, except for the saddles.

jps · Post by **jps** » Thu Mar 11, 2004 3:13 am

John,
On the bottom of the baseplate are screws that attach the tailpiece that the strings and intonation screws go through, I have taken this piece off! I have seen this same type of ABM bridge on Pedulla basses and I have seen the same type of ABM bridge with string slots in the tailpiece. In fact, doesn't the photo on your website show the 4004/5Cii with string slots on the bridge? I think would be a very nice feature for those of us that switch back and forth between different strings depending on the gig or recording, like I do between roundwounds and flatwounds.

johnhall · Post by **johnhall** » Thu Mar 11, 2004 6:36 am

No Jeffrey, that's an ABM aftermarket part. Ours is machined from solid brass.

jps · Post by **jps** » Thu Mar 11, 2004 1:15 pm

Are you saying the complete bridge including the tailpiece section is one solid item (discounting the saddles of course)? If so, the bridge that came on my new 4004Cii was replaced by Mike Parks before he shipped it to me. I have the ABM bridge that came on Jeff Rath's 4004L, and it also has a removeable tailpiece. This is very curious.

jeff_ulmer · Post by **jeff_ulmer** » Thu Mar 11, 2004 2:25 pm

My stock Cii also has a two piece bridge, with the base plate being separate from the rear plate that the strings pass through.