A 4004L on the bay

jps · Post by **jps** » Thu Mar 11, 2004 3:04 pm

I am glad I am not delusional! Although, for a while a long time ago in a galaxy far away, I though I was a Jedi Knight!

jeff_ulmer · Post by **jeff_ulmer** » Thu Mar 11, 2004 4:18 pm

As long as you did not say "ni" you should be alright.

Of course, you could have been sniffing that "Ric smell" for too long!

I just looked up the ABM bridge that Allparts sells, and with the exception of the slots in the quickchange tailstop, this looks identical to the one on my Cii.

jps · Post by **jps** » Thu Mar 11, 2004 5:22 pm

I went to that post with the RIC tour photos so I could get a good look at the 4004/5Cii that was in for repair. At the full resolution of the image I could see what John is talking about. As far as I can surmise, only the 5 string bridge is a custom one piece design; the 4 string bridge is a two piece design. I would still like to be able to get the quick release version of the tailpiece for my chrome 4 string ABM bridge. Is it possible for RIC to help out in acquiring these without having to buy the complete bridge as I can't find a way to contact ABM? Pictured is the bridge with the tailpiece I'd like.

johnhall · Post by **johnhall** » Thu Mar 11, 2004 5:26 pm

Sorry, I thought we were talking 5-stringer here. Too many Jeff's to keep track of here!

The 5 stringer is one solid piece as I said, with the "quick change" configuration.

The 4 is as you say, but it's still a custom part due to our string spacing. I have no idea if some of their parts are interchangeable.

johnhall · Post by **johnhall** » Thu Mar 11, 2004 5:30 pm

We crossed posts there. I'll look up their email and send it to you tomorrow but I'd be very surprised if they'll even answer. Very nice people but it's a wholesale business and pretty small.

jps · Post by **jps** » Fri Mar 12, 2004 3:15 am

Thanks John,
I am curious why you went with the quick change design for the 5 string but not for the 4 string? That is one modern feature we all would like.

We definitely have more than our share of Jeffs here, that's why I go by Jeffrey!

jeff_ulmer · Post by **jeff_ulmer** » Fri Mar 12, 2004 11:12 am

Yes, there are Jeffs aplenty in these parts!

I like the look of the non quickchange bridge better, but the quickchange definitely has advantages when changing strings.

Thanks for clearing that up, John.

mortivan · Post by **mortivan** » Fri Mar 12, 2004 1:01 pm

It's hard not to think "5 strings" when you see the name "Jeff"

jps · Post by **jps** » Fri Mar 12, 2004 4:47 pm

I've had five 5 string basses over the years but I am down to just one these days.

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Fri Mar 12, 2004 5:18 pm

I am down to one 4 string these days ... I don't play it much ... but it is cool ...

jeff_ulmer · Post by **jeff_ulmer** » Fri Mar 12, 2004 6:44 pm

I only have a pair of fives, but will be looking at sixes next time out.

Nice spalted top on that one Jeffrey.

cheyenne · Post by **cheyenne** » Sat Mar 13, 2004 3:39 am

Nice Zon, by the way.

jps · Post by **jps** » Sat Mar 13, 2004 7:24 am

That Zon was custom made for me by Joe in '99. I have visited him a couple times in his shop and he has two of my large format landscape photographs. He did pick a very nice piece of spalted maple for it, and I had Joe not put in the usual active electronics, it has only a passive volume control. He also wired the SD pickup in parallel for me to get a sweeter clear high end for the fretless to sing better than in the standard series wiring he uses. I added the Hipshot A style bridge and Hipshot Ultralite tuners (not visible in this photo).

jnbass · Post by **jnbass** » Sat Mar 13, 2004 8:09 am

truly a custom among customs!

nice bass!