YessssssssssssSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!ben_brown wrote:nooooOOOOOO!!!!!!!rickenbrother wrote:Tear drop shaped pickguard...hmm...
4004L5 Conversion
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Re: 4004L5 Conversion
- markbass99
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Re: 4004L5 Conversion
Hi Dane, that's a great job you did on that conversion and while it does lose it's 4004 identity I can appreciate the work and planning that went into it. The hb1's really sound great with a good B string, I highly recommend the LaBella HRS taper core in .128. If you ever want to use a smaller tuner and get the vintage look, the Hipshot ultralights are available with the cloverleaf keys, I put these on the Cii/5 conversion that I sold to Brian and they looked pretty good. I still have my jetglo Laredo conversion and I think it's pretty cool that even though I did mine the unorthodox reverse "tuner in the wave" method, the keys come very close to the same positions as one done the factory/ Dane method...
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73 Feb 4001, 73 March 4001, 73 April 4001, 73 May 4001, 73 June 4001, 73 July 4001
04 MM Bongo 5HSp, 07 MM Bongo 5HS, 09 MM Bongo 5HS, 09 MM Bongo 5Hp, 11 MM Bongo 5H
04 MM Bongo 5HSp, 07 MM Bongo 5HS, 09 MM Bongo 5HS, 09 MM Bongo 5Hp, 11 MM Bongo 5H
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Re: 4004L5 Conversion
This is the only picture I have of the cloverleaf hipshots on the Cii conversion, the mapleglo between Jdog and I.


73 Feb 4001, 73 March 4001, 73 April 4001, 73 May 4001, 73 June 4001, 73 July 4001
04 MM Bongo 5HSp, 07 MM Bongo 5HS, 09 MM Bongo 5HS, 09 MM Bongo 5Hp, 11 MM Bongo 5H
04 MM Bongo 5HSp, 07 MM Bongo 5HS, 09 MM Bongo 5HS, 09 MM Bongo 5Hp, 11 MM Bongo 5H
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Re: 4004L5 Conversion
I think that might look good!ben_brown wrote:nooooOOOOOO!!!!!!!rickenbrother wrote:Tear drop shaped pickguard...hmm...
Re: 4004L5 Conversion
jps wrote:YessssssssssssSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!ben_brown wrote:nooooOOOOOO!!!!!!!rickenbrother wrote:Tear drop shaped pickguard...hmm...
yess.....in goooolllllllddddddd
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Re: 4004L5 Conversion
Looks beautiful, Dane!
Re: 4004L5 Conversion
Thanks Bruce. Didn't you sell yours on Ebay recently? Hey Joey, I think a black teardrop guard would look good on that 4004JG.
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Re: 4004L5 Conversion
GRRRR, again with the JETGLO!?!?!?!?!?!?jps wrote:Nice work, Dane!Once you refinish it in JG it will be perfect.
Looks cool Dane, well done!

