A 4003 Downunder

RicOshea · Post by **RicOshea** » Mon Jun 20, 2011 4:37 am

Hi there,
here is my 2009 4003, I have made a few small mod's to it, but I think it it now finished (bar a new set of strings).
The guard is by Tony @ Pickguardian, the neck HB1 is coiltapped via the tone knob. Roll on next band rehersal !

woodyng · Post by **woodyng** » Mon Jun 20, 2011 12:12 pm

schweet! i am a sucker for tortoise pg,it looks really nice on the MG!

qwezirider · Post by **qwezirider** » Mon Jun 20, 2011 12:36 pm

I've never liked tortoise much, but that looks really good. I like that.

YZZ · Post by **YZZ** » Mon Jun 20, 2011 2:24 pm

Looks good!

Those plastic things around the bridge pickup must be pretty good right?

Islandboy · Post by **Islandboy** » Mon Jun 20, 2011 5:04 pm

Very Nice !

johnallg · Post by **johnallg** » Mon Jun 20, 2011 7:43 pm

Nice figuring and grain in that maple. And the tort pickguard looks pretty good on it. Realize I don't really like tort guards, but with the maple and look of the bubinga fretboard it works. Kudos.

cjj · Post by **cjj** » Mon Jun 20, 2011 7:56 pm

Yes, I was going to say it made a good match for the fretboard as well. Very nice!

RicOshea · Post by **RicOshea** » Mon Jun 20, 2011 8:04 pm

I used to have the original treble bezel, but I prefer the new cove model. I went with the tortoise pg as I think it has a sort of classic/vintage look on an already classic bass. It is hard to get good photos of the tortoise, too muck flash & it just reflects back, or if there is not enough light the pg just looks black.

slave · Post by **slave** » Tue Jun 21, 2011 11:05 pm

Looks the duck nuts cobber!

I love the brown tortoiseshell guards - but never tried one on a natural finish before. Surprised how good it looks.
Where did you get the pickguard?

RicOSoundMan · Post by **RicOSoundMan** » Tue Jun 21, 2011 11:21 pm

Very pretty BAss!!!! I like that tortise shell pick gaurd too....

CatHead · Post by **CatHead** » Wed Jun 22, 2011 1:11 pm

A chum of mine on basschat.co.uk had an MG FL one of these with the tort PG - very cool!

RicOshea · Post by **RicOshea** » Sat Jun 25, 2011 3:45 am

slave wrote:Looks the duck nuts cobber!

I love the brown tortoiseshell guards - but never tried one on a natural finish before. Surprised how good it looks.
Where did you get the pickguard?

Pickguard is from Pickguardian. He has a template for this guard so you can just choose the finish you like that he has available & order online.

Ivan3000 · Post by **Ivan3000** » Sat Jun 25, 2011 1:08 pm

Try to paint your TRC tortoise, that would look cool.

slave · Post by **slave** » Tue Jun 28, 2011 9:10 pm

RicOshea wrote:
slave wrote:Looks the duck nuts cobber!

I love the brown tortoiseshell guards - but never tried one on a natural finish before. Surprised how good it looks.
Where did you get the pickguard?
Pickguard is from Pickguardian. He has a template for this guard so you can just choose the finish you like that he has available & order online.

Rightio - ta for that. May have to give them a burl.
Been thinking of something a bit out there for my P aswell......

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