My new 4004 Cii BBR

[scotty]

Congrats tony.What a beauty!

[winston]

Tony it looks fabulous. Turn it up loud and shake the rafters. Congrats my friend. It has found a great home.

[kiramdear]

Wow, Tony, it looks like it was worth the wait. Congratulations! Beautiful!

[jps]

Congrats, Tony! Do I hear Janey in the background calling out to you?

[rickenbrother]

Alright!! Congrats, it's a beauty, T!! Enjoy it!!

[rickenbrother]

Did everyone get their 4004 Cii BBR that they were waiting for, so we can start the picture thread?

[johnallg]

Hey Tony, wonderful looking - a very nice blend to the blue.

Have you had a chance to play it yet? Impressions?

[fretless]

Did everyone get their 4004 Cii BBR that they were waiting for, so we can start the picture thread?

I'm ready !

[nukebass]

I've only got three pictures. It'll be (hopefully no more than) two weeks or so before I can get more. That's assuming I can put it down long enough to take pictures.

[rickenbrother]

I'm wondering if we should invade Howard Bishop's General Forum, (or is that General Howard Bishop's Forum ) so that way any Blueburst model picture can be posted.

[nukebass]

I'm wondering if we should invade Howard Bishop's General Forum, (or is that General Howard Bishop's Forum ) so that way any Blueburst model picture can be posted.

It might take too much effort, but it might also be neat to see the pictures organized chronologically at some point. That way we can see how the blueburst changed over time with each model. If I remember correctly, the first bluebursts came out sometime around August of 05 and there still may be a few left to go.

[ajish4]

Hey Everyone!

Sorry for my absence....I've kinda been..........BUSY!

FORGIVE THE LONG POST....

With so many 4004Cii and new posts, I guess I'll just copy & paste this on all of them. SO, my apologies in advance if it gets redundant.

Well, my FIRST IMPRESSION when I took the bass out of the case was, WOW, VERY SEXY, then it was "OMG, the NECK IS H U G E", and kinda freaked out. I was a little disappointed it didn't have the flame that the others seemed to have. I kinda bummed out and just put it back in the case.
Again, FIRST IMPRESSIONS....I loved the color. I'm not a BLUE kind of guy, but this thing is EYE CANDY for sure! I LOVED the fact it is SO DAMNED LIGHT! OK, so much for my mixed first impressions.

In the past, if I didn't fall in love with a bass the FIRST time I picked it up, off she went. I kept remembering Joey, Woody and a few other folks saying it will take some getting used to. SO, THANK YOU GUYS for that....you brought me back to center slot with those posts.

I went back to the case about 8 hours later, this was yesterday...and thought....OK, I'm not giving up this easily. The wait was too long for me to just bail on it. I dug it out of the case and just started noodling around. Very cool range of sounds. Hmmm, decent CLANK, clear crisp MIDS & HIGHS and I though, OK COOL. The neck was taking some getting used to, but not as bad as I first thought. I am starting to get used to it. My FAVORITE features include the walnut sandwich and the fact it is SO NICE & LIGHT not to mention the kick a@@ sound and the flawless finish work. KUDOS on this one guys! Some more noodling.... NICE THUMP all around, great addition to the flock! Hmm, this may work out after all.

Then, last night, around 8:30 the kids put on some jackass movie PINEAPPLE EXPRESS. I thought, oh GOOD..I'll mess around with the 4004 while pretending to watch this stupid flick! I found my self not getting tired near as quickly as I normally do. The hands felt pretty good. The neck had enough meat on it to dig in yet still was still kinda comfy...I still had to work on the new string spacing. THAT is going to take a little getting adjusted to.

By the end of the flick, I was falling pretty hard for this lil gal. I played it constantly for about 2 or 2 1/2 hours and felt like I just picked it up! My physical limitations have always cut my playing sessions short. NOT THIS TIME. I played it past midnight and STILL didn't want to put it down. Words cannot describe that feeling. Got up this morning and started playing it again! The body feels SO GOOD, almost custom made....then I thought, IF a RIC mated with an Alembic...this is basically what the offspring would be! DEAD and I mean DEAD QUIET. It booms but is clear and crisp. Lightweight (Thanks for that one JH) us older guys can appreciate being able to go a bit further with a lighter bass no doubt, all pretty sweet. Just a very comfy bass, everything seems top notch, looks like each & every step great attention to detail was paid. Money well spent. I didn't feel that way when I first got it, but the more I played, the better I felt about it.

SO, if you made it this far....I sure hope these 4004's are hear to stay. It would make a great platform for MANY cool and DREAM type basses. If any of you are dying for an "S" style RIC, go for this one. You will love it. THANKS to each and every one of you who had the patience to put up with my moaning for the past................................................few years!

[fretless]

glad to hear you warmed up to it , I had the same shock about that neck and the same outcome , really effortless to play , can't say that about my '57 ri which I always thought was large and wide , but this is fatter but feels better , and ohboy that sound ! Flamed out wood is a touchy thing for me , I dislike "chevron" and perfect super tight patterns , for me less is better and natural less perfect is always better , yours is unique and beautiful so Rock that sweet thang like she needs to be !

[rickenbrother]

I knew you'd love it, T!!
It just takes a little getting used to the different feel of the neck and string spacing, but once you've spent some time with it, you see that the neck is actually very comfortable. It's almost like driving a different, very stylish and classy high end car!

You should be be able to adjust the string spacing.

[kiramdear]

That's great that you warmed up to her, Tony. I guess larger doesn't always mean less comfortable

I would seem a pity after all that expectation ... I say keep her if only for the weight thing, if the color isn't enough to convince you

Congratulations!