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woodyng wrote:this is a lot of black basses! (not complainin',jest sayin') good lookin' ones,too.......

...wait until Jingle-Jangle finished mine!!! Common but different colour though.

This is kind of lame compared to you others,, but here's my 4004L with Hipshot style "A" bridge, rewired Vol/Vol/Tone, with Hipshot "O" ring knobs and refinned TRC.

phlemmy wrote:^one of the rare occasions that a white pickguard looks good on a JG. the pearloid meshes well with the inlays.

I recently put the matching white one on the bass; the swirly PG actually matches the inlays, same material, so it does look great in the "flesh".

Nothing to be embarrassed about, Scott - That's a great looking bass!

I can't take credit for this one, but it lives here. This one used to be a Fireglo V63 and was souped up and refinished by Dale Fortune for Sean Kelly a few years back. I believe it has a rebuilt old Horseshoe (don't those go for a lot of money? ) installed, a shaved-down neck, and the fretboard and headstock wings have been stained very dark. The rest is in non-yellowing snow white. She's a beauty!

Then there's the "Mink" - a '72, formerly a mapleglo that I had Paul W refinish. Ted Staberow stripped off the old finish, refretted the neck and redid the binding on the neck. Paul did the body binding and finish. The bridge pickup is a replacement high-gain, and the tailpiece is a new replacement. Still my fave:

My factory one-off 4004Cii with 2-piece flame maple neck.

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This one has gone through some changes, and some back again. At it's summit of "custom," it looked like this. It's the lighter "iced tea" version of Montezuma Brown, a 2004 4003VP, with a custom Pickguardian "Signature Edition" pickguard, Pickguardian bridge pickup surround, vintage knobs, and brass Hipshot bridge/tail. Note TRC painted to match p/g:

Wow, Richard! How did that happen? Let's see the front, too!

bassduke49 wrote:Wow, Richard! How did that happen? Let's see the front, too!

My 1st 4004 developed a fatal neck warp, and Mr. Ben Hall personally oversaw construction of this fantastic warranty replacement bass. Talk about going above & beyond any other manufacturer's customer service! Thanks again, Ben!

Before:

A few:

Russ Rubman's Aquabass, with those outrageous inlays done my that fella in Florida:






Then there's Andy O'Connor's Rick 700/4 acoustic bass. He's promising WAV files on this one, soon:







Mike Carr's Ruby 4001:







John Simmon's BG Lefty:





Bob Singer's AFG 4000S:








Custom finishes and custom builds. I've got a few more for a later time...

Wow! Great looking basses, all. That acoustic bass is custom work at it's finest.

Great thread! Not a clunker in the whole batch!

kiramdear wrote:Great thread! Not a clunker in the whole batch!

Visually, no. Structurally, there's at least one with a bum neck...