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Pics up Friday for sure. Forgot I have something to do tonight and will do it tomorrow morning.

Low End Lover wrote:Pics up Friday for sure. Forgot I have something to do tonight and will do it tomorrow morning.

Yeah, that's what they all say!

Here you go! Didn't get fancy with the photography, but you get the idea. I threw in a picture of the Triple Threat at the end, i.e. my '08 4003FL, wife's '09 330 and my '10 4003.











Enjoy! I know we do.

LEL

Great grain in that fingerboard! Enjoy.

Ooh, nice! Congrats!

Sweet!! Happy mwahing! I see RIC is leaving off the 19th fret fingerboard position for the vintage look on the recent FL basses too. Cool! Congrats and enjoy it, Jason!

And soon, very soon, I will get to see them and play them and -- even -- work on them. In person. Why, with a trio like that (dare I say it?) I, could...RULE THE WORLD!!!! Mwahhh-hah-hah-ha!!

iiipopes wrote:And soon, very soon, I will get to see them and play them and -- even -- work on them. In person. Why, with a trio like that (dare I say it?) I, could...RULE THE WORLD!!!! Mwahhh-hah-hah-ha!!

Yes, Scott and what a glorious rule it shall be! Jangle & Growl as far as the eye can see and the ear can hear!

Jason

Congrats, Jason!

Wow, Nice FL! Congrats!
MAPLEGLO ROCKS!!!!

Jason, that looks like a really good bass. I really hope it's everything you wanted and then some.

If you ever find that (using rounds on it) there are wolf notes that can't be explained, I took mine (made in the same run of yours) to a Denver luthier I really trust. He saw some unevenness in the clear varnish so he is going to sand it flat for me. Just thought I'd tell you, as for over a year I've wondered why, with rounds more than flats, why the 6th semitone on the G string sounded rather wolf-y if played a certain way. Turns out there was a tiny "pit" in the CV there.

Thanks Joshua & to all for the nice comments. I will keep that in mind. I know Scott knows a good luthier in Springfield if I need it, but I guess the only catch is he'll have to get it finished in a day if I drive down. BTW, what is the exact definition of a "wolf note"? Also, is Scott a fretless player?

LEL

A wolf note is the opposite of a dead note; it is a note that is louder than surrounding notes.

jps wrote:A wolf note is the opposite of a dead note; it is a note that is louder than surrounding notes.

I couldn't have articulated it that succinctly, thanks Jeff.

Low End Lover wrote: Also, is Scott a fretless player?

Not technically speaking but he knows what he's doing so it doesn't matter much--he can pick mine up and sound pretty good from the get-go. Actually, so have a lot of non-fretless players, thanks to the side dots and fast action. My former bandmate was really pleased with how playable he found my 4003FL, and he was a guitarist.

FretlessOnly wrote:Great grain in that fingerboard! Enjoy.

+1

Wow, that is REALLY COOL!