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Re: It's Been Eight Years
Posted: Wed Jan 29, 2020 11:12 pm
by cjj
Wow, Joey, congrats!
I've been wanting one of those since I first saw them. None to be had in these parts so I guess I'll just have to get one on my next trip to the top side of the planet...
Re: It's Been Eight Years
Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2020 2:23 am
by jps
cjj wrote:Wow, Joey, congrats!
I've been wanting one of those since I first saw them. None to be had in these parts so I guess I'll just have to get one on my next trip to the top side of the planet...
Be vewy cayful up dare, it can be vewy coal this time of weer.
Re: It's Been Eight Years
Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2020 11:37 am
by ram
so a question - is the neck pickup harness routing on the surface like the 4001/4003s or does it go subterranean (internal) like the 4004s????
Re: It's Been Eight Years
Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2020 1:15 pm
by rickenbrother
ram wrote:so a question - is the neck pickup harness routing on the surface like the 4001/4003s or does it go subterranean (internal) like the 4004s????
I'll be taking a peek under the hood fairly soon. Though I'm pretty sure it's routed like other 4003's.
Re: It's Been Eight Years
Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2020 6:13 pm
by morrow
Well congratulations , Joey ! I'm long overdue for a visit here ...
Re: It's Been Eight Years
Posted: Sat Feb 01, 2020 8:18 am
by aceonbass
ram wrote:so a question - is the neck pickup harness routing on the surface like the 4001/4003s or does it go subterranean (internal) like the 4004s????
The neck pickup wire runs through a route just like all current 4003's. The pickups are adjusted just like 4004 pickups, with a small wood screw, which I don't care for. Eventually I'll probably sink machine thread brass bushings into the body where the wood screws go, and replace those with 4-40 screws, which are much smoother, and don't require a lot of downward force to adjust.
Re: It's Been Eight Years
Posted: Sat Feb 01, 2020 10:10 am
by berth
Congrats.
A 4003s/5 WAL is high on my wishlist.
Re: It's Been Eight Years
Posted: Sat Feb 01, 2020 10:49 am
by basmansam
Joey!! Congrats on your new S5. I love mine.
How does it compare to your 4004Cii 5?
Re: It's Been Eight Years
Posted: Sun Feb 02, 2020 11:28 am
by aceonbass
Two modded S5's. Mine is on the left.
Re: It's Been Eight Years
Posted: Sun Feb 02, 2020 11:42 am
by aceonbass
I found the usual 330k (actually 275k) pots to be to dark with these 14k pickups, so I replaced the pots with push-pull pot with a 500k Bourns, and the rest with 500k CTS pots. The tone caps are now .022uF ERO caps. The tone is a bit clearer now, and the bridge pickup sounds really good, even with the tone rolled all the way back.
Re: It's Been Eight Years
Posted: Sun Feb 02, 2020 12:01 pm
by bassduke49
I must have been away from music too long. What have they done with DRUMS?!?
Re: It's Been Eight Years
Posted: Sun Feb 02, 2020 12:13 pm
by aceonbass
Never seen Simmons SDS9's Paul? Where were YOU in the 80's?
Re: It's Been Eight Years
Posted: Sun Feb 02, 2020 3:34 pm
by rickenbrother
aceonbass wrote:Two modded S5's. Mine is on the left.
I saw that pic on FB. I like the pickguard. I guess yo had to get the pots in that arrangement because of the tapered end.
Re: It's Been Eight Years
Posted: Sun Feb 02, 2020 4:34 pm
by bassduke49
Well, that was my "black-out period" when it came to music. You mean that kit is more than 30 years old? I don't want to imagine what they make now!
Re: It's Been Eight Years
Posted: Tue Feb 04, 2020 1:22 pm
by thx1955
aceonbass wrote:Two modded S5's. Mine is on the left.
Very nice ...
Dane, is that one of the new Ric tailpieces on your Fireglo ?