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jps wrote:Very nice 4001!

I want to know more about this:

Me too! 24 to 21? Can it be done?

That's the new short scale.

Yeah, it can.

jingle_jangle wrote:That's the new short scale.

Ha!

woodyng wrote:Those are both beautiful Ric's! I am really blown away by the curve (radius) of those 60's 4001's. i suppose it feels as good as it looks?

I'll let you know!

Beautiful, Paul...

jingle_jangle wrote:That's the new short scale.

Very Chimey. Very Modal! Man!

jingle_jangle wrote:... Rare NOS nickel-plated short trap tailpiece, ...

Got another one of those tailpieces laying around your shop. I think it would look good on my 1997 LH MG.

Awesome stuff.

The 4001 and 320 look superb ! !
Beautiful craftsmanship (as always) Paul ! !

jingle_jangle wrote:Yeah, it can.

Ah, maybe someday I can have it done to my 330/12.

For those of you who didn't see this on my Facebook page, here's the early stages of a doubleneck that I'm constructing from a recycled bass donor. It'll be a 4/6. Checkerboard binding and a very unusual paint finish.

It's for Al Cisneros of OM, and it's been slowly coming together over the last few months...















Photos taken with iPhone 5...

This is Graham's 4005/8 which I've had for a number of months. I built it two winters ago, from accurate drawings, with JH's permission (it is also recycled from a 4005 that was complete, but too far gone to restore). It was my first attempt at an 8-string 4005, and it had some issues, which I corrected when Graham returned it to me. It's received a new neck and had its paint matched. It's now nearly assembled and ready to ship!

Neck removal:





New neck in place, finished, partially reassembled:



Headstock, reinforced, with revised tuner spacing:



Jesus Padilla's 700C/12 is nearly ready for its last coat of varnish and buff...

The 340SF is nearly ready for paint, I've got a new 370 in for a new (wider) neck, the 1999 for Bryce is moving toward final paint, and I've got two white/black bound 4001s in for refins. And a really unique Art Bass project with hand-cast knobs and tuner keys, that's been in-process for a couple of years now.

Staying busy...

But wait!!!

There's more!!!

I'd really like to hear that 8 string 4005 when it's completed!

That neck looks familiar.

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