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woodyng wrote:beauty! congrats,love the new inlays...it looks esp nice with the blue,and the white binding/plastic.....so was this bass also an '09? if all of these late-period basses have been made with computerized automated lathe working,i am surprised you would find differences in the neck sizes....

Beats the snot outta me! The feel of the neck on the fireglo was so completely different from other two - very thick. The MID I picked still has a thicker neck than my "willowy" '80 4001, but I'll get used to it, oh yes, most definitely.

Don't let that snot get all over the beautiful Mid B finish...

If the willowy, lithe, maiden-like neck on my '08 FG 4003 were any slimmer, it would have to be placed in a clinic for anorexic eating disorders...

After playing the beefy Laredo (ahhh. beef!) The 4003 is like sliding on ice with your drawers down-
(so I've heard...)







...Willowy!

Matt, wonderful looking MID bass you got there. I saw one at POTR during MARF and if I were to get a blue bass it would definitely be MID. Nice deep blue - in varying light it reminds me of the color of the sky from late dusk to deep night. Worth the wait, no?!

Larry, you just gotta get a camera - my daughter has a Fuji and they take wonderful pics with no effort. Something like one of these.
http://www.amazon.com/Fujifilm-Finepix- ... 403&sr=8-6

http://www.amazon.com/Fujifilm-FinePix- ... 03&sr=8-10

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0012Y ... 403&sr=8-4

Larry, you just gotta get a camera - my daughter has a Fuji and they take wonderful pics with no effort. Something like one of these.

Agreed. Two/Three years ago my Dad hands me this cheesy magazine ad:

"Digital Camera/Video Recorder/Mp3 Player"
BlabBlaBla...
Piece of.....junk.
Good thing he doesn't use the phone etc. anymore to order stuff like this again.

Well, some people have a good camera and take good shots....
Here's the current vocalist, Brianna, in my R&B Rhythm Section- "The Project"-
And she SINGS phonky too!
The Lord works in mysterious ways....



(I know this pic is gonna be viewed about a bajillion times.... )

woodyng wrote:beauty! congrats,love the new inlays...it looks esp nice with the blue,and the white binding/plastic.....so was this bass also an '09? if all of these late-period basses have been made with computerized automated lathe working,i am surprised you would find differences in the neck sizes....

I'm curious... what's up with that? Are there more than one CNC "templates"?