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Very very cool bass! Those are some mighty bold mods you've done. I'm glad you're blown away by the end result. Have fun!

gearhed289 wrote:Very very cool bass! Those are some mighty bold mods you've done.

Thanks! Ya, there's nothin' quite like taking power tools to a brand new Ricky

aceonbass wrote:

gearhed289 wrote:Very very cool bass! Those are some mighty bold mods you've done.

Thanks! Ya, there's nothin' quite like taking power tools to a brand new Ricky

Actually, I'm seriously considering doing just that to my 4004Cii MG. Possibly even doing a 5 string conversion. I'm just not sure how to deal with the headstock/tuners with MG, especially if I wanted to have the extra tuner on the bass side...

Yeah, that's the only way I think it would look "right". I liked your previous method, but that just wouldn't cut it on a transparent finish. Needless to say, that's the reason nothing has been done on it... yet...

The more I look at Dane's mods, the more nervous my Cii's get!

aceonbass wrote:Joey, did you add the 3rd pickup to your 4004's, or is that Photoshop? Looks good! What to you think of the sound and how'd you wire these? Oh, wait a minute, is that a new fretless fingerboard on you 4004JG too? Your basses should be nervous!

Except for the pickguard that you made for the JG, it's all just Photoshop for now, Dane. I doubt I'd ever mod the BBR Cii. However, I'm hoping that before the end of the summer, the FG will have that mod. If I did make the JG fretless, I think I'd have an ebony fingerboard put on. I'd have the fingerboard face dots also to keep the Rickenfactor.

Cool idea with those extra pickups Joey, and Dane, I like the guard you did for his JG. Do you still make those?