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Great sounds! Hmmmm.... my 2004 4003 has a very stout/stable neck....

Thanks for the Don Alfonso vid, Eden. That was really fun!

Can you hear me clapping?

rickenbrother wrote:Eden, thanks for letting us experience the sound of your 4008!

+ 1 and congrats im a little late.

bassduke49 wrote:He didn't discuss some of the details, and I suspect that he may have had a 4003S/8. He did say "1980" which would indicate the 4008 (1975-'83ish), but then says it has the split pickguard with the truss adjusters at the body end, which would indicate the 4003S/8 (1986-2000ish).

It is a 4008, The rods adjust under the guard but it is not a split guard. It has a bound neck (4003s/8 has no binding) and has stereo wiring. I think the serial checks out at 1981.. Hieronymous's old 4008 had the same specs.

It is possible that the 4003 evolved out of the developments made in the 4008?

Eden.

antipodean wrote:Eden is adept at making 8 and 12 string basses sing! I'm in awe........

Perhaps, but Its a pitty about my singing.....

Eden.

rickaddict wrote:Thanks for the Don Alfonso vid, Eden. That was really fun!

Can you hear me clapping?

Thanks for that Jeff, it's one of those songs that allows me to cover Mike Oldfields stuff without having to have any real talent!

Eden.

weemac wrote:

rickaddict wrote:Thanks for the Don Alfonso vid, Eden. That was really fun!

Can you hear me clapping?

Thanks for that Jeff, it's one of those songs that allows me to cover Mike Oldfields stuff without having to have any real talent!

Eden.

Hah! No talent. Give yourself a wee pat on the back mate. That was great.

Thanks, Eden. My mistake about mentioning the split pickguard. It is interesting, though, that they changed the neck and the position of the truss nuts, so in a way, it shares construction with the 4003. Since the first of the 4003 basses came along in 1980 (or possibly late '79), and this is an '81, we don't know that the fixes to the 4008 led to the new 4003 design. Now, if we could find a '78 or '79 4008 with these features, it might suggest that, indeed. Hmm.