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bassduke49 wrote:Eden, I'm looking for more pictures of 4008 models to use in the book. Do you have any high-resolution shots of your -8? Looking for overall shots, closeup of features, formal portraits, etc.

Thanks!

My big head...

Robert, is yours a 4008 or a 4003S/8? I'm not expert enough to tell one from the other in closeups. The trick is the bound neck of the 4008, unbound on the 4003S/8. Other details differ as well.

Wildberry wrote:

Ric N. Backer wrote:That Union Jack is without any doubt the best headstock I've ever seen.

Robert's right - that Union Jack's interesting. Jaymi, is the body also "Jacked"?

yep




wish I still had it...

Ric N. Backer wrote:

jaymi wrote:so you want to see headstocks???

That Union Jack is without any doubt the best headstock I've ever seen.

Tell us about it. Who painted it. Do you still have it. Can you post a closeup of it.

Here's some head stocks looking the "OTHER" way.

pic in the post above...
it was destroyed when I got it and wanted to do something to honor my British friends... A local guitar luthier/wizard did the paint for me. Unfortunately, it was sold a couple of years ago when I lost a job and had to pay the mortgage

Man, that paintjob is sweeeet.

bassduke49 wrote:Robert, is yours a 4008 or a 4003S/8? I'm not expert enough to tell one from the other in closeups. The trick is the bound neck of the 4008, unbound on the 4003S/8. Other details differ as well.

It's a 2002, 4003S/8, which still has the factory original strings. Shows ya how often I play it.

aceonbass wrote:My big head...and a couple little heads...

Cool....

Say, what's the deal with that CS 8-string? Looks great. Did you do the conversion? Tell us something about it. How about a full body shot.

Are you going to install that 8-string bridge saddle that was offered here about a month ago by a forum member?

jaymi wrote:

Wildberry wrote:

Ric N. Backer wrote:That Union Jack is without any doubt the best headstock I've ever seen.

Robert's right - that Union Jack's interesting. Jaymi, is the body also "Jacked"?

yep




wish I still had it...

Absolutely magnificent.

I would never have one of my basses stripped and refinished, however....

Epiphone did something very similar some time back on one of their hollow or semi-hollow guitars. Maybe it was a Sheraton. I think it was based on a guitar owned by the guitar player from Oasis, if memory serves me correctly.

Anyway, that's one heck of a cool Union Jack Ric!

the bass was stripped when I got it so it was no biggie to do something cool with it.

jaymi wrote:the bass was stripped when I got it so it was no biggie to do something cool with it.

Well, you certainly did the right thing there. I'm seriously gassing for something like that. It just looks so right.

Ric N. Backer wrote:

jaymi wrote:the bass was stripped when I got it so it was no biggie to do something cool with it.

Well, you certainly did the right thing there. I'm seriously gassing for something like that. It just looks so right.

my friend who did the paint worked out the mathematics so it was correct based on the body size etc...it was quite an undertaking...I may do another one sometime...

May '08 4003: April '98 4001V63: March '73 4001:

jps wrote:May '08 4003:

4003JPSVP_600_7131.jpg

April '98 4001V63:

4001V63-800_9093.jpg

March '73 4001:

Headstock_800_3950.jpg

Nice bunch of heads!

Say, what's the deal with the truss rod cover on the '08? It seems to be tickling the bottom portion of the cresting wave.

jaymi wrote:my friend who did the paint worked out the mathematics so it was correct based on the body size etc...it was quite an undertaking...I may do another one sometime...

Very cool! And he actually looked at the flag, I've seen some home made versions where the thin red stripes were all wrong! Good job he did!