Re: New 4003 Fireglo owner here!
Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2012 4:49 pm
Barry, welcome and congrats on a great looking bass. I agree with you, FG all the way. Mark
That is a KILLER FG, they get better and better.
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Re: New 4003 Fireglo owner here!
Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2012 5:58 pm
Congrats Barry!
That is a KILLER FG, they get better and better.
That is a KILLER FG, they get better and better.
Re: New 4003 Fireglo owner here!
Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2012 6:21 pm
absolutely! excellent spaying work there. Congrats on the bass!ajish4 wrote:Congrats Barry!
That is a KILLER FG, they get better and better.
Re: New 4003 Fireglo owner here!
Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2012 10:27 pm
There's a more permanent solution?Rickenbarry wrote:The neck has settled nicely and I did a little shimming on the E and A strings to cure the buzzing and get the action where I wanted. I have some bakelite powder and plan to fill and refile the nut to this height. Right now I have some thin card stock slivers in the nut to test how it plays before I commit to a more permanent solution.
Cheers!
That is how I had my 4005WB for years, as the slots were worn pretty far down from decades of roundwound strings on it. 
Re: New 4003 Fireglo owner here!
Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2012 11:54 pm
Mines all new though! I like the action low enough where I can crank the volume on the amp, still attack light to medium for that "thumpity thump thump" sound. Then dig in a little with the treble p'up a bit higher for a bit of "clankity clank clank". The last mode is to play aggressively with my thumb on the edge of the neck with the cap in and treble wide open for some serious fret buzz and "twangity growl growl BUZZZZZ". This has taken some trial and error to get it where I am happy with it. Too bad some refuse to take the time to learn how to do their own setup. I've found it almost as rewarding as learning a new song. Really makes your bass your own!
Re: New 4003 Fireglo owner here!
Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2012 12:03 am
I totally agree.Rickenbarry wrote:Too bad some refuse to take the time to learn how to do their own setup. I've found it almost as rewarding as learning a new song. Really makes your bass your own!
Re: New 4003 Fireglo owner here!
Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2012 1:46 am
Post of the week - after the Horseshoe Bobbin thread.Rickenbarry wrote:This has taken some trial and error to get it where I am happy with it. Too bad some refuse to take the time to learn how to do their own setup. I've found it almost as rewarding as learning a new song. Really makes your bass your own!
Re: New 4003 Fireglo owner here!
Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2012 12:23 am
Glad to hear you stuck with it and worked out what were ultimately trivial issues.