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Who is the primary supplier now?

You really expect me to answer that? Give me a break! We paid for the tooling (as we did at Shellex) and have it custom produced, so as such it's a proprietary item.

That's cool John, my mother-in-law never gave us her recipe for chicken soup...

That is all you had to say......... I did not know it was proprietary information. Many companies have used similar binding over the years so I assumed it was a commodity.

Here is the latest update. As you can probably tell, it is still too long, too wide, and too thick but closer than it was before. The clamps are just lightly holding the fingerboard in place so I can check the fit. Guys, sorry about the checkerboard binding thing a few messages back. I had no idea Ric had private stock. I certainly did not intend to make such a fuss. Thanks to JH for setting the record straight.

That's a pretty piece of wood, it looks good on that body. If you need a black pickup surround for the neck pup, I can help.

Sure, contact me off forum and we'll talk. tstab at d45 dot org.

A nice strip of black binding around the headstock will look nice....

;^)

The plan is to remove the black body binding and replace it with checkerboard and white like the Hoffs prototype. I suppose black on the headstock could still work with that scheme.

boy ,ted do you know what your doing fretboard wise look's like quite an undertaking.cool idea black binding on headstock.i get the feeling most on the forum would like to see it end up as a4002.your 4002 blew most of us away i remember seeing them new at a music store i worked at hind sight's 2020 right.

Of course, you COULD paint the fingerboard white and then you have a checkerboard tuxedo??? (figuring that the bass itself would be white?

I am leaning toward the all white look too. I had that gold TRC handy and it looks so good on that headstock. When the bass is ready, I will post pics of both looks you guys can vote on it.

Ted,

I'm starting on a project bass also. Where can I get the checkerboard binding?

Ted, If the gold TRC dosent work out, would you consider selling it? I'd love to put one on my trans red 4004 II.

I will keep it in mind. A few people have asked about it but I am not sure what I am going to do yet.