Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2006 3:47 pm
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Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2006 7:07 pm
Now that I think of it, the RIC display at the MOMM had one in a display case.
Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2006 8:50 pm
John - we both gasped at when that bass was produced: 1996!
Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2006 4:35 am
Interesting... Toasters and sharkfin inlays - and the octave strings on top...
Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2006 11:32 am
"John - we both gasped at when that bass was produced: 1996!"
Yeah, now I remember standing there with you and speculating on that 1996 date for production. Well, maybe when that backlog is caught up.....
If anyone wants a full size pic (slightly blurry - glass case confused autofocus) email me.
Yeah, now I remember standing there with you and speculating on that 1996 date for production. Well, maybe when that backlog is caught up.....
If anyone wants a full size pic (slightly blurry - glass case confused autofocus) email me.
Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2006 11:38 am
I believe one of the 4005's in the RIC museum also had a 1996 build date. Most likely leftover parts that were put to good use.
Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2006 11:40 am
Dave, i'm sitting here plucking my 4005 just trying to imagine how good yours must sound with the octaves!
Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2006 1:39 pm
A closeup of the headstock on that 4005/8 will reveal it to be a unique variation on the potato head design.
Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2006 5:46 pm
"a unique variation on the potato head design..."
Re: 4008 FG
Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2009 1:36 pm
4008 UPDATE!
I lent my Fireglo 4008 to Gareth - he wants to use it on an upcoming recording session. I took it over yesterday and snapped a pic while he was playing it:
It sounded really amazing through the Trace Elliot rig in the pic (actually, you can only see half of it!) - it sounded almost like there was a suboctave effect, but that was just the thundering bass, plus the clarity of the octave string, it just sounded great.
And while we're at it, I remembered that I recorded something a while ago with the 8-string - on this track I'm using it to play the melody - the bass synth is my Moog Little Phatty, drums by Greg DeGuglielmo - this one was recorded in Lodi a couple of years ago, it's a Japanese song:
Ondokusan
I lent my Fireglo 4008 to Gareth - he wants to use it on an upcoming recording session. I took it over yesterday and snapped a pic while he was playing it:
It sounded really amazing through the Trace Elliot rig in the pic (actually, you can only see half of it!) - it sounded almost like there was a suboctave effect, but that was just the thundering bass, plus the clarity of the octave string, it just sounded great.
And while we're at it, I remembered that I recorded something a while ago with the 8-string - on this track I'm using it to play the melody - the bass synth is my Moog Little Phatty, drums by Greg DeGuglielmo - this one was recorded in Lodi a couple of years ago, it's a Japanese song:
Ondokusan