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Hello-

I got a tug bar/finger rest from Pickguardian for my 4005. I assume the angled portion faces away from the strings, yes?
TIA
Daniel

Welcome to the forum, Daniel. You are correct about the direction of the finger rest installation position.

Thanks and thanks!

It boggles my mind to have discovered a forum of fellow Rick owners. Excitement! Whee!
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Daniel, there are many very cool people on this forum. If you hang out here, you become addicted and sort of like family.

What do you sort of?

Welcome Daniel! Tell us more about your 4005.

My family was/is dysfunkshunel....sort of Photos of the 4005 ?

VRICKY63 wrote:My family was/is dysfunkshunel....sort of

Maybe you need a vaycayshun from your family!!

Welcome to the forum, Daniel!

Amazing. This is the first group I've interacted with that actually know what a 4005 is.
It is a 1967 bona-fide 4005H Fireglo. I bought it at a pawn shop in downtown Knoxville, Tennessee in 1985. I saw it in the window and knew it was mine. Evidently a touring musician got stranded in town and needed cash. I played it, talked to the owners, let them stew for a month, then talked them down to $225. Original case included. Even for a poor university student that was a good deal, but of course no one knew what a 4005 was worth then.
It has been used. The finish was already cracking when I got it and there were already several dings and scratches on it, but everything is in fine working condition. I have made significant use of it, too. It is my baby, getting almost every sort of tone I want out of it.

When the output jack started acting up, I installed a stereo jack and re-wired the output. I swapped the small blend pot for a switch so I can go from mono to quasi Rick-O-Sound. The moon eyes were to cover the tug bar holes, but I've left them on for the heck of it now that I have the finger rest installed. I changed to stainless allen head screws on the bridge and replaced the pickguard screws. That's about all, other than quite a bit of cleaning up the shiny bits. I've been out of country for a few years, so it has sat unused for a while.
I need to eventually get the truss rods tweaked, but I'm waiting to figure out what strings I want to use. That is another thread, though. Strings and a new nut are next.

Very nice, Daniel! And what a deal, too!

We like our 4005's around here.

A few more pics.
I confess to still want a Mapleglo or plain red 4001, but recently I fulfilled another long-sought desire:
It is a 1979 MusicMan Stingray fretless. Just before MusicMan started having inventory problems and before Ernie Ball bought them out. I now get all the sounds I ever wanted from these two basses alone.

Once I recover from the MusicMan purchase, I might have to go collecting...

Alright Daniel, now you're showing off...which of course is expected from you!!

A red 4001?
...Like this? Actually it's an 89 4003 but it's definitely red!
Welcome to the forum Daniel!
Nice 4005 by the way!

danomar wrote:Amazing. This is the first group I've interacted with that actually know what a 4005 is.

I have had my '67 4005WB since '73 when I got it while in my senior year of high school for $175.00.