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I had this idea after seeing the tmossman 's Yellow Laredo (taxiglo ) & aceonbass 's 4004V63!

Here are a few photos of the 4004L with Dark Star pickups:

See http://www.hammoneng.com/ for info on the pickups.

I didn't do the work; I bought it this way. Cool bass though!

And although Ron O'Keefe is now the happy owner of this beautiful V63, the gold plastic was thought up and installed by me:

http://rickresource.com/register/user_i ... llsize.jpg

Here is one shot of my newest Rick.

^one of the rare occasions that a white pickguard looks good on a JG. the pearloid meshes well with the inlays.

This count?

I think I just did in the "New Toy" thread.

Painted fretboard and black hardware.....

4004L 4to8 conversion... 4004L8

Should I post a pic of mine close up, or will people throw things at me?

4003 'v68'

4004Cjj

It doesn't really look too different from a 4004Cii, other than the stacked knobs for V/T V/T: Until you look at the back: And inside: The switches add the ability to select single or dual coil for each pickup, standard tone or 4002 tone circuit for each pickup, and either mono or Ric-O-Sound mode for the output.

- First, remove the body and go get some maple.
- If you can't find a suitable single hunk, buy smaller ones and some glue. Make sure you have a couple of clamps handy.
- Next cut away everything that doesn't look like a Rickenbacker.
- Test fit it, to make sure it will still fit in the case. It may still look a bit rough at this stage.

- Once the glue dries, take the body out to the driveway and do a little clean-up sanding. Ignore the fact that it's winter and you live in Wisconsin.
- Move into the garage. Once it warms up to about 38 degrees, you're good to go for spraying the varnish.
- About a week later, you can wet-sand it over the kitchen sink to 12,000 grit and give it a final polish.
- Finally, make a bunch of pick guards and buy a couple spare TRCs so that you can coordinate the bass to your outfit for important gigs.
- String it up and take it for a spin with the recorder running and post the results, so that your friends don't think you're crazy. http://www.broadjam.com/artists/songs.p ... aID=411381

this is a lot of black basses! (not complainin',jest sayin') good lookin' ones,too.......