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Hollow body 4001
Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2013 1:14 pm
by basshead
Anyone ever thought of doing a hollow body 4001? Admittedly, I'd had a couple of drinks when this brainstorm hit me, but I reckon it could be done. If I was to route say, 1/4" off the top of the body, only to the left of the neck join line, then basically hollow it all out. Put a 1/4" maple cap back on, redo the binding.
Thoughts?
- Something like this. It was a quick Photoshop, but you get the idea...
Re: Hollow body 4001
Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2013 1:46 pm
by wim
You could also holow it out from the back, that'd save you a lot of trouble, and you could keep the thickness of the bass and add 1/4"
Don't know about the soundhole though.
It could use some redesigning, or it could be the habit of seeing it on 330 and 360 shaped guitars.
Re: Hollow body 4001
Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2013 1:49 pm
by basshead
I suppose you could do it from the back. I thought it would be easier drawing up the hollow area, with reference to the cavities already in the body. Plus, the old wreck I'm doing now will be totally re-bound.
Re: Hollow body 4001
Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2013 2:07 pm
by collin
It'd be even less "hollow-body" than a thinline Telecaster..... which isn't very hollowbody at all.
Plus it's a neck-through! It physically wouldn't work as a hollowbody.
Re: Hollow body 4001
Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2013 2:16 pm
by wim
'been messin' a bit
Re: Hollow body 4001
Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2013 2:31 pm
by basshead
collin wrote:It'd be even less "hollow-body" than a thinline Telecaster..... which isn't very hollowbody at all.
Plus it's a neck-through! It physically wouldn't work as a hollowbody.
Lol, valid points...
How about "partial hollow body, 4001/5"?
Re: Hollow body 4001
Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2013 3:39 pm
by cjj
Just remove the body wing, hollow it out while it's separate, and then drill some large, strategically placed holes through the neck section into the control cavity. Sort of a tuned port arrangement...
Re: Hollow body 4001
Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2013 4:40 pm
by sloop_john_b
wim wrote:'been messin' a bit
Y'know...I don't hate this. You're onto something!
Re: Hollow body 4001
Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2013 5:11 pm
by Seans
More room with a 4004?
Re: Hollow body 4001
Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2013 5:39 pm
by basshead
wim wrote:'been messin' a bit
I think I prefer the 4001 pickguard...
Seans wrote:More room with a 4004?
I wouldn't think so. Aren't the bodies the same shape, except for basically the binding?
Re: Hollow body 4001
Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2013 9:31 pm
by johnallg
Wim, hollowing out a 4001/3 style has possibilities, but for me the slash soundhole and the shape of the body (lines and curves) just don't fit for me aesthetically.
Re: Hollow body 4001
Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2013 10:19 pm
by teb
Agreed. Those two shapes simply don't go well together.
Re: Hollow body 4001
Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2013 11:20 pm
by bartyclue
Blasphemy
Re: Hollow body 4001
Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2013 11:35 pm
by johnallg
bartyclue wrote:Blasphemy
Not blasphemy, just doesn't work visually.
Re: Hollow body 4001
Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2013 3:17 am
by basshead
johnallg wrote:bartyclue wrote:Blasphemy
Not blasphemy, just doesn't work visually.
I'll have a mess with Photoshop later and see what I can come up with.