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I haven't played my '92 4003 in almost 6 months, I had grown to dislike the mods I did on it & wished that I hadn't done them. Anyway for Christmas I was bought Paul's book and the Fireglo '68 4001 on the front cover got me thinking. I had tried to make my bass into a V63 style bass but, needed to get the HS pickup & toaster to finish it off, even though I was given a V63 surround & bought the scratchplate and vintage knobs. But after doing the mods I gave away my original parts .
So I bought a 4000 treble pickup surround & standard knobs from Rosetti & put them on my bass. One of the changes to the picture I made was leaving the pickup cover off, it's been on since 1999/2000 so I wanted to see how this would look like and play like. And I LOVE the way it looks now I have kept the V63 scratchplate with the half inch spacing,please excuse the bad photo as I have only just put it back together and wanted to post a picture. I honestly think that it will stay like this now or maybe a toaster pickup one day . Two things though one I'm loving my bass again & secondly I'm in a position now to buy a HS pickup but like this look better.

Glad to be of service! That's Wints' '68 on the cover, by the way!

bassduke49 wrote:Glad to be of service! That's Wints' '68 on the cover, by the way!

It's a lovely looking bass & thank you Paul for a great book, still flicking through it.

Sorry, must have missed this, how/where is the book available?

try Amazon- The Rickenbacker Electric Bass - Fifty Years as Rock's Bottom.

Gilmourisgod wrote:Sorry, must have missed this, how/where is the book available?

Amazon is the best bet, it's a great book.

Shawn, that FireGlo is a beautiful version of FG.

Gilmourisgod wrote:Sorry, must have missed this, how/where is the book available?

Well, you're a newb around here, so you're forgiven!

Yeah, Amazon is the quickest and cheapest way to obtain the book. Don't forget to leave a review there if you do!

VERY cool bass Shawn!!!!! I know you were going for the "V63" look, but, it REALLY looks like a vintage 4001.

I LIKE it!!!!!!

Lefty4003S8 wrote:VERY cool bass Shawn!!!!! I know you were going for the "V63" look, but, it REALLY looks like a vintage 4001.

I LIKE it!!!!!!

johnallg wrote:Shawn, that FireGlo is a beautiful version of FG.

Thank you very much Gentlemen coming from you guys, your comments mean a lot .

A better day shot of my bass couldn't wait to play this, this morning even the missus likes it this way .

That looks great!

teeder wrote:That looks great!

Thank you I'm happy how this bass has turned out.

bassduke49 wrote:Glad to be of service! That's Wints' '68 on the cover, by the way!

Cool! I've touched that bass...sweetest I've ever seen

Going to piggyback this thread. Late getting around to it, but I finally ordered the book via Amazon.ca
Yes, I'll write a review when I take delivery. BTW, I'm not a 'new' member; I've been here for a couple of years. After scrubbing my computer and restarting, the password was forgotten and I logged in here again with a new password. My status has been set to 'new member'