Well time has come for presentation.
As some of you may know I’ve bought some upgrades for Ray4, and it happened to bring more mods to it.
I’ll be putting shots that my tech sent me, tomorrow I’ll be getting the bass into my hands.
Shot of mostly broken pieces of wood where screws hold control plate. It arrived like this from Thomann. I was reimbursed for this.
Process of glueing it back.
Some holes got expanded for new bridge.
Shielding for control plate.
New bridge got installed.
He decided to shield whole cavity actually.
'79 Stingray preamp installed.
Polished frets.
Pic without strings.
Put on strings, saw that poles didn’t line up perfectly with new bridge spacing. Bridge is actually OEM Sterling by MusicMan from Ray34. But Aguillar AG4M has no issues with it. Sound is still killer.
After new bridge was installed and he put on strings, he realized cause there’s much more of a mass on the bridge that he needed a shim to properly setup the bass.
And final product.
P.S. You might notice that knobs are missing. I’ve ordered new ones cause old ones are for pots that are 6mm, but new pots are 6.35mm.
Bonus: Sound test. Buddy of my tech came to him and tested out bass sound and playability.
Judge for youself. Strings are GHS Boomers Flea Signature. I have no idea about preamp settings.
If you wonder what they talk about is:
Guy playing: “Nothing to say. It’s BASS and a half.” (meaning it’s badass)
Tech who is recording: “Is action good?”
Guy playing: “Mhm, yes. Nothing to say, it’s super.”
P.S. All of this costed 25 euros, not including expenses for hardware.
