Short scale 4030

[ilan]

Keeler seems happy with his new basses

[Dave W]

[Granny Gremlin]

Oh lord, nobody warned Dave what DfA are like?  Don't feel bad I don't like it either.

Look at that  Canuk tho (local boy no less); stereo Traynor 8x10s.  Looks like a ss era Traynor  (not sure if Monoblock or not, but similar) in the rack behind him too. 

[ilan]

Somehow horizontally it looks less hideous than in the vertical pics we've seen until now.

[Alanko]

I like bassists that trowel on the overdrive, but that guy's tone is rancid. Very thin, spitty and with terrible note definition. I have no idea why he uses those ancient cabinets and amps, as apparently his tone is bad live as well. For a while he was using '70s Peavey heads and Ampeg Dan Armstrong basses, and his tone was as mushy and indistinct then.

[ilan]

4030 BBR BT on the Ric boutique. First one available for the general public.  $3,199

[Dave W]

$3200 and Richlite too? No thanks. Nicely done blueburst, if you like that sort of thing.

[Alanko]

I quite like the effect of having a black fretboard. Had they stuck with Bubinga (etc) then the warm reddy tone would have clashed with the hardware and pickguard.

Having said that, and I will sound like a bitch here, the blue burst looks a bit 'Chinabacker' to me.

[gearHed289]

Looks better than the first three, but that bridge still looks ridiculous in that position. Pricey. Hot toasters are great.

[ilan]

JG/BT would look better imho on this - the bridge will look less misplaced and the guard shape will look less wrong and the gloss black fretboard will fit in the general scheme.

[Dave W]

Bring back the 3000!