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patman:
I wanted one of those really bad in the 70's...think it cost $450 when a Precision was about $250

uwe:
It just doesn't look right without that neck pup.  :popcorn:

Granny Gremlin:
So how do y'all know this isn't set neck - just looking at the pics of this one or were 4000s all just like that and this is known?

I see the line of the body where the neck meets but figured maybe they put a cap on the back.

Granny Gremlin:
Did some digging; seems as if ALL 4000s were neck thru up until 1960-63.  In that period there were a few other changes (bridge, pickup, pickguard and neck wood - originally maho in 55, then switched to walnut, then maple/walnut in 60 but still neck thru, by 64 they are set neck with features like the one above).

Here's 2 73ish mapleglos that show the maple/walnut set neck:

http://c-nelson.com/1976-rickenbacker-4000/

https://www.gbase.com/gear/rickenbacker-4000-bass-1973-mapleglo-natural

I can't find a single pic of a neck thu example from the 70s.

Here's a pre- 60 one:

Jeff Scott:

--- Quote from: Granny Gremlin on August 31, 2017, 11:24:32 AM ---So how do y'all know this isn't set neck - just looking at the pics of this one or were 4000s all just like that and this is known?

I see the line of the body where the neck meets but figured maybe they put a cap on the back.

--- End quote ---
Extremely unlikely.  That one is a set neck.


--- Quote from: Granny Gremlin on August 31, 2017, 02:04:56 PM ---Did some digging; seems as if ALL 4000s were neck thru up until 1960-63.
--- End quote ---
Neck through 4000 models went into the early '70s; you are off by a decade.

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