The Last Bass Outpost

Another wonderful job!

That sounds amazing! Nice job!

Quote from: ilan on September 07, 2016, 08:38:43 AM
Now here is a funny thing about that '73 4000. I remembered seeing it somewhere in the past. And then I found it. It was sold by Swami at the now-gone Bass Palace, in Jan 2012, when it had a black overspray. I remembered the exact same crack in the pickguard. I compared the pictures for the one definite birth mark - fretboard grain. Well, as far as I can tell it's the same bass. I guess someone managed to get the black paint off the Fireglo. Also there's a mark under the MADE in the TRC - same on both pics. And the off-center cut on the E bridge saddle... it's that bass.

I entered a bid... wish me luck.

I almost bought that 4000 from Swami at the Dallas Guitar Show in 2011. I wanted a jetglo Ric and almost handed over the money but found a jetglo '79 4001 at another booth and got that instead. I remember it because I could only find 2 Ric basses at the entire show that year. IIRC he was letting it go for 13 or 1400 then. Now that I see it in fireglo I sort of wish I'd pulled the trigger now but I love the one I wound up with.

Did the RW P-Bass thing, sold it. At least it was halfway affordable, this one, meh. Not a big fan of manufactured mojo.

Yep, there was no hacksawing. I've spoken with Mark at length about this and it's a fascinating tale about an iconic bass.

Same experiences as Bob for me, though I've had a few 4001/3 basses it never occurred to me that I could bypass that cap in the pre-internet days, and I'd always sell or trade the bass. Once I bypassed it on the '79 I've had for 6 years the tone opened up and it became a keeper. Such a wealth of info we have at our fingertips now.

So sorry to hear of Bill's passing. RIP.

Gorgeous!

I had 2 of the late 90 reissues and sold them both. Though they were both solidly built I didn't care for the pickups in either one, no usable tones for my gigs. Very weak output on the E string. I suppose someone makes a better pickup that would solve that problem but I didn't want to invest the time or money.

well how about that!

Had a '72, had to sell it to pay my sister back for bailing me out of jail. Think I paid around $235-250 for it.

Wow, this has been like looking at JFK's autopsy photos, horrible but can't look away. Can't wait to see it brought back to life!

Scott, approximately how long does it take to do jobs like this?

I didn't put any spacers under mine. I wouldn't say it has "more" sustain, the JC with rounds already has quite a bit.

Uwe, mine looks just like the gold one in the TB thread. Sure is a hell of a lot easier to tweak.

It works, looks great too.

OK, installed and working fine. To be able to adjust is wonderful.