1977 4002 restoration project

[8mileshigher]

Major Awesomeness!!

+1 That's a great restoration from the water-damaged situation it once was.

[Ashgray]

That's absolutely wonderful Sepp - another wounded soul of a bass is restored and returned to life (and hopefully active duty?)

Ash

[Kopfjaeger]

Just got these from Larry. She is finished and will be making the trk home next week. Ash, yes this bass will be gigged! If she playes half as well as my Walnut 4002, she will be my "go to bass"!

Sepp

[johnallg]

Dayum!

[ajish4]

Congratulations Sepp for having the guts to have her brought back from the dead!

[T.A.R.]

Sepp that bass is Gorgeous!

[Kopfjaeger]

Tony,

Guts?? Nah, I nearly fainted when I saw the neck split into three parts! I purchased this on a whim. I was hoping it could be salvaged and for quite a while, it was "touch and go". I really did not know if it was a box of parts or a potential instrument.

Like I've said before, there are a handful of craftsmen capable of "pulling this off" but Larry was really the only man for the job. He tanks me for allowing him to resurrect this instrument but he has that backward. All the thanks goes to him!

"Fawkes" as Larry's wife named her, is on her way home to me as I type this. For the record "Fawkes is the Phoenix that Proff. Dumbledore (Harry Potter) housed in his study. This instrument, like the Phoenix, rose from the ashes with style!!

Sepp

[Kopfjaeger]

This instrument is now for sale in the market place section!