New to the forum, new to basses. 1961 4001 for comment

[coolingitdown]

I'll let the emoticons do the talking:

[s4001]

Wow. One hell of a bass. One hell of a way to make an entrance. Enjoy 'er!

[leftybass]

I believe that white pickguard has been on that bass since day one--100% original. I owned 2 different '61s that were the same way, white p/g, gold TRC.

[thisismusicinc]

That's a cool looking bass!

[TeddyC]

Hi guys, I have been away for a few days and was going to register the bass, but it looks like someone beat me to it, so thanks for that. Now that the dust has settled a bit, I think the smart thing for me to do would be to get this bass insured. Do you have any recommendations on how to go about getting an accurate appraisal?

[jps]

Hi guys, I have been away for a few days and was going to register the bass, but it looks like someone beat me to it...

Well, that's a bit unfair, wouldn't you agree?

Okay, fess up, who denied our new member the pleasure of registering his own instrument?

I see it shows up as a Collected Instrument (CI). Hmm.............

[Ontario_RIC_fan]

As much as I would like to take the credit - it wasn't me...

Send a PM to Peter (ADMIN) or Gil (GibsonLP) and they will assign the entry to you.

And just to add to the thread this 1961 450 on Craigslist also has a Gold TRC and White pickguard

http://indianapolis.craigslist.org/msg/4654835498.html

[jps]

As much as I would like to take the credit - it wasn't me...

Thank you for your honesty, Brian.

[opticnerve]

The two '61 4001's that are listed in the register are actually one in the same bass.

The AK685 listing is an error. It's the same bass as AK678...take a look at the wear to the right of the bridge on both of them.

That makes Ted's bass the second pre '63 4001 know to exist...as far as I know.

[TeddyC]

Send a PM to Peter (ADMIN) or Gil (GibsonLP) and they will assign the entry to you.

Not that big of a deal, but thanks

[TeddyC]

And just to add to the thread this 1961 450 on Craigslist also has a Gold TRC and White pickguard

More evidence that it is original. Still would like to know if there are any other basses like this.

[TeddyC]

The AK685 listing is an error. It's the same bass as AK678...take a look at the wear to the right of the bridge on both of them.

That makes Ted's bass the second pre '63 4001 know to exist...as far as I know.

[gibsonlp]

Hey.
Welcome to the forum and WHAT A BASS!
I changed the ownership of the instrument to your user.
Please feel free to add pictures. If you can take high resolution pictures of the headstock/neck/body/full instrument both front and rear and some close ups and upload them to your instrument in the register it would do everyone a great service.
Thanks!

[T.A.R.]

Wow! just Wow! Beautiful congrats!

[TeddyC]

Please feel free to add pictures. If you can take high resolution pictures of the headstock/neck/body/full instrument both front and rear and some close ups and upload them to your instrument in the register it would do everyone a great service.

I uploaded some better pictures to the register. The forum limits the size and quality as I'm sure you know. Hopefully these tell a better story.