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- Model
- 4001
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- Strings
- 4
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- Special
- Mod
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- Finish
- Custom
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- Manufacturing Date
- 1970-05
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- Serial #
- JE106
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- Registration Date
- Aug 02 2013
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- Country
- United Kingdom
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- State/Province
- Lancashire
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- Lefty
- No
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- Collected Item
- Yes
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- Sale History
- Appeared on eBay, item number 300942516268, auction ended at 2013-08-11 22:00:19, Did not sell at $3114.6
Appeared on eBay, item number 300947762149, auction ended at 2013-08-21 22:01:00, Did not sell at $3106.81
Appeared on eBay, item number 300952302992, auction ended at 2013-08-31 22:01:21, Did not sell at $1933.63
Appeared on eBay, item number 300957837478, auction ended at 2013-09-10 22:01:45, Did not sell at $1987.88
Appeared on eBay, item number 300964466981, auction ended at 2013-09-22 15:29:31, Did not sell at $2000.13
Appeared on eBay, item number 300972851281, auction ended at 2013-10-02 15:30:13, Did not sell at $2009.13
Appeared on eBay, item number 300980762199, auction ended at 2013-10-12 15:30:23, Did not sell at $1996.25
Appeared on eBay, item number 300988369362, auction ended at 2013-10-22 15:30:42, Did not sell at $2019.88
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- Registered User
- Yes
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- Comments
- I bought it in about 1970 from a North London address and subsequently found out that it had belonged to the bassist in the Pink Fairies. It is featured on the cover of their album "What a Bunch of Sweeties".
The serial number is JE106
However it has been substantially modified over the years. In about 1971 I took it down to John Birch in Birminham who was making guitars for Slade, Mud and other glam-rock bands and had it changed from the original purple to a white one complete with plastic backing plate on the reverse and a John Birch Hyperflux pickup instead of the original bass one. He also reset the action.
I used the bass extensively during the 1970s with a band called COMPLEX but about 1982 after the band split up I wanted something different. I was into the "natural look" and scraped off the lacquer to reveal an interesting piece of wood underneath. Coupled with the purchase of a brass 4001 scratchplate when on holiday in San Fransisco I also went for a custom built stereo pre-amp. Unfortunately I couldn't get any more brass hardware so I had the scratchplate chrome-plated as well as a Rickenbacker headstock plate and battery cover on the back which I had machined from brass. A new original bridge and treble pickup cover from Rickenbacker completed the hardware. The Grover machines are original.
I took the instrument to Fylde guitars who were currently based in nearby Kirkham and they did a fantastic job on the wood, replacing the chequerboard purfling with rosewood and finished the body with a light honey tint on the front and a darker shade with a touch of green on the reverse. I decided to go fretless and the slots left with the removal of the frets were also filled with rosewood.
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