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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 ...

opticnerve wrote: 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.

Ontario_RIC_fan wrote:
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.

Ontario_RIC_fan wrote: 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

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 ge...

Thanks for all the great info and welcomes, guys. Libratune, that is great info about the guard. As I mentioned i have no reason to doubt nothing has changed since the first owner got his hands on it. Rikk, as I mentioned in my original post, I am not a bass player, but the bass sounds great and I w...

Thanks for the info Brian. The original owner is someone I know well and the term "impeccable integrity" wouldn't do justice to the man's character. He says the bass is just as he got it from a Nashville music store in early 1962 (It took several weeks to be delivered back then), and I tak...

Thanks for the welcome. My apologies, I knew it was a '61 but for some reason had '68 on the brain when I posted this. I'm excited at the first couple of replies and also looking forward to more opinions and information. Thanks!

Hi everyone, I am a guitar player and new to basses. I just acquired this 1961 4001 SN AK684 from the original owner. It was ordered from the factory in '61, played for about a year, then cased. Some very minor nicks and scratches on the headstock, otherwise pristine. Original hard case, strap. I ju...