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zo...according to the register, and assuming that the pickups are original, the mag changeover was between jan. and feb. '73. moocho greasy arse for the homework.

72rick wrote:I guess this counts as Custom!
My '72 Rick Fire-Glo 4001 w/ Alembic Pickups & Dual Filter System!
Sounds Freaking Amazing!

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i gotz one of them there alembic rear pickups in my partz box. was in my '64 RM for a wee bit.

does MB have a slim ?

does LL have large or skinny mag on the treble pickup ??? post a close up pickup pic ??? Not sure about the mag size, here's a closeup of the treble PU on LL, slot-head screw tops: LL005.JPG slim mag in your pic as oposed to the larger mag in '73. trying to lock down when the large mag came into pl...

does LL have large or skinny mag on the treble pickup ??? post a close up pickup pic ???

yepper...still have the early model grabber (one piece neck with inlaid truss rod a la fender and straight with neck headstock !) we were in the studio first then heard kiss was pulling into the parking lot. I grabbed the grabber ( hahahahahahahahah) and bolted to the parking lot to the black range ...

new teaser vid from the DWaRf camp featuring a shot of andy johns 4003/8 that he brought to the studio while we were recording METHOD TO THE MADNESS album. kiss were in the same studio next door when eric carr was in the hospital with cancer. and when gene simmons saw me playing it he stated...dude,...

just saw this vid with zander playing a hamer 450 bodystyle 12 string in '83.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1p-F1P602E

it needs the 4005 pickguard !!!

GOTCHA !!!

who were the people responsible for designing, testing and building the many different '60's/'70's toasters and higain pickups we know today ??? all one dude ??? many many dudes and dudesses ???

biscuits on me !!!

sean...my '70 has the same as yours as i have replaced the short with the long toaster. teed...that '72 has a black painted coil with flat slot screws ??? Yeah, not sure when they started painting the green bobbins black. Sometime latter in '71? i'd like to find what month the large mag came into p...

joints and biscuits...never tried that combo before ! will let you know at the next party !!!

ed...your 4001 is in the first 4 months of '75 and burgundy ???