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No Walnut wings on the headstock.

Thanks John for the response. It has been many years since I had that bass but I was recently listening to some recordings I made with it back in the '80s and it has the most wonderful tone, now I wish I still had it.

I used to have a '67 4005WB but I never opened it up. Did the bridge pickup in that have the .0047 cap or did it go straight to the selector switch?

The best solution is what I did on my '73 4001, by adding a switch to select between the .0047 cap or a piece of wire. Now I have the best of both worlds. I also rewired it VVT and got rid of the pickup selector switch. Of course all this is on a new pickguard so I can easily put the original back o...

17 when I got my '67 4005WB JG for the whapping sum of $175.00.

I tried twice using the online form without sucess and I live in Ohio.

Currently: '73 4001 FG '03 Fender AV '62 Jazz Bass Sunburst '99 Rick Turner Renaissance RB5-FL Flame Walnut and Cedar top '98 Zon 5/1 fretless w/ passive electronics and Spalted Maple top '97 Zon 5/1 fretted w/passive electronics and Burl California Walnut top '01 Carvin SC90 Black Stained Quilt Map...

I use any combination of the following: Walter Woods 650 watt 2 channel amp. Ampeg PB250 amp. Mesa/Boogie Studio Caliper amp. Custom made 1-10 cabinet with EV 10BX. Mesa/Boogie Diesel 1-15 cabinet with EVM15L. '68 2-15 Sunn cabinet with Eminence Delta 15s. My basses include a '73 4001, two Zon 5/1s ...

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I am curious as to why the cover plate is not flush with the back. My guess is that due to the thin-ness of the body the controls are too close to the back to allow recessing the cover plate, is this correct?

Sorry for the double post.

Oh Yeah, I'd like my necks to have 21 frets.

Joey,
You can always restring it.

A 4004Cii5 in natural with extremely figured Maple front and back, crushed pearl-all-the-way-across fingerboard markers, chrome hardware, Hipshot A-style bridge and Ultralight tuners, toaster pickups, VVT controls, Shedua strip down the middle of the neck like the old 4001 basses and a white namepla...

Remember to replace the .0047 cap with a piece of wire, not just remove the cap or you will get no sound from the treble pickup.