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The inacuracy of your register wich came up in another topic made me think of this:

i would sugest sending a request to all registered owners to review their items details and if no answer within a certain delay, deleting it or give it an "non verified" kinda tag....or at least some way of trying ...

Mr "bassduke", i would sugest sending a request to all registered owners to review their items details and if no answer within a certain delay, deleting it or give it an "non verified" kinda tag....or at least some way of trying to get some input from current owners. This would give this register ...

Hey somebody registered my bass a few weeks back. I don't have access to modify and some of the info is wrong.....How can we fix this...???

I've been reading several topics and i notice some of you mentioning a register. What could that be. Could i have access to it and how??
Thanks again...

Yep, that bass is really me. Bought it 25 year ago when a student instead of paying my rent (cuz i was so enfatuated with the deal) and got kicked out of my place (wich turned out to be a great move). I've tried others from time to time, 5 strings, fretless etc etc but i alway come back to this one ...

Earlier some of you mentioned skunk stripe and bindings.What are those...??? Excuse me again my main language is french....

Thanks guys, bare with me a bit more. I'm not so familiar with some of your terminology. You mention "patina" is that the missing paint pixels with the varnish still intact from my thumb action on the upper back neck? I've found that to be so peculiar. Also the "suround" is that the missing metal ...

There we go, got 20 shots in there:

http://s1162.photobucket.com/albums/q522/bernieflyer/My%20Ricky/

Also took shots of the case, wich i wonder if its an original, i've never seen any other Ricky have this kind of case. Would like to fix it up a bit but i'm missing that latch...you guys know how ...

All right: jack plate says QI 3769.

Pictures will take a bit longer, but from what cjj says it sounds like i have a JG...

I've been playing this 4001 bass for over 25 years (love it) and i'm still not sure, how can i tell if its a straight 4001 or a S or LH or JG. I'd also like to figure what year it is. Since i bought it used how could i go about this?
Thanks already...
Bernie