You asked for pictures... so here they are

teeder · Post by **teeder** » Tue May 16, 2006 9:44 am

"did the original fretboad have a lacquered or varnished finish then?"

Yes.

"Given that the frets look almost new (not in keeping with wear noted above) that I guess that it's a possibility on the varnish?"

Could be that it was re-fretted. Would explain why there isn't any finish and new looking frets.

Peter,

That 4001 is beautiful!

teeder · Post by **teeder** » Tue May 16, 2006 9:47 am

Kevin,

You do need a MG!

leftyguitars · Post by **leftyguitars** » Tue May 16, 2006 10:18 am

Kevin, the 4001 is a "30 years under the bed" mint '71 21 fretter!

teeder · Post by **teeder** » Tue May 16, 2006 10:51 am

You're killing me man! It's got everything!

That would make me want to start playing left-handed!

You don't have any like that in right-handed do you?

leftyguitars · Post by **leftyguitars** » Tue May 16, 2006 11:34 am

Kevin, I did have a right handed one identical to this but I had no use for it so I burnt it on the fire one cold winter!

leftyguitars · Post by **leftyguitars** » Tue May 16, 2006 11:35 am

Not really!

sowhat · Post by **sowhat** » Tue May 16, 2006 11:44 am

Not really cold or not really winter?! Or not identical? Or you didn't burn it? Or you didn't really have it?..

johnallg · Post by **johnallg** » Tue May 16, 2006 4:35 pm

Sheena, I'd guess yes.

ben_brown · Post by **ben_brown** » Tue May 16, 2006 5:41 pm

I can almost feel the heat from here!

leftyguitars · Post by **leftyguitars** » Tue May 16, 2006 8:13 pm

"Not really" to all of them!

sowhat · Post by **sowhat** » Tue May 16, 2006 8:38 pm

[sigh of relief]

henny · Post by **henny** » Wed May 17, 2006 12:25 am

Er... why do you ask?

Hehe, my father was tempted by it a month or so ago, we went up to Leeds to try it... sounded pretty good. There's not *too* many lefty V63s in the UK, you see.

leftyguitars · Post by **leftyguitars** » Wed May 17, 2006 12:42 am

Musicground is the only shop in the UK where you might actually find something nice like that hanging on the wall.

Of course Ricsrus has the best overall supply of Rics in the world!
(my personal opinion and not officially researched!

).

funksterman · Post by **funksterman** » Wed May 17, 2006 1:41 am

Uh, OK Mark. Why did he not go for it? (obviously I'm very glad he didn't!) I tried to negotiate on the price but they weren't having it. Though from what Peter has said it was a good deal anyway.

I saw a blue 4003 - gold hardware - very nice lefty in the Bass Cellar (which is now Musicground in Denmark st) August last year - chickened out of buying it.

Turned out it was sold to Mick Jagger for his son when I enquired about it's whereabouts. That's when they dug out the v63. No regrets here though!

teeder · Post by **teeder** » Wed May 17, 2006 3:33 am

Well Peter,

If you ever run across some more right-handed firewood, you just give me a yell! It gets cold in Pennsylvania too!

Kevin