My 1972 4001 finally arrived

wj350 · Post by **wj350** » Sat May 12, 2007 3:00 am

Bryce, congrats--I know it must have been pretty nerve-wracking waiting so long after you paid. Glad it worked out!

Bill

lyle_from_minneapolis · Sat May 12, 2007 5:17 am

You could use it to rest your thumb when you're not playing.

brycycle · Post by **brycycle** » Sat May 12, 2007 2:40 pm

Dave what's the serial # of the 'twin'.

LK 1407 here.

dswp · Post by **dswp** » Sat May 12, 2007 7:23 pm

LJ1215

leftybass · Post by **leftybass** » Sun May 13, 2007 4:12 am

Bryce, this bass is LK 1447. Was Mapleglo, and is now Eggplant Burgundyglo...

markbass99 · Post by **markbass99** » Sun May 13, 2007 4:31 am

OK, that does it... if I ever find a lefty 73 I'm getting it and stringing it righty and playing it upside down, that's an awesome looking bass. At least the headstock/inlays would look right(upside down TRC tho...)

elysrand · Post by **elysrand** » Sun May 13, 2007 5:33 am

Hey John, howdja get that huge white scratch deep into the maple across the upper horn?

(ducking a thrown paperweight while running)

rictified · Post by **rictified** » Sun May 13, 2007 6:03 am

Is tugbar a british slang name like scratchplate? I have never heard it before. Finger rest and thumbrest are what I've always heard. The lower one was for your little finger while playing with a pick and the top was for your thunb while playing fingerstyle so I guess it makes sense. Tugbar sounds like bonnet, you know one of those things that keeps the sun off your engine, har!
Rickenbacker eliminated thumbrests (finger rest in their case) in 1972, Fender moved them from the lower part of the pickguard to the upper during sometime during 1973-74 as you said.

thx1955 · Post by **thx1955** » Sun May 13, 2007 6:33 am

I've not heard of that as British slang, although I have seen it used around the Forum.

The reason we don't need one on a Ric anymore is that you have the Horseshoe, or Pickup cover to rest your thumb on for fingerstyle, and the heel of your palm for picking, superb multifunctional design.

henry5 · Post by **henry5** » Sun May 13, 2007 9:07 am

Bryce, that is gorgeous! Congrats!
(and John, so is that Burg...)

rictified · Post by **rictified** » Sun May 13, 2007 1:32 pm

I move my thumb all over the place while playing fingerstyle, I never used a thumbrest which I think are about as useless as bridge pickup covers which get in the way of both picking and fingerstyle plucking. I gave away 4 or 5 of those to members of this forum 3 or 4 years ago.

dluxe · Post by **dluxe** » Sun May 13, 2007 2:24 pm

My BG is LI 979. (which is part of the reason the guy thought it to be from 1979)

rickcrazy · Post by **rickcrazy** » Mon May 14, 2007 3:35 am

Hey Bob, would you happen to have a solitary 4001 fingergrip

you can spare?