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Heres the latest addition to the family . July 72 . What a killer bass. This is the first pre 73 i have ever owned. Super thin neck , Flamy maple, And sounds so smooth and sweet i wept with joy .I put a hipshot aluminum bridge on it and it has changed tuners . But ,everything else is straight up on it
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sweet bass. Congrats.
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Very nice! Nice figuring in the maple too. I personally haven't seen too many Mapleglo 4001's with checker binding and always wondered how it would look. Looks pretty good!
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Nice! Congrats!

Now, Rock out like Motorhead!!!

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Sweet looking bass. Congrats. Love those inlays.

I'd return the tuners to stock, though. I think they look better. I always thought those slim-line tuners (or whatever they're called) look cheap. Guess because I see so many Asian import basses with them. But what I think doesn't matter anyway...you only have to please yourself.

Now go plug it in and play the bejeezus out of it!
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Congrats on your first preemee! :D
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Congrats and enjoy you new 4001, Jeff. It looks sweet! :D
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Man, that's great! Congrats from another mapleglo maniac!
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Nice 'n flamey. I second the comment to swap to Ric tuners, they just look right.
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A friend of mine give me a call about this bass . It was in a pawn shop. I called up the owner and asked for some pics and basic information. 1,200.00 later, and here she sits.
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thinneckrick wrote:A friend of mine give me a call about this bass . It was in a pawn shop. I called up the owner and asked for some pics and basic information. 1,200.00 later, and here she sits.
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I hate to admit it. and although they dont look as cool. The tuners i have on it now are far superior than the old tuners. I have to play with the grovers all night . With these, i have to tune the bass maybe once during 4 sets . It would be cool to see someone make modern tuners with the look of the old grovers.
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thinneckrick wrote:I hate to admit it. and although they dont look as cool. The tuners i have on it now are far superior than the old tuners. I have to play with the grovers all night . With these, i have to tune the bass maybe once during 4 sets . It would be cool to see someone make modern tuners with the look of the old grovers.
Hey, whatever works for YOU...You're the one who lives with it. :)
Strangely though, the old Grovers are among the smoothest I've used, and they hold a tune very well on both the basses that have them. I just like them a lot.
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thinneckrick wrote:A friend of mine give me a call about this bass . It was in a pawn shop. I called up the owner and asked for some pics and basic information. 1,200.00 later, and here she sits.
I almost hate to say it, but I am green :mrgreen: with envy. And at 1200 bucks, it was almost like stealing. BTW. Love the HS.
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The Grovers on my '73 are very stable -- stay in tune. They're my favorite tuners. But maybe that's just because I've been using them so long.
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