McCartney's fretless Rick??

michael.m · Post by **michael.m** » Sun Oct 07, 2012 4:10 pm

Has anyone seen this picture before? It really looks like fretless rick.

fran4001 · Post by **fran4001** » Sun Oct 07, 2012 4:35 pm

THANK YOU MICHAEL!!!! That's the pic I can't find in my archives, along with others from '79. There's your fretless folks!

Ivan3000 · Post by **Ivan3000** » Sun Oct 07, 2012 5:12 pm

michael.m wrote:Has anyone seen this picture before? It really looks like fretless rick.

Great photo, I've never seen that one before!

byu · Post by **byu** » Sun Oct 07, 2012 11:35 pm

Interesting. Notice the position of the toggle. Up as opposed to Beatle years 4001S.

Ivan3000 · Post by **Ivan3000** » Mon Oct 08, 2012 12:02 am

byu wrote:Interesting. Notice the position of the toggle. Up as opposed to Beatle years 4001S.

It is debated that Paul had a reverse toggle switch. I don't really know the definative answer.

teeder · Post by **teeder** » Tue Oct 09, 2012 8:57 am

IMO, Paul's 4001S had a "right-hand" wiring harness. That would make the down position the toaster.

I'm convinced "Love in Song" was done with a FL.

bassduke49 · Post by **bassduke49** » Tue Oct 09, 2012 4:38 pm

michael.m wrote:Has anyone seen this picture before? It really looks like fretless rick.

Terrific! Where did you find this photo? I need to see if I can get it for the book. Please let me know!

ilan · Post by **ilan** » Tue Oct 09, 2012 4:39 pm

teeder wrote:IMO, Paul's 4001S had a "right-hand" wiring harness

What?! With the volume knobs on top?! But it makes no sense!

GeoffWinston · Post by **GeoffWinston** » Tue Oct 09, 2012 5:34 pm

I wonder if it has a zero fret?

sloop_john_b · Post by **sloop_john_b** » Thu Oct 11, 2012 9:51 am

teeder wrote:IMO, Paul's 4001S had a "right-hand" wiring harness. That would make the down position the toaster.

I'm convinced "Love in Song" was done with a FL.

Funny how the brain works. I misread this post the first time and thought you said "Silly Love Songs". Intrigued, I listened to it over and over until i was convinced it had to be a fretless. Went to post on this thread and found that you were talking about a different song.

teeder · Post by **teeder** » Thu Oct 11, 2012 3:25 pm

I'll have to listen to Silly Love Songs over and over now!

woodyng · Post by **woodyng** » Thu Oct 11, 2012 3:47 pm

To my eyes,it looks like the toggle is in the middle position in that photo.

FretlessOnly · Post by **FretlessOnly** » Thu Oct 11, 2012 9:07 pm

It's hard to tell, but I'd tend to agree that it's in the middle position. Which would make some sense. The 4001FL sounds quite a bit different than a fretted 4001 in terms of the effect of adding in the bridge PU. I could see PM liking both PUs on the FL even if he preferred the toaster on his 4001S.

wints · Post by **wints** » Fri Oct 12, 2012 8:28 pm

I've never seen this photo either. Interesting...

simer4001 · Post by **simer4001** » Fri Oct 12, 2012 11:21 pm

What is the fretboard made of?

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