1972 4001 Mapleglo - Jo Burt

[johnallg]

Am I seeing this right? Is there no chrome left on the tailpiece butt?

[Colonel Sanders]

A beauty! Enjoy!

[godber]

Am I seeing this right? Is there no chrome left on the tailpiece butt?

That's right John, all chrome gone! I guess that it was pretty flaky anyway and was removed entirely.

[scotty]

cool bass mate you must be running out of space !

[godber]

cool bass mate you must be running out of space !

Running out of everything Scott!

[spongebob]

Can't beat aged Mapleglow! Great to see the photos of it in action....and still a great bass all these years later.

[chefothefuture]

Very interesting tuning keys on it, late '50s/early '60s?

I'm clueless Jeff - there are holes for slimline grovers underneath.

Those machine heads are likely mid 60s -early 70s Klusons. The non-slotted posts were used
by Guild and Gibson.

[woodyng]

I like the worn look of the bridge,and the patina on the tuners,too. This is a real treasure piece!

[aceonbass]

The chrome plating on the aluminum tailpieces was horrible, and has completely come off on that one. I had an NOS one once that had chrome starting to peel on it before it was ever mounted to a bass. They were originally just a two stage plating process using nickel, then chrome. I get these triple plated....copper/nickel/chrome.

[chefothefuture]

The chrome plating on the aluminum tailpieces was horrible, and has completely come off on that one. I had an NOS one once that had chrome starting to peel on it before it was ever mounted to a bass. They were originally just a two stage plating process using nickel, then chrome. I get these triple plated....copper/nickel/chrome.

I seem to remember you saying it had peed all over the place....
I had a supply of house training pads ready for it's arrival!

[godber]

Thanks for all the comments guys. I was certainly pleased with the bass from the moment I opened the case, but went into auto-pilot making a shopping list to get stock parts back on it. It is a lovely player and looker so I'm going to leave it as it is, with the exception of the bridge pick-up - the Seymour Duncan sounds too compressed and smooth to me and so I need to look out for a 72 bridge pup, is anyone holding one they would be prepared to sell?

[wints]

Lovely old aged MG 4001, with history. They do always look uber cool, once they amber out...

[CatHead]

Another great Rick there, good find sir! Why did Jo not want it anymore?

I dont generally dig MG either but that has aged beautifully.

[godber]

Another great Rick there, good find sir! Why did Jo not want it anymore?

I dont generally dig MG either but that has aged beautifully.

The shop said he was trading it for a Tom Petty 660/12 string. He already has a nice 360/12 in Fireglo, so he likes his Ricks, but plays more guitar these days.

[ilan]

Cool bass, congrats!

The pickguard damage came from a bottle thrown at Reading festival, which also knocked out the bridge pickup - hence the Seymour Duncan replacement and the reverse mounted plate.

I assume that is what he says, but honestly, I can't see how a bottle can cause that damage, let alone skip aside and knock out the treble pickup. A less heroic, but more reasonable explanation would be that the toaster height adjustment screw was over-tightened and cracked the pickguard in the same exact place as hundreds of other Ric basses, and the bridge pickup was replaced - like hundreds of others - because it was too thin-sounding, and the owner did not know that all it took to solve it was to bypass the evil cap.