A trip to RIC.

[electrofaro]

Ooh, great pictures, John! Even a close-up of the white proto with 481 HBs and R between them!

One of my favorites!

I noticed a recessed output jack!

No mention of the run of MG 4003's that just left the factory with African Vermillion headstock wings?

Better check which dealers recently received those...

Hah, you lucky bassplayers! Or did they do any 360 MGs with that as well?

[jps]

Great photos, John/Collin! I have always loved the neck heel on that Jazz-Bo.

[Kingbreaker]

Great shots - thanks!

Also, what an elegant and well-designed website to host them on. Cheers.

[bitzerguy]

Cool trip John and Collin! Little preview of heaven there playing some museum pieces? I have to say that 4001s prototype is one of the nicest looking basses I've seen. The Jazzbo is pretty awesome though!

[rickenbottom]

Again thanks John for posting the pics. Very nice

[kiramdear]

Nice pictures, John! But how come you cut off your beautiful hair?

[johnallg]

Thanks for sharing, John. And thanks to Ben for letting you and Collin in. The museum is a place I'd like to spend hours.

And yes, you dropped the ball on the mystery color 4003.

[antipodean]

Looks like you both had a ball - thanks so much sharing the images with all of us John!

[weemac]

Nice pictures, John! But how come you cut off your beautiful hair?

Don't panic Kira, it grows back you know..... (well, until you hit 30 something....)

Eden.

[k43rover]

Some excellent pics John! Would be great to see the inventory of the museum fully catalogued and photographed in a structured online museum format...if you can get the Halls to agree, maybe a nice rainy day project for ya John!

[ajish4]

Nice!!!

Thanks for posting them John, well done!

[chronictown]

Rapture indeed...thanks for sharing! Very cool. Love that 4001S prototype. And of course the Smiths t-shirt

[T.A.R.]

Great pics John! Thank you for posting them they make the imagination reel! Very curious about the JPJ bass, how did it sound?

[jps]

Very curious about the JPJ bass, how did it sound?

That should be JPS bass!

[sloop_john_b]

I didn't get to plug it in, sorry Ted. It had big old flatwounds with purple silk (Maxima?) and the neck was dead-on '68 profile.

The tone would no doubt be similar to the 4005 bass.