4001 MG 75

lowendbob · Post by **lowendbob** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 4:15 am

Can anyone tell if this bass has black binding?
I was told from the seller it has no binding/trim at all. It should have either white or black for this year, shouldn't it?

marty · Post by **marty** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 4:34 am

It looks like it has black binding around the body and white on the neck.

I think it was common for white finshes to have that combination of binding along with black pickguard and TRC,though I don't know whether that combination was exclusive to white finishes.

I was just wondering whether it was originally finished in white or whether it has always been Mapleglo.

jaymi · Post by **jaymi** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 4:34 am

He may not know what that means. It looks like either changed plastic or refin

marty · Post by **marty** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 4:36 am

Have a look at this one Bob....

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=4713&item=7304932584&rd=1

lowendbob · Post by **lowendbob** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 4:50 am

Jaymi, the pickguard has been changed. I asked him for more pictures.
Martin, I saw that before. Is that yours?

ilan · Post by **ilan** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 5:20 am

I remember that bass - I think it has black binding, I looked at the headstock closeup and it had the correct black plexi TRC. It's not BT because that wasn't an option yet for pre-74 (½-inch) Rics. A White/black trim bass will have black hardware, and this one has chrome. So my conclusion is - it was probably white originally and was stripped.

marty · Post by **marty** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 5:35 am

No thats's not mine Bob...I do have a '74 4001 Mapleglo but it has all white trim.

squirebass · Post by **squirebass** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 12:41 pm

I don't remember ever seeing a 1975 bass with black binding. I've seen lots of them with black pickguards, chrome and white binding, but never one that early with all black binding and pickguard... Seems to me you can see some white binding on the neck in the pic above.