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Re: 1974 4001 Red Dot
Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2008 10:32 pm
by antipodean
ajish4 wrote:I have a SEPTEMBER 74 with NO RED DOTS!
It has wavy Grover tuners and is a MG.
Hmmm....I have a Sep '74 Azureglo with no red dots, reverse Klusons and metal ferrules.
The tuners seem to have been a lottery....
Re: 1974 4001 Red Dot
Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2008 11:57 pm
by ajish4
antipodean wrote:ajish4 wrote:I have a SEPTEMBER 74 with NO RED DOTS!
It has wavy Grover tuners and is a MG.
Hmmm....I have a Sep '74 Azureglo with no red dots, reverse Klusons and metal ferrules.
The tuners seem to have been a lottery....
Yep, metal ferrules here too...
Interesting! Same month, different tuners!
Re: 1974 4001 Red Dot
Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2008 1:23 am
by ram
I have a Jun 74 MG, red dots and wavey Grovers...
Re: 1974 4001 Red Dot
Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2008 4:39 am
by heinpete
I also have a 1974 4001FG with red dots and Grover wavy tuners, serial no. NE XXXX (May '74) which is currently with Paul W. for pre-'73 conversion (keeping the red dots, hopefully) and 21-fretting
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Probably in January (?) I might have some pics to show?
Re: 1974 4001 Red Dot
Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2008 1:23 pm
by gearhed289
I briefly had a July '74 MG 4001 with red dots and open back tuners. I believe the ferrules were metal. Stupid thing to nit pick about, but I hated the plastic ones!
Re: 1974 4001 Red Dot
Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2008 9:54 pm
by chrisdski
So far I have seen only 4001 models, the earliest being Dec 1973 (Ben Brown on "4001 model of the week" in the bass forum) and the latest being July 1974 4001 (Gearhed289 above). There have been a couple of posts stating September 1974 4001's as NOT having RED DOTS. Keep them coming, and I will probably have to post in "RIC general" to catch another group. Any rumors of other models having RED DOTS ?
Re: 1974 4001 Red Dot
Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2008 11:35 pm
by ajish4
Weren't there a FEW GREEN dot 4001's as well?
I vaguely remember something to that effect, but I've never seen one!