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Re: 2009 vs 2010 4003 Necks?

Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2010 4:15 pm
by rictified
heinpete wrote:
rictified wrote: I had a 74 4001 with all old features, very flat thin neck, 1/2" spacing, Grovers etc and that neck was so stable I had to put on heavy gauge Fender flatwounds to move it all all, it was a little too flat for me when I first got it, it had absolutely no relief in it at all at took several weeks with the flatwounds on it to move at all. Why? Have no idea.
:D The same with my '74 4001 FG (currently with Paul W. for refin and overhaul). The head had some cracks :? (probably due to a stage-(neck-)dive) when I got it, however the fingerboard and neck were extremely (for RIC terms) stable. This was my first 4001 ( I had 5 of them) which could bear roundwounds without fingerboard separation when adjusting the truss rods (and there was still a lot of tolerance in them). :o
Mine was fireglo too, I really miss that bass, had a great deep sound to it.