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Paul:

Did your bass come with the strings at that distance, or did you adjust it yourself?

After putting on Pyramids, I lowered my strings to the same hight you have yours.

Timothy,
My bass was made in '98 but purchased new last summer. I remember the string height was a hair higher and neck relief a little greater than now. Intonation was not dead on either. I made adjustments right away.
I always adjust action, relief and intonation to my liking immediately after I purchase a bass or guitar.
In fact, I just adjusted the truss rod on the G string side today for a .012" relief. It's spring time again and climate is changing...

I remember asking this before: exactly how many 21 fret 4001s were made? Can accurate data still be found on this? I'm still trying to ascertain how rare any 21 fret 4001 is. Don't seem to be going anywhere yet, though.

What YEARS were these made in? If it was known generally then some kind of number could be figured for the time period. I know they were made in '70 and early '71, because of our basses, but I don't recall ever seeing one from any other year...

Peter, Do you have any figures on how many 21 fret basses are in your database?

Well, I guess that since not much information seems to be available on 21-fret 4001s these are quite rare and desirable.