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Hi all, various folk that have seen it in person say Burgundy but I'd believe you lot if you rekoned it was a refinish. I'd go for odd burgundy myself. It's been extensively used in the past, came in a flight case, seriously sweated over, the neck is quite faded on the back. You might almost say reliced if it wasn't for the fact that it is a relic. Plays perfectly though. I'll have to have a look at this Minkglo though, sounds interesting.
You know, I knew I'd lurked here too long when I saw a pals 4001 and immediately said "ah, a 74".

Here is the original "mink," a custom color that I had my old Mapleglo '72 refinished by Paul Wilczynski. It really should be called "Wineglo," "Berryglo," or even "Merlotglo." "Mink" was the name given to a custom Les Paul I remember seeing in Colorado in 1978, although it was browner than the color my bass turned out.

There has been some evidence of '70s basses that have a darkening of the finish next to the binding. Not quite sure what causes it, and not sure that yours shows this. From what I can see in your photos, yours is not a normal finish. Pretty, nonetheless.

george wrote:You know, I knew I'd lurked here too long when I saw a pal's 4001 and immediately said "ah, a 74".

Hilarious!

bassilisk wrote:

You've seen Tony?!?!! You forgot the garters holding the black socks up....

I did I did!!!!!

LoL, thanks guys, glad I could count on you all!

ACTUALLY, I just walk around the place in my underwear, it keeps the neighbors away!

ACTUALLY, I just walk around the place in my underwear, it keeps the neighbors away!

Now THAT is pure New York City!!!!

Except around here it doesn't work as well cuz everybody's doing it..........

Yepp it is nowadays...this pic is from 2002 or so...now this bass is older so it has grown to a workhorse,,,the bad thing is that I have grown a bit too since this pic was taken...
Dan.

sloop_john_b wrote:Come on Dan, it can't be a "workhorse" if it still has the "MADE IN USA" sticker on the pickguard!

ajish4 wrote:

bassilisk wrote:

You've seen Tony?!?!! You forgot the garters holding the black socks up....

I did I did!!!!!

LoL, thanks guys, glad I could count on you all!

ACTUALLY, I just walk around the place in my underwear, it keeps the neighbors away!

I'm going to have a long time wiping that image out of my awareness........

bassduke49 wrote:Here is the original "mink," a custom color that I had my old Mapleglo '72 refinished by Paul Wilczynski. It really should be called "Wineglo," "Berryglo," or even "Merlotglo." "Mink" was the name given to a custom Les Paul I remember seeing in Colorado in 1978, although it was browner than the color my bass turned out.

There has been some evidence of '70s basses that have a darkening of the finish next to the binding. Not quite sure what causes it, and not sure that yours shows this. From what I can see in your photos, yours is not a normal finish. Pretty, nonetheless.

I'd say "Pinotglo"...

Jared! Where you been, son?

Probably raising Black Labs!

Here is a shot from last weekend.

Nice! That's a great action shot. And say what you will about Peavey, that particular head does some serious rocking. A two parallel channel design, if I'm correct. I plugged a Rick into one of these when I worked at Guitar center - MAJOR snarl with all the gain you can achieve, plus a decent amount of punch if you set one of the channels cleaner. Rikk - I notice that you're using the stereo jack on the bass, but only one cable is going into the amp. Do you have the jacks reversed or is there a custom wiring situation going on there?

I've used that Peavey head since the early 80's. It STILL sounds great. While it not really heavy, I wish it was lighter and smaller. Not to mention the SVT 8x10 cab.

I'm not using the stereo jack. I only have one mono jack. Good eye though noticing it's in the space where the stereo jack should be. I just moved it a few weeks ago when I started using a new bass stand which the bottom rest was right over the standard jack. I moved it so I can keep it plugged in on the stand. Your eagle eye saw where I plugged the bass in, but didn't see the PUPs. Don't look too close. (ducks)

rikk wrote:... but didn't see the PUPs. Don't look too close. (ducks)

Blasphemy!! Great rockin' picture, Rikk.

rikk wrote:Your eagle eye saw where I plugged the bass in, but didn't see the PUPs. Don't look too close. (ducks)

Actually, I DID see the NON-RIC pickups, but chose to pass over mention of them so as to avoid possible hostile reaction from the RRF faction. You've made your own bed NOW, my friend!