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Re: 4001S 64
Posted: Sat Oct 24, 2015 1:20 pm
by Colonel Sanders
jps wrote:Colonel Sanders wrote:...I'll buy a Patek Philippe or a A. Lange & Sohne watch instead...
Save a bunch of money and buy an ORIS.
Meh...
Too big and " look at me" for my taste. But a lot to offer for the money though!
Re: 4001S 64
Posted: Sat Oct 24, 2015 1:21 pm
by jps
They have plenty of nice understated watches, and I feel are great value, relatively speaking.
Re: 4001S 64
Posted: Sat Oct 24, 2015 3:13 pm
by bassduke49
Well, "time" is relative.
Re: 4001S 64
Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2015 6:13 am
by wints
opticnerve wrote:Andy, I don't think you understand. The pick guard in the picture from '75 IS the original pick guard.
Sometime after the picture was taken the owner Michael "Mick" Griffith painted the guard with black nail polish
to match his fingernails! You can still see remnants of the black polish at the lower left corner where the guard sat.
The guard was then replaced in 2002 with a fugly oversized guard.
When I had the new pick guard made I wasn't going by the '75 picture, I didn't even have it yet. I traced the "ghost"
finish fade "imprint" on the bass. I would say that the "imprint" is definitive proof that the original guard was short...no?
BTW, the kid in the '75 picture is Mick's son Jackson....who sold me the bass.
For those interested, here's the thread with the full story of the bass.
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=393879
Tony, a little miscommunication here...
After that brief first paragraph, where I mention the photo, I revert to talking about the guard on the bass mentioned in the thread, not your April bass!
No question that appears to be a genuine shorter guard you originally had on your bass.
I'm still not convinced on the validity on the one mentioned here however.
Re: 4001S 64
Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2015 6:21 pm
by opticnerve
Ok, now makes sense!
My wife does that quite often...but she blames me for not catching on!
Guilty I am sometimes, I suppose...??? lol
Carry on...
Re: 4001S 64
Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2015 2:08 am
by vincent_gallo
Andy, I will let you know if the guard is correct when the bass arrives from Paris which should be any day now.
Re: 4001S 64
Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2015 10:04 am
by cheyenne
Any chance of you posting some details, (photo's), of your collection Vincent? It must be incredible....
Re: 4001S 64
Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2015 10:53 am
by aceonbass
Re: 4001S 64
Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2015 11:14 am
by Lefty4003S8
Re: 4001S 64
Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2015 12:22 pm
by casinoman
hilarious if in fact it wasn't so sad
Re: 4001S 64
Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2015 12:24 pm
by cheyenne
Yeah, I just thought I'd give it a shot. I couldn't stand the silence.
