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Prototype v63 on ebay
Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2005 6:56 am
by wim
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7369153909
This looks weird, no walnut wings (small sized wings) , two piece laminated neck, wood that isn't very attractive, horseshoe magnets not even aligned ... is this the true prototype like the seller claims it to be?
Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2005 7:00 am
by chefothefuture
Some of the early re-issue horseshoes didn't line up.
Actually, some 60's ones didn't either.
Maybe this one's a B series with mods....
Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2005 7:37 am
by rickaddict
That one belongs to fellow forum member Bob Atherton.
Don't do it, Bob!
Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2005 8:12 am
by henny
It is, yeah... 4001/3SB.
Fine example.
I'd contemplate selling it, too.
Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2005 8:18 am
by rickenbrother
I like the character in the wood. NIce bass, I don't think I'd want to sell it.
Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2005 8:24 am
by ken_swearingen
If Bobs, selling its due to something bigger and better I certainly understand.
Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2005 9:33 am
by atomic_punk
We went around on this one a few months ago, and I think it was concluded that it was a prototype and is pictured in some literature. I thought he would hang onto this one...good luck Bob!
Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2005 10:30 am
by jps
That is not a B series bass.
Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2005 10:36 am
by wim
Judging by the wood grain it IS indeed that one in the Rick-book. But the shoes were aligned properly at that picture.
I checked the B series and they had 1" spacing and no shoes apparently, so it shouldn't be one.
Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2005 11:20 am
by jps
The B series also had the Shedua strip down the neck, among other things that made it a B series.
Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2005 11:24 am
by marc61
I don't believe I've ever seen a B series bass
Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2005 11:25 am
by jnbass
whoa...
Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2005 1:02 pm
by henny
That is not a B series bass.
Then what else can it be?
It has 70s horns/baby headstock..NOS horseshoe, yet 2-piece maple-thru neck? - Hallmarks of an SB....
Hm, has mono jack I see... odd one.
It's either an SB for sure, or an undecidedly rare something-else...
Don't forget it has THREE dots opposed to two on the V63 series at the 19th Fret
... which indicates production standard S-series board.
Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2005 5:51 pm
by chefothefuture
What we should remember is that the B series
was in some was Ricks testing the water....
The bass here has the wood of the B, with the hardware
of the V. If it's all stock, it could be a sort of transitional
piece. The Bs were still available in early 84.
I thought that the 4001SB was mono.....
One thing that is a bit quirky is that none of the Bs I ever
looked at had neck throughs; they were set necks....
But again, that late in the game, who knows.....
Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2005 8:36 pm
by ken_swearingen
Henny,I just wanted to correct you on the use of NOS[new,old,stock]
If you walked into a Chevy dealer and found a 1957 Chevy that was never sold thats NOS,once its been owned[or used by someone ]it is no longer brand new and therefor not NOS.Re-issue is the word your looking for.