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Chaps, is this a fake?
Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 4:30 am
by haw
Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 4:32 am
by thinneckrick
Thats a real 4001 S
Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 4:32 am
by haw
Sorry, just had a another look.
To me, the headstock doesn't look right and something really weird about the bit of the body wher your forearm sits-like its missing??!!
Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 4:42 am
by rickaddict
Its real. The body shape does look a little odd. It could just be the camera angle, or it may have been slightly modified.
Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 4:46 am
by thinneckrick
my 81 4001s had slightly rounded horns too . They werent as pronounced as a regular 4001 with deluxe appointments . Mine was unmolested and came from the factory like that
Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 4:51 am
by haw
And it's a set neck rather then the straight through?
Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 5:07 am
by leftyguitars
Set neck is correct for this model.
Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 5:20 am
by jwr2
maybe refinished and sanded down??? but it looks real ...
Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 5:25 am
by haw
Hmmm. that'll explain why nobody else had cause to mention it. They knew better!!
Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 5:42 am
by kcole4001
The pup surround has square corners. The TRC should have the model # on it if it's a 1982, shouldn't it?
I would ask for a pic of the truss rods. Don't buy it until you see TWO rods!
Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 6:24 am
by notviceversa
I don't think it was sanded down. I looks to me that it is just the quality of the photo. The resolution is really bad. Probably taken with a camera phone.
Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 7:13 am
by rickcrazy
It is legit.
I still don't get why the neck on 4000 basses enters the body at a different angle (as viewed from the front or rear of the instrument, that is) than on 4001/4003 basses. Anyone?
Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 9:11 am
by henny
It's been sanded on the left side...
Blatantly, blatantly obvious!
Poor bass, essentially ruined.