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'72 4001 Question
Posted: Mon May 01, 2006 5:31 am
by rickaddict
I have a question for those of you lucky enough to have a '72 4001:
Were they all made with a white nut or were some made with black?
How about the switch tip, white or black?
It seems to me that most of the '72's I've seen have white.
Posted: Mon May 01, 2006 5:55 am
by dswp
On my 2... White nuts and black tips..
Posted: Mon May 01, 2006 6:56 am
by leftybass
I have two 72's as well(October and November), and the one I know to be all original has a white nut and black switch tip. I believe that white switch tips were used in this period as well, but not much.
Posted: Mon May 01, 2006 6:59 am
by rickaddict
Thanks.
Them is purdy, Dave!
Posted: Mon May 01, 2006 7:30 am
by bassduke49
My MG '72 (currently undergoing refin with Paul W.) has a white nut, black switch tip.
Posted: Mon May 01, 2006 7:49 am
by cornishmusic
that's a gorgeous bass Paul
Posted: Mon May 01, 2006 8:09 am
by wints
I have a black nut and a white switch tip on my Dec 72. Both are non original...
Posted: Mon May 01, 2006 8:16 am
by 325_fan
My '72 had a black nut.
Posted: Mon May 01, 2006 8:27 am
by rickaddict
Was it original, Chris?
Posted: Mon May 01, 2006 9:28 am
by bassduke49
Thanks, Tim. You're new here. This one has been shown a gazillion times. When it comes back from Paul W's magicwerkes, it will have a deep burgundy sunburst finish and new shiny checker binding. We're calling the color "mink." Ted Staberow did a lot of the prep work, including rebinding the neck and adding walnut headstock wings. I hope to get 'er back the end of this month if Paul W's schedule allows.
Enjoyed your video, BTW.
Posted: Mon May 01, 2006 9:36 am
by lowendbob
White nut, black tip.
Posted: Mon May 01, 2006 10:04 am
by henny
White/Black here.
Posted: Mon May 01, 2006 10:51 am
by rick_ovic
Mine has a white nut and a black switch-tip....
Posted: Mon May 01, 2006 11:49 am
by bassman
White nut, black toggle switch. April 73.
Posted: Mon May 01, 2006 12:40 pm
by chefothefuture
From my experience, Rick switch tips were black starting in mid
61.
In 69, they stopped using bakelite for nuts and went to the white
plastic. Sometime in 73 or 74 they went back to bakelite.
This lasted until the mid 80s when white plastic began to appear
sporadically.