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Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2007 7:42 pm
by stts64
Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2007 7:55 pm
by s4001
A 4003 with a skunk stripe. That is rare....
Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2007 8:04 pm
by rickboy88
It's a lot of money too when you factor in the repaired crack in the neck.
I wonder if they've got the year wrong. It would be easy to tell if they posted the serial number.
Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2007 8:16 pm
by dale_fortune
Looks to me that the peg head is not quite large enough to be a 4003....I'd say it's a 4001 with a cracked neck that is clearly visible, and not a very good looking repair on the back of the peg head where the finish is worn off. What caused that, a Hip Shot Tuner maybe?
Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2007 8:20 pm
by rickboy88
Good catch, Dale. Yep, the headstock is more 70's/early 80's sized.
Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2007 8:22 pm
by thx1955
It's not a 97 with the skunk stripe, and with the skunk stripe there it's probably not a 4003.
Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2007 8:31 pm
by thx1955
The production window is most likely 73-83, hard to pin down with such a small picture.
It doesn't look like it's got chequered binding, and if it had you'd think they'd have mentioned it in the description.
Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2007 11:19 pm
by rickfan60
If the pickguard is original, that bass was made between mid-year '77 and the end of production for the 4001 which would be somewhere between 1980 and '81.
Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2007 12:32 am
by feedback
Chaps...It's a Musicground job...!
Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2007 12:35 am
by rickinroma
it is an ordinary 70s style 4001, not well repaired, and quite expensive too
Funny eBay title
Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2007 12:58 am
by leftyguitars
Maybe expensive for the USA but it isn't a bad price for here in England.
Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2007 5:09 am
by bassduke49
Definitely not a '97 4003. Gotta be 1970s or early '80s 4001.
Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2007 9:56 am
by thx1955
I asked them for the serial number last night via Ebay, we'll see if there's a response.