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kept that 86 silver/bt 4003. i shoulda woulda coulda had it refinned.

got any of those "wish you wouldas"?

bought that 4001CS at Mr. Music in Allston MA for $995 in 1997.

bought a 4001 back in the early 70s when I was active. Life would not have been the same. Though I am old enough and experienced enough to know that is most likely not a good thing. Never would have married my wife (I had casually met her a couple times back then) nor had my three wonderful kids. Ahhh, C'est la vie!

...kept my Sea Green V63 and my '68 pink Paisley Fender tele bass

no regrets here ... I sold some really nice basses ... but damn ... I was running out of room to keep them all ...

Heck I still got more than I need ...

I am just thankful for the abundance in my life ... good job, good house, good marriage, good health, good kids ... and a nice collection of 5 string basses ...

I am happy ...

Bought a 81 Jetglo 4001 in 1996 for $350, neck was warped and fretboard coming up and no one around our area could fix it, or didn't want to. Not knowing much at the time, someone offered me $500 for it in 98 and I took the cash and ran.

Now I'm in looking to get one back. Prolly a new Jetglo 4003.

jwr2 wrote:no regrets here ... I sold some really nice basses ... but damn ... I was running out of room to keep them all ...

Heck I still got more than I need ...

I am just thankful for the abundance in my life ... good job, good house, good marriage, good health, good kids ... and a nice collection of 5 string basses ...

I am happy ...

Right on, Jeff. Great points. They apple to me as well - still having more than I need with the same five "goods". I would like to aspire to this viewpoint and let go of my regrets.

Thank you!

- Tim

Kept the CS that i got in 1992 (or something) even though it had a dicky neck (I could fix it now)
Kept the V63 that i got in 1995 (or something) even though it had a dicky neck (I could fix it now)
Kept the 74 4001 that I sold for no good reason (I have another 74 now)
well, thats the main ones.......
emac.

Actually I wish I had bought a ton of 4001cs and 4001v63 basses in the 90s cheap and resold them all for a big markup in 2006 for big bucks ...

next stage would be: "I wish I would have bought ALL 4001CS and ALL 4001V63, burned all of them except one each and sold the two remaining in 2007 for a nice house and coastline property in southern california..."

Not really!

I wish I woulda been into Rics when the LKs were first being offered.

Shouldn't have sold my first Rick, an early 80's 4001 in Walnut. I keep looking for it to turn up somewhere around Toronto....

I've told the story before, but I wish I had not sold my '68 4001 with all the features for $250. The good thing was I only paid $200 for it so I thought I was making $50

bought that 4001CS at Mr. Music in Allston MA for $995 in 1997.

+1

....."smoked" less in the 80's, 'cuz I must've been high to trade my 4003s AzureGlo for a Charvel.