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Heres the latest addition to the family . July 72 . What a killer bass. This is the first pre 73 i have ever owned. Super thin neck , Flamy maple, And sounds so smooth and sweet i wept with joy .I put a hipshot aluminum bridge on it and it has changed tuners . But ,everything else is straight up on it

sweet bass. Congrats.

Very nice! Nice figuring in the maple too. I personally haven't seen too many Mapleglo 4001's with checker binding and always wondered how it would look. Looks pretty good!

Nice! Congrats!

Now, Rock out like Motorhead!!!

Sweet looking bass. Congrats. Love those inlays.

I'd return the tuners to stock, though. I think they look better. I always thought those slim-line tuners (or whatever they're called) look cheap. Guess because I see so many Asian import basses with them. But what I think doesn't matter anyway...you only have to please yourself.

Now go plug it in and play the bejeezus out of it!

Congrats on your first preemee!

Congrats and enjoy you new 4001, Jeff. It looks sweet!

Man, that's great! Congrats from another mapleglo maniac!


Where did you find it?

Nice 'n flamey. I second the comment to swap to Ric tuners, they just look right.

A friend of mine give me a call about this bass . It was in a pawn shop. I called up the owner and asked for some pics and basic information. 1,200.00 later, and here she sits.

thinneckrick wrote:A friend of mine give me a call about this bass . It was in a pawn shop. I called up the owner and asked for some pics and basic information. 1,200.00 later, and here she sits.

I hate to admit it. and although they dont look as cool. The tuners i have on it now are far superior than the old tuners. I have to play with the grovers all night . With these, i have to tune the bass maybe once during 4 sets . It would be cool to see someone make modern tuners with the look of the old grovers.

thinneckrick wrote:I hate to admit it. and although they dont look as cool. The tuners i have on it now are far superior than the old tuners. I have to play with the grovers all night . With these, i have to tune the bass maybe once during 4 sets . It would be cool to see someone make modern tuners with the look of the old grovers.

Hey, whatever works for YOU...You're the one who lives with it.
Strangely though, the old Grovers are among the smoothest I've used, and they hold a tune very well on both the basses that have them. I just like them a lot.
YMMV and all that.

thinneckrick wrote:A friend of mine give me a call about this bass . It was in a pawn shop. I called up the owner and asked for some pics and basic information. 1,200.00 later, and here she sits.

I almost hate to say it, but I am green with envy. And at 1200 bucks, it was almost like stealing. BTW. Love the HS.

The Grovers on my '73 are very stable -- stay in tune. They're my favorite tuners. But maybe that's just because I've been using them so long.