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late 4001 under the hood...
Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2010 9:53 am
by weemac
Has anybody got a pic of the neck joint/pickup cavity of a late 4001 (75-81 vintage)?
I'm just wanting to get a mental picture of how much wood is in there compared to a 4003 (which has cuts in the wood to allow access to the rods)
If you have a pic of the last time you pulled your 70s 4001 to bits, post it here.....
emac.
Re: late 4001 under the hood...
Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2010 12:04 pm
by ricosound
This is a '77 4001
Re: late 4001 under the hood...
Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2010 12:07 pm
by ricosound
...this is a pre 75, 1/2" spaced dual route for toaster.
Re: late 4001 under the hood...
Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2010 12:18 pm
by weemac
Thanks Wes!
Exactly what I expected, the late 4001s probably has the strongest neck joint of any 4000 series instrument (apart from the 4002 and the early 4004cII basses)
I'm looking for an 8 string Rickenbacker but so many of the 4003s/8 basses have issues in the neck joint.
If I can find a 4008, so long as there is not the truss rod issues at the other end, it's probably the better instrument...
Anyone got a pic inside a standard 4003 for comparison?
emac.
Re: late 4001 under the hood...
Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2010 1:19 pm
by weemac
Found one... Looks to be from an s/5
They look like they were designed to fail.....
emac.
Re: late 4001 under the hood...
Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2010 1:53 pm
by cjj
Re: late 4001 under the hood...
Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2010 2:03 pm
by weemac
cjj wrote:Here's my '84 4003:
84_4003.JPG
I can see why they rethought a few years later.... Lovely timber though!
emac.
Re: late 4001 under the hood...
Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2010 4:02 pm
by cangaroo
ricosound wrote:...this is a pre 75, 1/2" spaced dual route for toaster.
umm ... mine is a 75 (october 75 i guess) and it has the 1/2" spacing route (but it has the 1" pickguard).
Re: late 4001 under the hood...
Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2010 4:42 pm
by badeggs
cangaroo wrote:umm ... mine is a 75 (october 75 i guess) and it has the 1/2" spacing route (but it has the 1" pickguard).
The changeover from 1/2" to 1" spacing happened around Mar-May '75, there might have been bodies routed for the old spacing and used after the switch to the new spacing...