64 4001S sold by Andy Baxter

johna · Post by **johna** » Mon Feb 03, 2014 5:58 am

Did anyone spot this for sale?

http://www.andybaxterbass.com/details.php?id=619

Was there an asking price?

It's listed in the register as a 4001S.

Colonel Sanders · Post by **Colonel Sanders** » Mon Feb 03, 2014 7:33 am

A 64 with a skunk stripe?

If it is the case, that would be a very rare beast.

johna · Post by **johna** » Mon Feb 03, 2014 7:39 am

That's what I thought - looks a bit odd

teeder · Post by **teeder** » Mon Feb 03, 2014 9:40 am

looks a bit odd

Looks a lot odd.
Lots of questionable things going on there.

jps · Post by **jps** » Mon Feb 03, 2014 10:43 am

teeder wrote:Lots of questionable things going on there.

For one, didn't the Made In USA on the TRC start to be added in 1966, IIRC.

pag · Post by **pag** » Mon Feb 03, 2014 10:53 am

Its got a lot of iffy stuff going on what with that stripe etc.
AND aluminium tail lift!
Looks like its had some work done as they say in Hollywood.

I had DD458 (ex John Lodge) back in the early 80s which had a fretboard replacement, refin in mapleglo and for a moment
I thought this was it resurfacing in fireglo.

Andy Baxter is really expensive ie; a 1975 4001 for £2500!

collin · Post by **collin** » Mon Feb 03, 2014 12:28 pm

Strange one..... how does it play, Vincent?

Lefty4001 · Post by **Lefty4001** » Mon Feb 03, 2014 1:12 pm

The stripe is kinda wide and more like what you'd see on a 4005, but this is neck-thru. Different...

Kopfjaeger · Post by **Kopfjaeger** » Mon Feb 03, 2014 1:38 pm

Hmm, early bobbin under that horsie? I would have expected a raised lip on a 1964. Thoughts?? Super wide strip in there too.

Sepp

wints · Post by **wints** » Mon Feb 03, 2014 3:00 pm

Ah, DD 417....

If I'm not mistaken, those of us who have been here from very long time will remember this bass, and I personally know a rather unsavory story attached to it. Last I knew it was in the States, and not for sale. Time to revisit some very old mail...

teeder · Post by **teeder** » Mon Feb 03, 2014 4:46 pm

I can't wait for these details!

Kopfjaeger · Post by **Kopfjaeger** » Mon Feb 03, 2014 8:12 pm

teeder wrote:I can't wait for these details!

+1!

Colonel Sanders · Post by **Colonel Sanders** » Tue Feb 04, 2014 8:01 am

Another oddity is the volute at the back of the headstock.

I would have expected such a "prototype" to happen in lateish 65. My flimsy rationale being the introduction of the volute sometime in 66.

teeder · Post by **teeder** » Tue Feb 04, 2014 9:41 am

I like how the chrome is stripped off the TP with red paint on the side of it.

bassduke49 · Post by **bassduke49** » Tue Feb 04, 2014 10:24 am

I'm no expert on the old ones, but it almost seems to me that it is a reconstruction. The shape of the heel of the neck is odd, and the "skunk stripe" is off center and appears to be two pieces in itself. Weird.

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