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64 4001S sold by Andy Baxter
Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2014 5:58 am
by johna
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.
Re: 64 4001S sold by Andy Baxter
Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2014 7:33 am
by Colonel Sanders
A 64 with a skunk stripe?
If it is the case, that would be a very rare beast.
Re: 64 4001S sold by Andy Baxter
Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2014 7:39 am
by johna
That's what I thought - looks a bit odd
Re: 64 4001S sold by Andy Baxter
Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2014 9:40 am
by teeder
looks a bit odd
Looks a lot odd.
Lots of questionable things going on there.
Re: 64 4001S sold by Andy Baxter
Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2014 10:43 am
by jps
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.
Re: 64 4001S sold by Andy Baxter
Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2014 10:53 am
by pag
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!
Re: 64 4001S sold by Andy Baxter
Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2014 12:28 pm
by collin
Strange one..... how does it play, Vincent?
Re: 64 4001S sold by Andy Baxter
Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2014 1:12 pm
by Lefty4001
The stripe is kinda wide and more like what you'd see on a 4005, but this is neck-thru. Different...
Re: 64 4001S sold by Andy Baxter
Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2014 1:38 pm
by Kopfjaeger
Hmm, early bobbin under that horsie? I would have expected a raised lip on a 1964. Thoughts?? Super wide strip in there too.
Sepp
Re: 64 4001S sold by Andy Baxter
Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2014 3:00 pm
by wints
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...
Re: 64 4001S sold by Andy Baxter
Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2014 4:46 pm
by teeder
I can't wait for these details!
Re: 64 4001S sold by Andy Baxter
Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2014 8:12 pm
by Kopfjaeger
teeder wrote:I can't wait for these details!
+1!
Re: 64 4001S sold by Andy Baxter
Posted: Tue Feb 04, 2014 8:01 am
by Colonel Sanders
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.
Re: 64 4001S sold by Andy Baxter
Posted: Tue Feb 04, 2014 9:41 am
by teeder
I like how the chrome is stripped off the TP with red paint on the side of it.
Re: 64 4001S sold by Andy Baxter
Posted: Tue Feb 04, 2014 10:24 am
by bassduke49
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.