NBD - '72 4000
Posted: Wed Oct 07, 2015 4:20 pm
Just arrived. Super clean, all original.
- '72 4000
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Re: NBD - '72 4000
Posted: Wed Oct 07, 2015 5:01 pm
Very Nice! How's the neck feel relative to 4003 models?
Re: NBD - '72 4000
Posted: Wed Oct 07, 2015 11:28 pm
Nice bass, how's it sound? Are those Fender flat wounds?
Re: NBD - '72 4000
Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2015 12:09 am
So you ended up going for it after all!
Congrats, Bill...Beautiful bass!
Congrats, Bill...Beautiful bass!
Re: NBD - '72 4000
Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2015 7:56 am
WOW....that's NICE!!!!!!!! Congrats!!!!!!!
Re: NBD - '72 4000
Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2015 9:48 am
Very nice-could be a twin to mine. 
Congrats!
The 3-piece necks on these are wonderfully slim and shallow....
Congrats!The 3-piece necks on these are wonderfully slim and shallow....
Re: NBD - '72 4000
Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2015 12:14 pm
Thanks everyone. I haven't had much of a chance to work with it, only photo it. I think the strings are Fender flats. Too high tension and so the action is a bit high. I've ordered TI Flats for it. I'll be playing it tonight and will report back. Also have more pics.
Re: NBD - '72 4000
Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2015 1:12 am
What a beautiful bass.
Re: NBD - '72 4000
Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2015 6:53 am
Looks great Bill, congrats. 
I have a '76 4000 WHT (Nun Moore-Whyte) strung with Slinkys that has an extra special belch to it.
I really like the simplicity of the 4000.
I have a '76 4000 WHT (Nun Moore-Whyte) strung with Slinkys that has an extra special belch to it.
I really like the simplicity of the 4000.
Re: NBD - '72 4000
Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2015 7:35 am
Love it!
Re: NBD - '72 4000
Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2015 2:19 pm
That's a beautiful instrument you have there! 43 years old in THAT condition? Nice.
Re: NBD - '72 4000
Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2015 3:43 pm
Here are some beauty shots.
- '72 4000 Beauty 1
- '72 4000 Beauty 2
- '72 4000 Beauty 3
- '72 4000 Beauty 4
- '72 4000 Beauty 5
- '72 4000 Beauty 6
Re: NBD - '72 4000
Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2015 3:53 pm
Nice. Super condition.
Re: NBD - '72 4000
Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2015 4:33 pm
That looks great, Bill. Love the early '70s (especially, the girls back then 
).
Love the early '70s (especially, the girls back then ).Re: NBD - '72 4000
Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2015 5:28 pm
Beautiful,indeed. Looks thoroughly all-original and super clean.
I love that it has a model-specific TRC,too,not sure i've ever seen one for a 4000 before!
I love that it has a model-specific TRC,too,not sure i've ever seen one for a 4000 before!