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"Tranny" 4001 on the bay
Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2004 10:55 pm
by jnbass
Hard to tell with my cheap monitor-but looks like checkered binding to me:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3713096238&category=4713
Transitional model, alas no full width MOP
Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2004 11:26 pm
by rickde
It does look like checkered binding, but it is hard to see.
Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2004 1:21 am
by marc61
I e-mailed the guy asking the serial number and if he had more photos. That bass is right near me, maybe 20 minutes or so.
Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2004 1:38 am
by ken_james
It has checkered binding
Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2004 1:49 am
by marc61
Looks like it has a toaster as well, but not the split bridge.
Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2004 4:21 am
by ken_james
73's are a wild card, you never know what mixture of features you're going to get.
Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2004 4:21 am
by ken_james
73's are a wild card, you never know what mixture of features you're going to get.
Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2004 4:30 am
by jmh
I'd really like to feel the neck on that one, and see if it's thinner than my 4003.
Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2004 4:57 am
by jmh
I sent him an e-mail asking if I can try it out tomorrow. Guess I'll find out when I get home from work tonight.
Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2004 8:36 am
by jnbass
73's are like a box of choc-lates.
You never know what you're gonna get.
Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2004 2:11 am
by marc61
He sent me picks. The ones in the auction were not his bass. It's a 76 and my bid has been retracted.
Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2004 3:14 am
by ken_james
The pics are from an earlier auction aren't they?
Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2004 3:59 am
by marc61
Not sure. He just admitted through e-mail that he copied the pictures and said it wasn't a problem if anyone wanted to retract their bids.He did send me actual pictures of the bass for sale. Not a bad bass, but not a 73.
Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2004 4:28 am
by jps
I think I'll auction off a Pinto but the pics will be of a Ferrari!
Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2004 5:47 am
by jmh
I got the pictures too. No checkerboard binding, no toaster, and some rust on the screws. He was willing to show the bass at a local coffee shop. I wonder if it's worth the trip now.