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PMC 4001S
Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2005 4:26 pm
by simer4001
Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2005 4:56 pm
by jwr2
here's another shot ...
Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2005 7:31 pm
by rictified
Wow, that thing was ratty huh?
Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2005 8:04 pm
by marty
Here's a pic someone posted on this forum a while back...
Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2005 3:19 am
by atomic_punk
After he "re-finished" it, and then sanded it down, wasn't it just bare, sweat-filled wood? I remember reading Mark A. and Dale saying that when it was brought in for service, it was just a nasty piece of wood.
Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2005 4:22 am
by rickfan60
Dale said that it smelled bad too.
Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2005 4:24 am
by rumbush
Brian, he didn't have the Hofner refinished, did he? I saw him 3 times on the last tour (the first time in 3rd row) and it looked nicely checked and worn, didn't look like any kind of refinish to me...
Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2005 6:12 am
by ilan
I've read somewhere that the Hofner was refinished at least twice, but I'm not a Hofner (or a Macca) expert.
Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2005 7:08 am
by marty
There was a suggestion that the Hofner may have been refinshed way back, though no certainty...
http://www.geocities.com/joelcrowservo/HofnerBass.html
Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2005 7:13 am
by rickfan60
The set list from some show, I forget which, was taped to the side of the body until just recently. No?
Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2005 8:07 am
by rumbush
Right! It was from the last series of Beatles shows c.mid 1966. The set list wasn't on the bass when I saw him. Apparently the set list was still attached in 1998.
When he comes around in November or so of this year I hope he busts out with the 4001. That would be sweet!!
Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2005 11:18 am
by simer4001
The set list is gone. It appears to have been removed by at least 1997. That is when the documentary "The World Tonight" was released. So I'd be willing to bet that it was filmed in 1995/96. The set list is gone, but you can see where the tape was. On the 2002 tour it appears the bass may have received a clearcoat. The tape mark is clean and the bass itself looks very clean. I don't think it was sanded out and refinished...I think it just received a clearcoat. This is just a guess on my part. I have no special knowledge.
I don't think the 4001 even comes with him anymore. He uses his Hofner and brings the WAL 5 string along as a backup. Too bad! I'd love to see him play the RIC.
I posted some pix of Paul and his RIC earlier this week. For those of you that didn't see them, here is the link
http://www.sendpix.com/albums/05021522/0ni8vjb0kv/
http://www.sendpix.com/albums/05022418/emxinv2lcb/
