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I've had two; still got one on a Jap Jazz, black with brass saddles. It hardens the tone a wee bit and I'd rather have the Wilkie than a Badass x anyday.

[quote name='Jerry_B' post='781412' date='Mar 21 2010, 09:52 AM']I've not seen a walnut one before. That pic looks like a retouched grey one - I nearly bought one awhile back. They're nice, but to make them super nice you'd need to put in some better pups. I think someone else on here says that suffer from neck dive a bit.[/quote] Neck dive? I'm not surprised as agathis is a very light wood.

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Fender-Squier-Std-special-P-bass-guitar-WN-New-boxed_W0QQitemZ330412964291QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item4cee25b9c3"]P-bass[/url] Looks v interesting..........

They did a beezer of a tiger-striped maple top Telebass back in the '90s. Always liked ESP stuff.

[quote name='Bassassin' post='774028' date='Mar 14 2010, 12:47 AM']I think this is a strange sort of transitional one - Ibby 4001 copies all had full-size tuners from the earliest ones in about 1971 and the date explains the full width inlays & checked binding. However for the first 4 years or so they had big chrome Gibson Mudbucker style pickups, which were actually single coils in big cases: [attachment=44769:edf9_3.JPG] Around 75/76, the model was updated with more accurate hardware and smaller pearloid inlays, however one or two "transitional" examples turn up with features from both "eras" and I think that's what Stevie's is - I've only ever seen FWIs with mudbuckers before. All Ibby 4001s seem to have checked binding regardless of when they were made, and the very earliest have a very heavy cast tailpiece which can't tail-lift, a bit like the old Rick gap-tooth ones. I'm of the opinion the Ibanez 4001 copy was the first (along with early Greco, which was the same bass with a different badge) which is why it has a lot of early 70s features, and perhaps why the factory used and EB3 type pickup set - it was what they had lying around! Stevie - is there a serial number? It'll be stamped on the back of the head if there is. J.[/quote] I had a lovely Fireglo one with the 'Mudbucker'. That pickup was as weak as sin and I eventually put a Bill Lawrence twin rails humbucker in there which [i]just [/i]covered the hole left by the mudbucker. I don't recall mine having the cheq binding but all that's lost in the mists of time. I had often wondered about that early pup config and your presumtion that they were leftovers from EB3 copies is entirely plausible!

[quote name='steviedee' post='773423' date='Mar 13 2010, 09:48 AM']fancy a swap for the one you have for sale [/quote] Ok! Straight swap??