It's definitely a 4001, but the pickups and tuners are replacements. Certainly not from 1996 as they "stopped" making 4001 in 1980 (but many stragglers in inventory weren't sold until the mid-'80s). The shedua center strip in the neck-through was a feature of the 4001 from mid 1972 onward, but the lack of checker binding and the more recent poured inlays indicate 1974 or later. If the 1/2" from the fretboard position of the bass (neck) pickup is as original, then 1974 would do it. In 1975, they moved the pickup to about 1" from the fretboard.
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Yeah, I can't wait, either! Still working on it, and have a phone meeting with the publisher this hour. Hope to find out more when the book will be available. Maybe.
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