This thread is completely devoted to this here godly instrument.
[img]http://www.guitarphotographer.com/Rickenbacker-bass/1973-rickenbacker-4001-bass-fireglow%20b.JPG[/img]
That's right, the Rickenbacker 4001 bass.
[B]HISTORY[/B]
The 4001 was first manufactured in 1961 as an updated version of the [url=http://400x.nl/4000/4000-body-01.jpg]4000[/url]. It was a very famous bass was used by most of the pioneers in rock and roll.
[B]CONSTRUCTION[/B]
copypasta from wikipedia:
[quote=Wikipedia]The Rickenbacker 4001 was designed with the "crested-wave" body shape, much like the other basses of the 4000 series. The 4001 model features a neck-through construction, a full-wood body, fret board with metal strings (originally flat-wound, though many players replaced them with round-wounds), twin truss rods, triangle inlays, two pickups, two volume and two tone dials, selector switch, and wiring for Rick-O-Sound (standard in models post-1971). Rickenbacker also produced six-string, and short-scale versions of the 4001 model.[/quote]
[B]PEOPLE USING THE 4001/4003[/B]
[img]http://cdn.mos.musicradar.com/images/features/rickenbacker-gallery/lemmy-corbis-530-85.jpg[/img]
Lemmy playing on his piece.
[img]http://sharemyguitar.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/SMG_Paul_McCartney_Rick.jpg[/img]
Paulie playing on one of his.
[img]http://images.hugi.is/metall/97579.jpg[/img]
The one, the only, Cliff Burton owning the world by playing his.
[img]http://cdn.mos.musicradar.com/images/features/rickenbacker-gallery/chris-squire-corbis-530-85.jpg[/img]
Chris Squire playing his model, by popular demand.
[img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/Lt_Captain/0207les1-2.jpg[/img]
Arguably the bass god Les Claypool dominating his piece, thanks to Siminov for reminding me.
[img]http://rush.netfirms.com/img/geddy2.jpg[/img]
Geddy Lee!
And who can forget:
[img]http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/5/51884/1260491-poster_super.jpg[/img]
I love the 4001. Definitely my dreambass, even though I have no money and play a Washburn XB-120.
I'd like to hear from you. Any Rickenbacker players on Facepunch? Does anyone share my wild fantasy of owning one of these beasts?
Chris Squire not in the list of players. :colbert:
These are absolutely beautiful, and they sound great too.
A shame though that I can't afford one.
Protip:
Tokai Rockinbetter
Dat shape
[img]http://randshit.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/dat_ass.jpg[/img]
[QUOTE=Shibbey;26502840]Chris Squire not in the list of players. :colbert:[/QUOTE]
Fixed :smile:
lovely looking instruments, the sound is not my thing though. So unfortunately not my dream instrument.
Look and sound great.
Also;
[IMG]http://www.lordonly.net/Images/John/lojtric1.jpg[/IMG]
My mate thinks they're ugly.
Bollocks to him, what does he know?
Don't forget Les Claypool
[img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/Lt_Captain/0207les1-2.jpg[/img]
[QUOTE=Siminov;26505931]Don't forget Les Claypool
[img_thumb]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/Lt_Captain/0207les1-2.jpg[/img_thumb][/QUOTE]
How did I forget :geno:
The Tokai:
[img]http://www.macbookscreen.co.uk/Rockinbetter_files/Rockinbetter.jpg[/img]
unsure on if i like the design or not. Looks kinda funny.
I wish they kept the Rickenbacker guitar with the same shape in production, the 481. The 4001 is badass but all the Rick guitars looks goofy to me :saddowns:
[img]http://www.gbase.com/files/store_images/gear/2185575/p1_u2z2vg5ak_so.jpg[/img]
Also yes, the frets are slanted. No I don't know why
I like the basses, but the guitars are meh
[QUOTE=TtIiVv;26505718]My mate thinks they're ugly.
Bollocks to him, what does he know?[/QUOTE]
He knows what personal opinion is
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