Rickenbacker 4003 MG Mapleglo

Item no.: 10003750

€2,999.00

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Features

Fretboard: Rosewood
Warm, dark tone, excellent resonance.
Body Material: Maple
Bright tone with precise attack and sustain.
Technology: Solid Body
Clear, focused tone with high sustain.
Neck construction: Neck thru
Seamless transition for improved sustain and access to higher frets.
Scale: Medium scale
Shorter scale for lower string tension.

Product information

The Rickenbacker 4003 FG Mapleglo is rightly regarded as a classic among electric basses, particularly noted for its sustain, punch and solid low-end. The unique sound of the Rickenbacker 4003 FG Fireglo has long been an integral part of rock music. Rickenbacker 4003 MG Mapleglo:

General Information

Strings: 4 string
Special Features: Mono & Stereo Output

Body

Technology: Solid Body
Body Shape: Rickenbacker-Style
Body Material: Maple
Scale: Medium scale
Scale Length: 33,25" (845 mm)
Neck construction: Neck thru

Neck

Neck: Maple
Fretboard: Rosewood
Fretboard Inlays: Triangle inlays
Frets: 20

Electronics

Pickup Selector Switch: 3 way toggle

Hardware

Hardware: Chrome

Finish

Color/ Finish: Mapleglo

Includes

Includes: Hardcase

About Rickenbacker

The US company Rickenbacker was founded in 1931 as the Electro String Instrument Corporation and is thus one of the longest-serving manufacturers of electric guitars. Although production began with electric lap-steel guitars, it is probably the electric basses 4000 to 4004 that most people associate with the name Rickenbacker. These basses became icons of rock music in the hands of Paul McCartney, Metallica's Cliff Burton and of course Lemmy Kilmister of Motörhead, and remain very popular today thanks to their distinctive look and undeniable vintage flair.

Bodies and necks are traditionally made from maple. The scale length specially developed by Rickenbacker is 33-1/4 inches, slightly shorter than the "long-scale standard" introduced with the Fender Precision Bass. Another hallmark of Rickenbacker instruments is the neck-through construction used since 1956. The pickups were initially taken unchanged from the electric (lap steel) guitars, which still shapes the typical Rickenbacker sound today, often described as bright, wiry with a soft low end and reduced midrange. Thanks to the reduced mids there is less overlap with electric guitar frequencies, which makes these basses particularly popular in rock music.

All Rickenbacker instruments are made in the USA and delivered in a high-quality case.