Rickenbacker 4003 Walnut edition

€3,049.00 incl. VAT

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Features

Body material: Maple
Bright tone with precise attack and sustain.
Technology: Solid body
Clear, focused, powerful sound with higher sustain
Fretboard: Maple
Bright and clear sound reproduction, good articulation and presence, balanced sound.
Neck construction: Continuous
Better sustain and easier access to the higher registers.
Scale length: Medium scale
Shorter frets spacing reduces string tension.

Product information

The Rickenbacker 4003 Walnut edition is a limited special model, which is strongly reminiscent of Lemmy's main instrument thanks to its walnut body. In this case, however, the maple neck comes with a maple fretboard - which is unusual for Rickenbacker basses. The special Rick-O- sound function also allows the two pickup signals to be edition separately and allows even more specific sounds in the studio. Rickenbacker 4003 Walnut edition:

Body shape: Rickenbacker style
Body material: Maple
Technology: Solid body
Color / finish: Walnut
Neck construction: Continuous
Scale length: Medium scale
Scale length: 33.25" (845mm)
Neck: Maple
Fretboard: Maple
Frets: 20
Fretboard inlays: Triangle inlays
Strings: 4-string
Pickup selector switch: 3-way toggle
Hardware: Chrome
Including: Suitcase
Special features: Can be used in Mono and stereo
Country of origin: USA

About Rickenbacker

The US company Rickenbacker was founded in 1931 as the Electro String instrument Corporation, making it one of the longest-serving manufacturers of electric guitars. Although they began with the production of electric lap steel guitars, it is probably the electric basses 4000 to 4004 that most people head of when they hear the name Rickenbacker . These basses became icons of rock music in the hands of Paul McCartney, Metallica's Cliff Burton and of course Motörhead's Lemmy Kilmister and are still very popular today thanks to their special optics and undeniable Vintage flair.

The body and neck are traditionally made from maple. At 33-1/4 inches, the scale length specially developed by Rickenbacker is slightly shorter than the "longscale standard" introduced with the Fender Precision Bass. Another special features and now a feature of Rickenbacker instruments is the design with a continuous neck, which has been used since 1956. The pickup were initially adopted unchanged from the electric (lap steel) guitars, which still characterizes the typical Rickenbacker sound today, which can be described as treble-heavy, wiry with a soft deep bass and a low midrange content. Thanks to the reduced mids, there is less overlap with the frequencies of electric guitars, which makes these basses particularly popular in rock music.

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