An Absolutely Mint 2001 Rickenbacker 4003 Fireglo Bass

2001 Rickenbacker 4003 Bass

This fifteen year old but still as brand new stereo bass weighs just 9.40 lbs. Deep offset cutaway, 13 1/2 inch wide, just over 1 1/4 inch thick, maple body with single white binding. Laminated 'thru-body' maple neck with a nice fat nut width of just over 1 11/16 inches, a standard Rickenbacker bass scale length of 33 1/4 inches and a wonderful thick profile. Bound rosewood fretboard with 20 jumbo frets and triangular inlaid pearl position markers. Headstock with hooked "cresting wave" top and white opaque plastic logo plate with lettering in black, secured by three screws. Individual Rickenbacker (Schaller) deluxe open-back tuners with cloverleaf metal buttons. Two Rickenbacker High-Output Single-Coil pickups with outputs of 10.50k and 10.55k. Bridge pickup with original chrome cover. White plastic pickguard with eight screws. Four controls (two volume, two tone) and three-way pickup selector switch, all on pickguard. Seven-sided black plastic knobs with metal tops. Four-saddle Rickenbacker bridge/tailpiece. "Rick-O-Sound" stereo and "Standard" jack inputs on a metal plate (with the serial number "01 24668") on the lower treble bout. Inside the neck cavity are the letters "FG" [Fireglo] in black marker and inside the control cavity is the serial number "0124668" in black ink. The potentiometers are all stamped "07341 0113" (March 2001). This fine bass is in as new (9.50) condition, having hardly ever been played by it's one owner. Housed in the original Rickenbacker four-latch rectangular black hardshell case with dark blue plush lining (9.25).

The Classic Rickenbacker bass - famous for its ringing sustain, treble punch and solid underlying bass. A subtle strip of binding graces the elegantly curved body featuring a rosewood fingerboard with deluxe triangular fretboard inlays, stereo output, neck-thru-body construction, double truss rods, and high output single-coil pickups with wide response range and brilliant clarity.