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Waiting on some new hardware to arrive.

Yup, I'm that guy 🤣

Incredible musician, so underrated👌

No it will not accept standard p-90. the route would have to be enlarged. Dave Sentall used to make mini p-90s that drop in, maybe still does. I have a set, very nice pickup. Other winders may make them as well.

Here's a cool link: https://www.glenntipton.com/hamer-guitar.asp You can click on a Hamer image gallery containing twelve photos, including this one:

It's the only guitar I own with the factory finish.🤣

This is what comes from having more money than talent (in my case) for which you substitute buying and selling more guitars than any ten people should have. You tend to collect spare parts that way.

What’ve you guys been eating?

Is this what you need?

You could also order a solid mahogany Standard back then (4-digit era) - no bound veneer top. I've got one and can name at least 8-9 others like that!

Rickenbacker is definitely not a "typical" guitar company, and availability, wait times, special runs, and so forth have always been part of getting a Rick. Seems like many dealers often don't know when they will arrive, so when one actually has some in stock, it's best to go for it. Sweetwater was supposed to get some in sometime during late 2025 and then when I was checking my wishlist at the beginning of April, I noticed they were in stock, 5 of them. They don't list the price so you have to email them for it. I was at work so I sent in an email. I checked again at 3pm and then there were 4 left, and right as I was about I was going to call in, I got a call back. My Sales engineer was on vacation that week but his coverage knew that they wouldn't last long (they were all gone within a week or so). I looked at the 4 left, picked one, and called my shot. It arrived about 10 days ago but I've been super busy and unfortunately didn't get a time to take an actual picture until last night. One thing you're sure to notice is the new for 2025 redesigned "treble" pickup bezel, without the pickup cover. There is not even a slot for it, and also there is now a thumb rest. Some purists are up in arms, while others feel its "about time". The original 4001 basses had a pickup with a big "horse shoe" magnet, however that ended up being expensive and kinda not working well, so over 50 years ago in 1971, they changed to a standard single coil pickup with magnets underneath, and put a chromed plastic pickup cover that is cosmetic only on top of it. They also originally had a "toaster" pickup in the neck, but now both have "high gain" pickups, which have more winds now than they did in the good old days, so some people will replace the pickups with more "vintage correct" ones, or they will put in the current "toaster" single coil pickup. I even saw a recent dealer run that still had the covers, and came stock with the toaster, as well as a light blue finish and checkered binding. Anyway, it takes a bit of getting used to, but the neck is definitely comfortable, and I would consider the "new" profile to be more of a "D" shape, as it has a bit of a flat area on the sides. it plays well, and definitely has a VERY distinctive sound. The original 4001 basses had a capacitor on the bridge / treble pickup that cut a lot of the bass. This was later removed, but the current 4003 have a push / pull cap on the tone for that pickup that can give you the vintage treble sound or a more bass heavy modern sound for the bridge pickup. As expected, there is definitely a bit of hum, and the pickups are not RWRP like a jazz bass, so even mixing them together you still get full hum. If you're looking to play like Lemmy a noise suppressor is highly recommended. It's definitely going to take a while to explore all the tones in this bass, which I look forward too. Such a distinctive sound and look.

I keep going back and forth on this one... anyhow lets see if there is interest in this beauty HSC and paperwork and candy $1900 pp plus shipping from Ohio we can do PP/FF knock off maybe $40 .. we can facetime and you can see the guitar ect.... anyhow. .here are some pics

Great musician! Gabe 😀

No, they'll have to drag me out of the empty nest estate.

@Stike I got you, big guy.

Shot you a pic on Facebook, Ben.

I still have my 79 4001, in Autumn Glo with black pguard/truss rod cover. Had to get it from the factory which took all of 5 weeks back then, lol.. All my heroes played one (Squire, McCartney, Lemmy, Geddy) so there was no question for my first "real" bass. Still my go to when I play bass.

put object in heavy plastic trash bag. have box just a bit bigger. squirt line of spray foam in box. install object. might let that cure... then squirt more foam on each surface. don't use too much. if it is something really precious, consider a cooler instead of a box

One of the ones I'm talking about (4-digits) did. Pretty certain that's an aftermarket mod.

NICE! I will say... I paid a lot less for this than I thought I would. SW doesn't list the price for a reason.

Yep. I build a cardboard inner structure to contain the peanuts. Probably 20 amps and 20 guitars without a single issue. Learned it from a local shipper that shipped ton of stuff for a local auction house. Something interesting was always sitting in the front of the store before they got to it.

Concerts took place just a week ago. Now the boys are already busy playing on my desktop/itunes. Life is good – thanx, Disturber!

Maybe. Maybe not. I think it depends on what is important to you. For some people that 1 of 72 "exclusivity" is important. For others having a newer one is more important. "One of the last ones built!" etc. Having owned several of that run of 72 and newer ones, I think they are pretty much identical when it comes to build quality and awesomeness.

I got somewhat of a preview of this lineup in February at the Dickey tribute in Macon. No Marc Q or Joe Russo, but Oteil, Derek, Warren, and Chuck were joined by Susan Tedeschi and Duane Betts and laid down some heat. Wish I could've seen these shows at MSG; I have a few friends that were there.

I've bought four so far. All were perfect.

Do not let them just fill the box with popcorn. Rather fill bags with it. Garbage bags whatever and seal them. Popcorn shifts and the amps jangle around and lay right next to the cardboard.. no cushion. Best is expandable foam in a bag to fit the amp. But most use the popcorn!

"May you live in interesting times," they said. It was only recently that I found out that this was not intended to be a toast but a curse.

Never played one. But my Vanguard is from 1999, so it seems likely.

Do you think it's the same profile as a 99 25th anniversary?

This looks like something a Wookie would wield in sacred battle. UuuUUUUUUUGGGHH!!!!

Nice!! I loved playing Rickenbackers in the 80s/90s, and as many times as I thought I'd just pick one up again eventually, prices shot up and kept going, and I just didn't get around to it. Would love eventually snag another like yours one day - looks great!

And I imagine if you matched it up with the Friedman IR-D (Dirty Shirley type preamp) that you'd have a lot of tones to footswitch between......

All of my guitars no matter the brand are loaded with Gravelin Pickups. Josh is my first call in the pickup department.

This one just sold (mint condition 2003):

Nice bass! I liked the natural one w/maple fb that was for sale. An accurate straightedge is essential to setting up double-tr Rics. The hard part is balancing each rod to a good zero point. I use a fine-point Sharpie to mark the (tr) nuts to duplicate each adjustment so that the marks are in the same location. Interesting how Rickenbacker went with the Hipshot 4000-series bridge. The best upgrade you can get for any Ric bass.

Yeah, they redesigned the neck, and now it's been redesigned again. The original 4001 basses had double truss rods, which they thought would really help fine tune the action, but didn't work out as intended.The 4003 moved the truss rod adjusting nuts to under the pickguard, and not under the truss rod cover. Since then it has been revised several times, moving back and forth. I also think there was a "hairpin" type of trussrod design. I'm not really sure what the difference is between the current basses with the center stripe and the ones from a few years ago that did not have a center stripe. The old pictures of the 4003S without binding had no center stripe, but their most recent shipment had them. Per the manual the current generation have dual action truss rods of a "modern" design like used in many other guitars and basses.

^^^What Dave said. Definitely get an estimate because UPS-packed shipping is expensive and could turn a good deal into a bad experience. The local place here (no longer in business. I wonder why....) was pricey and did not pack very well, either. At least the guy is smart enough to know his limitations and didn't half-ass it. Some guys really don't care after it's sold.

Call his local preferred shipper with the measurements & weight for an estimate "with insurance"

I got mine Monday. So far it sounds best going through my Cali Tweed's FX loop. Haven't tried recording with it yet. Lots of recording options through my REVV D20 as it has the Two Notes capabilities which are endless.

I couldn't have said it any better!

Money sent. Venmo asked for your phone last 4 digits but I sent it anyway. Hopefully ya got it!

2006 was 20 years ago?!? Nahhh... can't be!