In this photo of Malmsteen's collection, towards the back we can see three Rickenbacker 4001 Basses, one in a Jetglo finish, one in a Yellow and/or Natural finish and a bindingless one in a Red finish that doesn't appear to be Burgundyglo.

In this user-uploaded photo, Chuck Schuldiner is seen with a Rickenbacker 4001 Mapleglo bass.

Petty plays Bass in music video for Lover Of The Bayou

This picture show John Deacon playing his Rickenbacker. He used the bass for his audition for Queen, the very first concerts and the recording sessions at De Lane Lea in 1971.

In the early years of his live performances, John Entwistle occasionally played a Rickenbacker 4001, as shown in a user-uploaded photo on Flixster.

According to a list of gear from the official website, Squarepusher owns the following: Bass guitars: Music Man / Rickenbacker 4001 / Custom built 6 strings.

In the Equipment Notes section on Robin Guthrie's official website, he mentions using a Rickenbacker 4001 bass guitar.

In this YouTube music video, Tash Sultana can be seen using a Burgundyglo Rickenbacker 4001 bass guitar (first appearance is at 0:17). The nameplate on the head of the guitar has two lines of text, the first likely being "MADE IN USA" with the second being "MODEL 4001". Most other Rickenbacker models, especially newer ones, only include the "MADE IN USA" line. Tash Sultana used this guitar to record their James Dean music video in February 2023.

In this January 8, 2020 article by Guitar World highlighting Squire's life and career, a segment is featured on his choice and usage of Basses over his career.

"Driving through the sound"

"Chris Squire recorded or performed with more than a dozen basses in his career, but he is most closely associated with the cream-colored 1964 Rickenbacker with which he created his signature style. Although many refer to it as a 4001, it was actually an RM1999 (serial number DC127), imported to the United Kingdom by Rose Morris, Rickenbacker’s official British importer in the early 1960s. Build-wise, it was identical to the 4001S, with dot fingerboard inlays, no body binding, and a single output."

"Squire’s Rickenbacker, which he bought from his employer Boosey & Hawkes in 1965, had a Fireglo finish, similar to Fender’s sunburst. When the flower-power era arrived, Squire covered the instrument with flowery wallpaper, but he soon tired of the look and had a guitar tech remove it, which required shaving and sanding."

"Chris covered the bass again, this time with silver reflective paper, and when he got bored of that, he asked the same tech to remove it. The tech applied a cream lacquer and suggested that Squire leave it that way."

"After being sanded twice, the bass was lighter, and Squire would later say that this was a factor in its unique, bright sound. None of his other Rickenbackers—including the limited-edition 1991 4001CS signature model that was a virtual replica— sounded like Squire’s cream bass."

"The instrument held up fairly well, until a stage accident required Squire to bring it to luthier Michael Tobias for repair."

"'The work was done in the mid to late ’80s,' recalls Tobias. 'If I remember correctly, the peghead had been broken off more than once. When I got the bass, it was hanging by a thread, and there was almost no glue surface left. The break was almost straight through under the nut. Because of the way Rickenbacker cut out the trussrod access, there wasn’t much area to re-bond. I got a new rod system from Rickenbacker and made a scarf joint so there’d be some area to glue. I recreated the original peghead with the proper wood, attached it, shaped it to the existing neck profile, and matched the paint.'"

"One of the RM1999’s notable quirks was its weak bridge pickup, which had a lower output and 'tinny sound,' as Chris described it. 'It was actually dead,' says Tobias. 'I installed a new pickup from Rickenbacker, but Chris didn’t like it, so I put the old pickup back in. It would pick up a little from the working pickup and make some sound, but not on its own.'”

"Other basses in Squire’s arsenal included Fender Telecaster and Jazz Basses, a 4-string Chris designed with luthier Jim Mouradian, and an Electra MPC 4-string. Squire also played Lakland and Yamaha 4-strings, a Ranney 8-string, and several models Tobias built for him. Perhaps the oddest bass Squire played, was a triple-neck made by Wal, given to him by Rick Wakeman. Used on the Yes song “Awaken,” it featured doubled A, D, and G strings on top, a fretted 4-string in the middle, and a fretless 4 on the bottom."

"Squire, who felt that certain effects were better matched with neck or bridge pickups, rewired his Rickenbacker with stereo outputs in the early ’70s. Onstage, he used a boatload of vintage effects, including Maestro Fuzz-Tone, TC Electronic Stereo Chorus Flanger, TC Nova Reverb, Boss OC-3 Super Octave, Mu-Tron III, and custom-made tremolo pedals. He played Moog Taurus bass pedals, eventually triggering samples from an E-Mu ESI2000 sampler."

"Squire’s string of choice was a standard-gauge set of Rotosound Swing Bass roundwounds. He nearly always played with a Herco heavy-gauge pick, attacking his strings either in front of or behind the bridge pickup, depending on the brightness he wanted. His picking technique was also unique: By holding the pick just barely in front of his thumb, he would hit the string first with the pick and then with his thumb a millisecond later. Squire said that the string’s harmonic was more pronounced because of 'more contact with the human body.'"

"Chris used several rigs over the years, including Sunn amps and cabinets, Ampeg SVT-2 PROs, Ampeg 8x10 cabs, and a pair of Clair Brothers custom 6x12 cabinets built with each speaker pointed in a different direction, so that when they were laid flat Chris could easily hear himself wherever he was onstage. His original Marshall 100-watt amp and 4x12 cabinet, however, was a mainstay."

In this photo of Jay's studio, a Rickenbacker 4001 can be seen in the right of the picture.

Guy's said that this was one of the first "proper" bass guitars he bought after joining Coldplay. It was affectionately known by band and crew as the "Ford Escort Bass" or "Boy Racer Blue" due to its distinctive paint job. The bass can be seen clearly in the "Shiver" video and was used throughout the early touring days.

In this image, Buck is seen playing a Rickenbacker 4001.