Prog Bass of all Time

Grew up worshiping the chain of Prog bassists...McCartney influencing Squire influencing Geddy influencing ME! Had to have that tone and growl that I heard in YOURS IS NO DISGRACE and FREEWILL...those were the two bass parts that made me go crazy for the Rick. Bought my first one in 83, still have it though its in rough shape. Then I bought my feartured 4001 in 86 and it is STILL my main bass in all my recording. I customized it in the 90's and put a black pick guard and truss rod cover on it. Funny, I had to buy the nameplate from RICKENBACKER back then, I sent them the serial number and got a new cover. Today, they won't even go near that(I tried again for my 360).

Being a prog guy. Squire is by far my favorite musician of all time. His use of the powerful tone is unbelievable. Geddy is the player I most learned from, when I use my fingers I can't help but sound like him.

This is one of the key ingredients to a good prog sound.

Get some good Rotosound strings. Then just play to the song HEART OF THE SUNRISE!

1978 jetglo Rickenbacker

1978 jetglo Rickenbacker bought on Reverb (june 2019) Simply the best bass that i played :)

Rickenbacker 4001 - December 1978 - Black. Bass completely original in excellent esthetic condition, despite his 41 years of age. Excellent playability thanks to the perfect functioning of the two truss roads and the condition of the keys which have a consumption of 20%. The sound of the P.u. the handle is soft and at the same time more acute when combined with the P.U. typically medium / acute bridge.

Product Features Condition : Excellent (Used) Brand : Rickenbacker Model : 4001 Finish : Jetglo Categories : 4 strings Year : 1978 Manufacturing : United States Fingerboard material : Rosewood Right-handed / Left-handed : Right-handed Microphone circuit : Passive Number of strings : 4 strings Body Shape : Double Cutaway

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they dont make 'em like that any more!

I can personally vouch for this bass, as i now own it! :D I much prefer late 70s to early 80s Rickenbackers over the modern 4003 models. This one has quite a reassuringly round thick neck profile. I read that many of the 60s and early 70s basses had issues with head stocks snapping as back in the day they were made for flat wound strings. (so yeah Rotosound) Anyway, i run round wounds 105-45 in E standard and its ok with that. Probably needs the truss roads replacing as its had a hard life. What i love about Rickenbacker basses is you can really drive a song with the tone it puts out. I mostly played old school punk and new wave it worked amazingly well in the 'power trio' environment. Almost as good as a 2nd guitarist, but less of the back chat.

An Iconic tone monster

I had a 1983 4003 that had a truss rod failure and was never able to get if repaired so I parted with it. I found an awesome 1973 Rickenbacker 4001 from Chicago Music Exchange in excellent condition. It plays like a champ and it has the trademark cutting tone that was more prevalent from the Rickenbacker 4001 series in the 70s.

The classic

I have a Nov 1981 model, in all black. This was used extensively in my days with Supple, but now is primarily a studio instrument as I am not playing bass in Automatic Children.

'70's Ric

I own a 40+ year old Ric... it is still amazing after all of these years.

Top Geddy Bass

I really really wanted that bass because Geddy Lee had one that sounded so incredible on Pinkpop 1979. find that on youtube , what a sound!

4001

rickenbacker bass with stew mac premium wiring kit,antiquity pickups, switch, badass bridge, tuning pegs, straplocks

FG ONLY

I use an Inferno Buddhist World custom of this black pearl for Blast3R Inferno tour

Great icon!

I have a 1974 4001 Rick that sounds great!