Name: 4003
Brand: Rickenbacker
SKU: 164716
Rating: 3.8 (38 reviews)

The Fender was much more robust
a comfortable place to rest my hand
The tones are great and the components pretty much state of the art

The ergonomics are still awkward for me
basses are not cheap
not great with aggressive rock sounds

Fretless: no
Neck construction: Throughout
Number of pickups: 2
Number of strings: 4
Right / left-handed: Right
Neck width: 43 mm
Scale length: 845 mm
Controls: Tone, Volume control

Rickenbacker 4003 - Pros & Cons

The Fender was much more robust
a comfortable place to rest my hand
The tones are great and the components pretty much state of the art
Nice and easy to play neck
The action is very nice
good Rickenbacker and well any good instrument
well balanced and a reasonable mass for it's size
sound is strong and typical
The handle is nice
The construction and quality is beyond impeccable
Every detail is perfectly done
ringing sustain
treble punch and solid underlying bass
Ric 4003 is an excellent classic instrument
one of the most popular and most recognizable basses in the world
sounds good
feels good
and looks good varies depending
The relief and nut height were fine
The tone gets better as the gain is increased
balances nicely and the neck proves surprisingly playable
meaty
powerful Rickenbacker tone was authoritative

The ergonomics are still awkward for me
basses are not cheap
not great with aggressive rock sounds
Rickenbacker only makes a limited number of instruments a year
neck is a little too wide
scaling screws are placed in quite an inconvenient position
Cache pickup requires the strings to stay very close to the microphone
it's always been a pain
The pickup cover is pretty stupid
rendering them a bit useless
the high gain pickups often cause a lot of noise with the gain knob
misdirected output cable
The color palette is limited to Natural
noise about the finish on bass forums
new bridge not being able to go low enough on the saddles
saddles bottomed out the strings were still too high
It may not display this or other websites correctly
rear pickup cover prevents you from playing over the pickup
this bass is quite a pain to set up
pickup takes up a lot of space
not suited to all musical genres or playing styles
neck PU is useless for my applications
chunky chrome pickup guard and housing

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Rickenbacker 4003 - Full Specifications

Fretless	no
Number of frets	20
Neck construction	Throughout
Number of pickups	2
Number of strings	4
Pickup configuration	SS
Right / left-handed	Right

Neck width	1.69 in
Scale length	33.27 in

Kind of wood (body)	Maple
Kind of wood (fingerboard)	Rosewood
Kind of wood (neck)	Maple

Colour of product	Black Blue Red Wood Red White
Pattern	Fire/sunburst Two-coloured Wood
Pickguard	yes
Shape	Double cutaway

Controls	Tone Volume control
Electronics	Passive
Features	Microphone Switch

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