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Is Rickenbacker still making the 4003S/5?

Will the new 5 strings have the skunk stripe?

I just watched Get Back and loved it! I noticed that Paul has his Rickenbacker, and it still has the magical mystery tour paint. Paul talks about having the nut fixed. Then when it shows up again in the end credits, it has the paint removed and the nut is white. I assume that's when the zero fret is...

Has anyone here bought one yet?

Jeff Babicz's Facebook page says the Rickenbacker 4000 series bridge is ready and coming soon.

Thanks for the pictures! It's beautiful!

I just found out that Babicz Full Contact Hardware is working on a Rickenbacker bass bridge. There are photos on the Facebook page from September 4, 2019. It fits into the tailpiece with no modifications that I can see. Has anyone heard about this?

TI flats for me as well.

I still check in every day.

Even the strings have gold wrapping! What kind are they?

In this video from the 1975 Australia tour, you can see that he already has the high gain pickup installed. And, it looks like he has his bass plugged into a little mixer. You can see him walk over to it and make what I guess is an adjustment to his volume. It happens at ten minutes into the show ju...

I found this on youtube!

How about a video of the bass in action?

Anybody had a chance to view this yet? How's the picture and sound quality?