Rickresource Rickenbacker Forum

On Wednesday, I received the call that my bass had come in. Needless to say, I picked it up about 23 minutes later and have been playing ever since. When I received the call, the first thing I asked the dealer was how it looked, and he said it has a serious Chris Squire vibe to it. How's that for proof positive that it has the 60's look nailed.

The neck is noticeably slimmer than a current 4003, and the sound is everything I had expected. The headstock is gorgeous and looks great in person. I especially love the walnut wings poking through the fireglo finish. The pickups are awesome, too, and really have a vintage sound. The toaster is very deep and earthy sounding. The horseshoe has great treble bite to it. In my opinion, besides the sound, the toaster/horseshoe combination on an "S" series makes for one asthetically-pleasing bass!

Here is a picture:
http://img466.imageshack.us/img466/3523/bodyfront2wf.jpg

Three more pics:
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http://img472.imageshack.us/img472/4426/bodyrear4ty.jpg
http://img472.imageshack.us/img472/1929/headstock0id.jpg

Very nice!

Beautiful!!!!!

Very Cool! Mine should arrive on Monday. I was hoping it would have shown up today so I could use it for a wedding tomorrow. I have a set of TI Jazz Flats waiting for it.

I'm still waiting for mine to come in. I'm guessing Jan of Feb of next year. I've got a set of Chromes waiting on it.

I can tell you is that there's a big bunch of these going out right now, both right and left handed. You might get lucky yet.

Are the C64 horseshoes functional or are they like the V series, just for looks?

Cole

Thanks John, I hope so! I'm supposed to get the second one Mike Parks gets in.

Very nice bass. Still can't stand that reverse headstock and trc, though.

Great looker!

Andy congrats,but I still cant believe they havent fixed the trc yet heres macca's headstock why the smiley face lettering on the c-64.The curve in the lettering starts at the wrong end.

FWIW, the TRC currently on McCartney's Rickenbacker 4001-S is not the factory original. The one in the pic is of the type used on left-handed instruments from about 1969-70 and on...it could be even later than that....

I'm speaking of the lettering even on the his old trc straight at the bottom curves at the top the c64 should do the same but it was easier for Ric to mirror a Left handed trc then make it correct.