The Last Bass Outpost

My son's July '86 4003S/BT has a very thick neck, but I find it very comfortable, and it's the fattest sounding (in a best way possible) of the three Rics we have at home.

How wide is it? I do not like wide necks. but have no problem with thick necks.

A friend who's an accomplished violin maker and classical upright player has told me that in his experience, the thicker the neck, the meatier the tone.

I do not know what he means with meatier, but in my experience neck dimensions do not say much about the way wood sounds and responds. (My shadow has the thinest and smallest neck and is acoustically the best sounds Rick I've ever owned.)

Nice!

Do you have a black rug to show display your blue basses on? 

No, I don't. But they look good against a white wall also. ;-)

Thanx all! :-)

What is the 4th bass from the left?  Was that a particular model of 4003?

4th from left is a Shadow. Rickenbacker made 50 or 60 of these in '86 for a celebration of a US music shop. It is my best sounding and best playing Rick. And that is what I read from most Shadow owners.

The 4003S could go for a standard. But this one is an '86. It was unavailable for some time. ;-)

I'm still peeved that Chris P. sold his without telling me. 

I'm not. He sold it to me. ;-)

Very nice. :-)

I wonder if it got some inspiration from this one:



(picture is a little too blueish.)

900 euros. Tempting.... ;-) But I allready have a very nice Thunderbird and I do not need another one as I prefer my Rickenbacker's. ;-)

This is what I (1.83 m) see when I look at the knobs (camera at eye-level):