There's a '91 4003S MG/BT (http://www.gbase.com/gear/rickenbacker-4003s-1991-natural#) that looks really nice on GBase, from Southside Guitars - asking $1,800 which isn't cheap but isn't outrageous either for a neck-thru S model.
No affiliation, just a heads-up.
(http://www.gbase.com/files/store_images/gear/2307300/p1_uzz4ukkii_so.jpg)(http://www.gbase.com/files/store_images/gear/2307300/p2_uki40rjum_so.jpg)
Somebody grab it. That is THE bass from THE era - great necks, strong pickups. And none of that fancy binding or big inlay stuff. :P IMHO of course. I've got a '89 S. Far from stock, but still.....
(http://hphotos-snc3.fbcdn.net/hs162.snc3/18969_1199677950612_1188420788_30513760_1559761_n.jpg)
I have an '93 S (4003S) which is on the edge of being too wide neckwise in my opinion. Still on the right side of the edge though but If I find an '86 S while I have money to spend it may leave.
(http://www.blaat.net/bass/plaatjes/800/full-fr-4003s-800.jpg)(http://www.blaat.net/bass/plaatjes//800/body-fr-4003s-800.jpg)
I have an '82 4001S-LH.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v383/iamthebassman/eggricbyardcrop.jpg)
You guys are giving me serious Ricwood here. That is one of my favorite looking basses of all time. I finally found a nice copy a while back (I can't spring for a real one at this point) but threads like this keep me hoping to get one one of these days.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v47/gcarlston/auctions/Greco%20Rickenfaker%204001S/GrecoRickenho.jpg) (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v47/gcarlston/auctions/Greco%20Rickenfaker%204001S/GrecoRickenhobody.jpg)
I've got an 8-string S, so I shouldn't feel too jealous!
(http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/8094/4003s8body2.jpg)
Me too!
(http://c1.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/9/l_45e8886ae808411a81244544ad6a3338.gif)
Do 4001s basses (and 4003s) typically have neck-through? In other words, if you came across a 4001s with a glued neck is it really a converted 4000?
Quote from: eb2 on February 17, 2010, 10:29:32 AM
Do 4001s basses (and 4003s) typically have neck-through? In other words, if you came across a 4001s with a glued neck is it really a converted 4000?
Most of them are neck-thru but some set-neck 4001S's were shipped like that from the factory. I don't have the production numbers or time frame. Of course there are other set-neck 2-pickup basses out there that are 4000's modded by their owners.
This is the one that I found on gbase. If I hit the lottery this weekend I will buy it, but I wonder if it is a done up 4000.
http://www.nationwideguitars.com/1980rickenbacker4001Smapglo.html
A pic under the pickguard could help determine.
Now, I have heard that many 4000 basses have a pup rout under there as well. True?
I've heard that too but have never seen one like that.