One in every color and every room

One red burst, one black, one with roundwounds, one with flatwounds, one converted to fretless, etc.

めちゃくちゃ面白い

As an unfortunate Rick owner, I confess... They're like marrying Amber Heard. Early on, everything seems fine. Then she goes full psycho, takes your money, publicly embarrasses you & poops on your bed.

@@TenFalconsMusic Lol

I had a fake one and wanted the real thing, so I sold a bunch of my guitars and other stuff and got a brand new rick for $2000. I hated it, instant regret. It’s buzzy, the bridge sucks, the neck pickup is lifeless, and it’s sucks to play lol. I sold it

I ordered one on the 18th November in black but it’s one of the few HB’s with a long lead time- middle of January.

@@markporter1901 mine shipped yesterday and I ordered it in August.Thomann was having a hard time getting them in stock.Be prepared for the lead time being pushed back as they kept sending emails saying that stock has been delayed. I only found out it shipped through my bank account as they don't take your cash till it ships.Good luck.

@@markporter1901 Did you get your HB?

@@alexyerkey3141 yes I recently bought a Ric 4003s/5. It’s really hard work to get a decent bright tone from it. I was I a moremoneythansense phase during lockdown 😕

Thanks! That’s a great idea. I’ve got a new bass coming in that should be more like a Ric than the HB. I might just need to do Jacob’s Ladder as my first cover with the bass.

wasnt roll the bones played on a wal

I think that was a fender jazz. He didn't use the rick for very long.

Thank you for the kind words! I agree - the pitch is off. Unfortunately there was something off with the bass, possibly intonation, where even just the fifth fret note was off pitch when the bass was fully in tune.

Light gauge steel rotosounds. I use them on almost everything.

Mike Roman I think it sounds pretty good too! It’s actually fat. Like P-Bass fat. But, the radius is very large which makes it not protrude far out into your grasp while playing. It’s on the larger side but is quite nice to play.

Thanks! In Logic, I squashed it with “vintage compressor,” used TSE AUDIO BOD (Sansamp copy), and added “flip top” amp (old school tube amp copy). All that to say, there is some magic going on behind the scenes, but the bass can get a pretty good sound out of it with a little help. I think I’ll do a video down the road of before and after of the bass to give a better idea of what I’ve got going on.

@@T-Cranmer Hi Seth, thanks for taking the time to answer my question and it helps pointing me in the right direction. Would definitely love to see a follow up video on how you dialed in that magic! 🙂

@@T-Cranmer Looking forward to that video! Happy playing!

@@freegee3503 Thank ya. I have it up on my channel! Feel free to check it out.

Richard Lunn I put Rotosound strings on. It requires long scale strings. Didn’t realize that until I strung it up. Action was actually very good out of the box. I only did a few minor tweaks.

gtasomogyi thank you. I used a Fender LT25 with clean settings, Scarlett Solo interface, a 70’s Ampeg amp sim and vintage compression in Logic.

Seth Hearn Great job, great playing, great tone and great presentation. Liked and sub for that!

so basically setting it up lmao it's a steal i'm looking forward to it

@@tintecobrizo to each their own. I wasn’t intending to dis anyone showing interest. I’ve had 2 4003’s and they come with their own trouble but they don’t sound like this.

I have a Rickenbacker 4003 in the very lovely looking walnut and maple oiled wood finish. It is not a good guitar - the build suffers from scratches across the neck, inlays with the pointy corners broken off and inexpertly filled, and a run of glue on the back where it squeezed out of the joint. Mine is very headstock heavy (don't know if that's just this model due to the density of the wood) but I've had to replace the strap bolt on the front horn with a stout screw protruding 3 inches/75mm to get better leverage to stop the neck diving towards the floor. So now it won't fit in the fitted case anymore. The design of the bridge is a travesty. I had to take it apart and turn the saddles for the two highest strings around just to be able to intonate it properly. Also it's not possible to adjust the intonation without significantly slackening the strings. The pickup selector switch is just some springy steel leaf springs pushed together or apart by the toggle switch. Mine get dirty or oxidised such that the signal is scratchy or cuts out altogether. To attend to it I have to carefully remove the scratchplate. I also have a (Mexican) Fender Geddy Lee Jazz bass and it's much better made and reliable. To be fair the stock pickups in the GL are OK but not great - I replaced mine with Fender Custom Shop pickups which are a huge improvement. The Jazz (without the pickup upgrade) is half the price of the Ric and I'm tempted to say it's twice as good. Even if I was a working musician and successful enough to have a tech keeping the Ric working I'd still say the Fender is inherently better. The Fender also seems much more stable in relation to seasons/weather, such that its stays set up and only wanders slightly - by contrast the Ric is very affected by ambient temperature and humidity (I presume that's what affects it). Both hang on the wall next to each other in the same conditions and while the Fender just 'works' the Ric has to be in the right mood. Just a guess but this _might_ be affected more by being an oil finish model than a more moisture-proof lacquered one. I'm not affiliated with either Rickenbacker or Fender - just speaking about my own experience.

@@HandbrakeBiscuit I really appreciate you telling me this. I've specifically been looking at getting a walnut ric for well over a year now, and I was even getting ready to start financing one, but if it's as fickle of an instrument as you say, I'm probably better off putting that money elsewhere. I am surprised that the handiwork on yours was so poor though, from what I understand Rickenbacker takes great pride in making sure their instruments are perfectly made, hence why they're only produced in one factory to this day.

@@perryborn2777 Hi Perry - I had 20 minutes or so to spare so I made a short (3 minute) video tour of my Rickenbacker for you. The video is unlisted but you can view it with the link in this comment. I've put some blurb in the description with timestamps to show what I was talking about. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/a76JpNWdl7GYoWw.html

I really do wish Rickenbacker would consider doing what Fender and Gibson have done, and have a sub-brand that makes stuff in Asia, thereby being able to sell it for considerably cheaper, while still retaining most of the quality of an original product. I get not wanting to make it underneath the Rickenbacker brand name as it cheapens the brand name, but I personally still consider Fender to be a top quality brand despite the fact that Squire exists. I would have bought a Rickenbacker long ago if it wasn't $2500 however it is what it is I suppose. I tried a 4003 at a music store this summer, and it was exactly what I dreamed of and more, but I just can't justify the price by any means honestly. I've heard some of the tones available through this bass on other videos on KZfaq, and I haven't heard anything that's right on the nose of being a Rickenbacker, sounds nearly like my $200 squire jazz bass from 15 years ago honestly.

@@thatmatt41 I get why they don't do it, and honestly, good for them on not compromising their brand. That said, I'll just keep on playing my Squier. I have an HH Contemporary Squier Jazz Bass, and it is a fucking dream. It's one of their higher end squires, and honestly, I see 0 reason to "upgrade". It does what I want it to do, better than the rest of my basses. That said, I still don't have a good P-bass, so that would definitely be worth looking into

It's one my favorite things about the bass. It's one of the thicker necks that I've played, in terms of width. This makes the strings nicely spaced out but requires a little bit of change in technique to mute them at different times. It has a really large radius that makes it feel nice and flat in the back. So, it's a little wide but actually very comfortable and nice to play. And oddly enough, the frets are smoother than any other sub $300 bass I've played. Lastly, the overall fit and finish of it is a little lacking - small visible glue and paint errors.

@@T-Cranmer Last month I bought a 4003 and this Harley Benton is almost there. It doesn't have that snarl. But definitely worth the money. I think I'd recommend the HB to anyone, based on sound alone. Yes, Rick's have wide, thick necks. Nothing like my Guild Pilot, or the Sterling SUB, but not hard to get used to. One could easily switch back and forth with little to no adjustment to their playing style.

Lots and lots of sound manipulation

@@hunterpark1221 Thats funny

Focusrite interface with some effects in Logic X.

There could be a video like that coming up soon 👀

Cliff used a Rickenbacker for the first album (Or at least that's what he played live at the time) so pretty similar to that yes

Yessir, I didn’t keep it long term. Sold it and got a Retrovibe bass with 4003 Rick style pickups. Sounds much more like the real thing. I’ll do some videos with it soon!

@@T-Cranmer That's a pity. But understandable.

@@T-Cranmer I got the RB and a Retrovibe Telenbacker, wouldn't swap either of them for a real Ric 🤣

Rotosound swing. Can’t recall the gauge. Probably light. This bass needs extra long scale strings, which I didn’t have on at the time.

A. W. That would be an issue with the intonation or something along those lines. It’s tuned to pitch.

Seth Hearn I agree, for the most part the opens sounded in, but everything higher on the neck was just off

A. W. One of the downsides to this bass was the somewhat poor build quality. I’m hoping that I can get some of those types of kinds worked out when I take it in for a pickup swap.

They're super long (extra long) scales on the RB, I put long scales on when I first changed, big mistake.