| Rickenbacker 4001 | |
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A 1977 Rickenbacker 4001 |
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| Manufacturer | Rickenbacker |
| Period | 1961–1981[1] |
| Construction | |
| Body type | Solid |
| Neck joint | Bound or unbound maple (4001S model) |
| Scale | 34 or 301⁄2 (Short-scale version)[2] |
| Woods | |
| Body | Bound Maple, and Unbound Maple(4001S Model) |
| Neck | Maple and Walnut |
| Fretboard | Ebony, Rosewood |
| Hardware | |
| Pickup(s) | 2 single coil/horseshoe[2] |
| Colors available | |
| Fireglo (red), Cherry, Jetglo (black), Walnut, Mapleglo (natural), Azurlglo (blue), Montezuma Brown (sunburst) and White[2] | |
The Rickenbacker 4001 is a bass guitar that was manufactured by Rickenbacker as a "deluxe model" of the 4000 between 1961 and 1981 before being replaced by an updated version, the Rickenbacker 4003.[3] There are several models of the 4001, such as: The 4001, 4001S, 4001LH, 1999 (European model), 4001V63 (reissue), and the newer 4001C64S C Series recreation in honor to Paul McCartney´s lefty 4001s bass with reversed headstock.
The Rickenbacker 4001 was designed with the "crested-wave" body shape, much like the other basses of the 4000 series. The 4001 model features a neck-through construction, a full-wood body, fret board with metal strings (originally flat-wound, though many players replaced them with round-wounds), twin truss rods, triangle inlays, two pickups, two volume and two tone dials, selector switch,[2] and wiring for Rick-O-Sound (standard in models post-1971).[1] Rickenbacker also produced six-string, and short-scale versions of the 4001 model.[2]
The 4001S (and 1999) model varies in its use of dot inlays, and unbound neck construction.[2] The Rickenbacker 4003, which replaced the 4001, differs mainly in the truss rod system, other features being quite similar to its forebearer.
