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THE RETURN OF THE RICKENBACKER 4005

#61
dalkowski said:
:drool: :drool: :drool: .... Can I get it in the Mani custom finish?

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I found one of his for sale in Andy's / Hank's (I can't remember what it's called currently) in Denmark Street, a few years ago.

No Jackson Pollock finish, it was back to a somewhat ropey burgundy Jetglo...

£11,500.
 
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#62
Pickups in those positions put the 'hollow' in hollow body sound. I had a bass with the pickups spread out towards the neck and bridge and it left me wanting that crucial midrange needed for a articulate tone. That said, I still always wanted one of these.
 
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Disco lights sold separately!

Maybe they'll do a limited run...


The 4005XC was similarly priced.

They can be bought brand new for £3000~ nowadays...

Be patient.


This is exactly the price Ben Hall anticipated they'd be, when he first teased the prototype, just over a year ago.

Credit to him for making it a reality, and hitting his price goals after 18 months inflation under the current unstable economic conditions.
 
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Is the "R" tailpiece a single casting, or multiple pieces brazed together? If' t's single piece, seems like it should hold up. They've been Unobtanium for a very long time, I wonder if they will sell them as a part? Probably not, some people would buy them just to slap on a Chickenbacker. Maybe one of those deals where you send them the old broken one, and they replace it with new for some outrageous price?
 
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nixdad said:
They made the announcement yesterday afternoon on Instagram and Facebook.


Ben Hall (son of John) took the reins at RIC a few years ago and has made several positive improvements and changes to address quality as far as I'm aware. According to owners here on TB and insiders at the factory, their shallow necks are back and better than ever. Their finishes are gorgeous, and personally, I'm a sucker for the checkerboard binding.
I suggest checking out some of the videos on YouTube to get a sense of the tone. These will really shine when strung with flats.:thumbsup:


They are standard Rickenbacker long scale - not short scale like the 4005XC (although the XC is also strung with long scale strings.)
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Thank goodness Ben took over and is making these positive changes!

There are subtle but important differences between my 2022 4003 (made under Ben) and my 2012 4003 (made under John). So I can firsthand appreciate the changes.
 
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J Wilson said:
The originals have been changing hands for big money for years now, I thought it would have been a no-brainer for Rickenbacker to start production of a continuation model for several years now.

Now I need to work on them to go back to the original five-string 4000-series bass.
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Or even a through-neck 4000 without a swimming pool rout.
 
#73
GodsLove66 said:
Rickenbacker have just announced the TRIUMPHANT RETURN of the semihollow 4005, now marked the 4005V!!! They are expected to be just under $5k and ship out in the summer!!! SUPER excited!!




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Nice. I do have a question about that smaller knob. Is that a balance control for a ROS setup? If so, is there any difference controlling the balance with that knob or the individual pickup volume knobs?
 
#77
S.F.Sorrow said:
It looks absolutely GORGEOUS but after all my shockingly poor experiences with Rickenbacker's build quality I just can't feel the GAS here. Especially at that price!

Just out of curiosity:

I've never played this model. The pickup positions look a bit extreme... A pickup THAT close to the bridge is probably a tone I will personally never need. I'm also not a huge fan of blending pickups on MOST basses (although there are a couple of exceptions). The neck pickup... that's mudbucker territory (the position, not the pickup design).

Do these basses sound as extreme as the pickup positions suggest? Which other basses do they compare to tonally?
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Years ago but if memory serves the original I played was exactly that. Muddy in the neck and thin in the bridge. They're in the wrong spot imho.
 
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Here are some recordings of my old Feb. '67 4005WB, some with a pick, others played finger style, some straight, some with various effects (MXR Phase 90, tremolo on a mid '70s Traynor YSR-1, reverb from the YSR-1 or a Furman RV-1), along with variable recording quality :D. Tonally, at that time period (early '80s) I was channeling Jon Camp and Michael Rutherford ("The Battle of Epping Forest" tone). Many of these are simple demos (hence, some slightly out of tune parts, primarily the piano in "Arc-Aid", and timing issues).

"Daffodil Trail" is the neck pickup solo'd.

Besides the Traynor (and a custom-made by me front loaded folded horn cab with a JBL 2225 driver in it, or a 2-12 Bullfrog guitar cabinet, single, or together as in the case of "Seduction of the Blue Princess") which was mic'd with a Western Electric 639B microphone; preamps included a Furman PQ-3, and going from the Line Out of a Walter Woods MI 100-8. These recordings are what they are. :D

All songs copyright Stephen J. Rago and Jeffrey P. Scott (singly and together) 1980-1982 All rights reserved.

Download the songs as the built-in TB player seems to not be working properly, plus some of these songs are rather long.
 

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