Key Features
- Instantly recognisable Rickenbacker tone with a searing duo of single coil pickups
- Comfortable curves and rounded edges ensure you achieve true expression
- Distinctive vintage style is showcased with a glorious mapleglo finish
- Unleash your inner passion with 5 strings and rebirth unmistakable Rickenbacker style
Rickenbacker 4003S5 5-String Bass, Mapleglo Overview
The Rickenbacker 4003S5 5-String Bass holds an instantly recognisable tone. Soar back to the sixties. Reincarnated and authentic, it brings you Paul McCartney's iconic Rickenbacker character and some modern improvements, combined. This is the crossroads where music history, vintage character, and modernisation meet. And it was certainly birthed for the spotlight. Made with solid maple and a consciously curved body, you have comfort and control in abundance. And it's lightweight enough to dig deep into creativity, throw yourself around a stage, and perform your way.
Sonically, the 4003S5 delivers an unmistakable, gritty single-coil nature while the addition of a fifth string gives you options to explore even more avenues. Powerful with a wide-reaching tone and a vintage edge, you have plenty of singing sustain and punchy trebles. Plus, at the pull of a control dial, the 4003S5 starts to kick out a sonic echo of days gone by. Delicious. Regal in tone, premium by touch. This is a design that was once exclusive to a sixties British distributor. So why not witness, and be at the heart of the 4003's rebirthing?
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Full Description
View Full DescriptionClassic 60s character
Distinctive, iconic, unforgettable. That classy single-coil tone is here, and it's perfect for making a statement. With a duo of sonic power, the Rickenbacker 4003S5 performs with immense clarity. Explore all that immersive bite and gritty attack single coils are known for while famed Rickenbacker bass character takes you soaring back to the sixties. Punchy, dreamy, dynamic.
With demands from a multitude of musicians, the 4003 model is back. Oozing tradition, a fifth string for even more sonic possibilities, and unmistakable Rickenbacker tone. Experience all the searing sonic attitude you know and love whilst relishing in the modern design tweaks that make this 4003S5 5-String Bass a dream for live performance and studio work. Delve into a range of techniques, this bass grants an incredible response to your individuality. You can also make your own sound, your own sound. By tweaking a choice of four rotary dials, you have everything at your fingertips to up your game and deliver a sonic fusion. Plus, a pickup switch allows you to make dynamic changes in sound and enables you to get creative with performance. Push to explore a standard Rickenbacker voice, pull to unleash tones of days gone by...
Dreamy...
A true legend. Seen in the hands of many famous artists from Motorhead's Lemmy to The Beatles' Paul McCartney, there's a reason why many musicians turned to Rickenbacker. From iconic, history-making tone to sublime playability, as well as distinctive looks. And now it's your turn to experience a version of guitar heaven too.
Bringing you traditional style, rounded edges, comfortable curves and an all-new and improved truss rod system, this bass features a solid maple body for extra sonic character that's bursting for release. It adds a touch of brightness and delicious ringing sustain. Plus, this Rickenbacker 4003S5 prides on its sleek, smooth feel and incredible playability. Making it perfect for fast-paced basslines and much, much more. One thing's for sure, there's certainly nothing standard about the 4003S5. Player-friendly with a lightweight feel, this is a Bass that wants you to do nothing more than find true expression.
Hardware from the original innovators
Schaller. The name says it all. With a world renowned rep, Schaller hardware has become a must-have for many musicians, globally. From the early days in 1945, Schaller has developed themselves into one of the most highly-regarded suppliers throughout the music industry.
Priding on innovation, quality, and service, the people at Schaller want to bring you the hard-wearing, long-lasting hardware and components you need to put your performance at its peak. So, this Rickenbacker 5-String Bass features Schaller deluxe tuners for superb stability and pitch that holds, even when driven to the max. The 4003S5 also features a Schaller 3D-5 bridge, a roller bridge that's immensely reliable for minimising string breaks while maintaining tuning stability and intonation. Plus, using the roller bridge saddles, you have three-dimensional adjustment of string height, string spacing, and intonation. And sonically, the Schaller 3D-5 brings added sustain too. Hardware that'll last - performance after performance.
Specifications
- Product Code: 504003S5MG
Body
- Body Top: Maple
- Body Back: Maple
- Finish: Mapleglo
Neck & Fingerboard
- Construction: Neck Through
- Neck Material: Maple
- Scale Length: 845mm
- Neck Width At Nut: 46.8mm
- Neck Width At 12th Fret: 57.4mm
- Crown Radius: 254mm
- Fingerboard: Chechen (Caribbean Rosewood)
- Number Of Frets: 20
- Inlays: Dot
Hardware & Electronics
- Bridge Pickup: Single Coil
- Neck Pickup: Single Coil
- Controls: Bass Volume/Bass Tone/Treble Volume/Treble Tone/Push - Standard/Pull - Vintage
- Bridge: Schaller 3D-5
- Machine Heads: Schaller Deluxe
- Fifth String: Low B String Gauge - 0.12
- Case: Vintage Hardcase
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