4001 Bass by Rickenbacker
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. 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.
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, and wiring for Rick-O-Sound (standard in models post-1971). Rickenbacker also produced six-string, and short-scale versions of the 4001 model.
The 4001S (and 1999) model varies in its use of dot inlays, and unbound neck construction. The Rickenbacker 4003, which replaced the 4001, differs mainly in the truss rod system, other features being quite similar to its forebear.
