Maple solidbody, through-neck with V markers and lacquered fretboard, two volume and two tone laid out with volumes closest to the rim, blend control. The bass pickup has defined boom, never mushy, and the treble rises to a solid punch while keeping its foundations. Even through a mere pair of Behringer Truth monitors the sound is great. Which makes it totally natural to select a 4001 from 1977, the first year I saw and heard a live Rickenbacker in the able hands of mr. Even above the twelfth fret the thunder hit your chest at numerous Yes show – and I have seen a few. The 4001 is a big instrument, but Chris wielded it like it was a small handful, producing a bottom line for Yes that was nothing but small. Paul McCartney, Geddy Lee and Lemmy are prominent users, but to me Chris is the greatest. The history is one good reason to own a Ric, the Chris Squire connection is another.
The way the through-neck build gives access to the exciting end of it.Īnd the sound… Like nothing I have ever heard, at least from my fingers.įour-string bass with three-piece through-neck, bound maple body, triangle-inlaid glossy fretboard, two pickups with individual volume and tone placed differently from the G configuration. The control layout, and the V markers on the glossy fretboards. The cresting wave of the 4001’s cutaway repeated in the 620’s headstock. The design just adds to the lure of these beauties. I felt a bit apologetic to the Rickenbacker company for first getting a copy, but hopefully landing the genuine article lets me write the name in full without embarrassment. A prime example is my Ibanez 2388, acquired in 2008 and resting dismantled for some years before I found a way to straighten the neck which had started to come loose from the body wings. This hasn’t kept Eastern makers from copying, though. And, might be the only big company that has kept manufacturing in the US for all its years of existence. The company has now (through some early name changes) been active for ninety years.
There may be other contenders, but Adolph Richenbacher has his Frying Pan solidly displayed in the veritable archives of electric music. Ageless instruments from the inventor of the electric guitar, according to some sources.
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