RICKENBACKER
4003 MAPLEGLO
SPECS.
- 4003 maple body and neck
- 10'' radius
- Bound rosewood fretboard with Pearloid triangles
- Standard and Ric-o-sound inputs
- Push-pull treble control
- Seymour Duncan Lemmy bridge pickup
- Custom pickguard
BACKSTORY
With the trio I play in, I needed a lead bass. I needed something that I could play that worked somewhere between bass and guitar. I thought about lead bass players and there was a short list- Lemmy Kilmister, John Entwistle, and Geddy Lee. They all played a Rickenbacker bass, so I figured it was worth giving one a try.
Normally these suckers are hard to find and they're usually locked up. Music Zoo had one and it was still on the wall when I needed to drop off something, so the planets aligned. It was weird playing it at first, but I got comfortable with it fast. It remains to be my weapon of choice in a band setting. There is just something about the feel of these things overall that just works for me. What makes this one particularly nice is the little bit of flame on one of the body pieces. They don't sort the wood over there at Ric.
The big add-ons were the Lemmy bridge pickup and the custom metal pickguard. I worked on a construction project with Empire Metal Finishing and I saw what these guys were able to do with metal. They handled architectural metal fabrication and finishes for the project with pure artistry. Because I turn everything into guitar ideas, I had them make a bunch of pickguards in a variety of finishes. They all came out great but I loved the "Antique Bronze" the most. I still have the other finishes for a rainy day.
- 4003 maple body and neck
- 10'' radius
- Bound rosewood fretboard with Pearloid triangles
- Standard and Ric-o-sound inputs
- Push-pull treble control
- Seymour Duncan Lemmy bridge pickup
- Custom pickguard
BACKSTORY
With the trio I play in, I needed a lead bass. I needed something that I could play that worked somewhere between bass and guitar. I thought about lead bass players and there was a short list- Lemmy Kilmister, John Entwistle, and Geddy Lee. They all played a Rickenbacker bass, so I figured it was worth giving one a try.
Normally these suckers are hard to find and they're usually locked up. Music Zoo had one and it was still on the wall when I needed to drop off something, so the planets aligned. It was weird playing it at first, but I got comfortable with it fast. It remains to be my weapon of choice in a band setting. There is just something about the feel of these things overall that just works for me. What makes this one particularly nice is the little bit of flame on one of the body pieces. They don't sort the wood over there at Ric.
The big add-ons were the Lemmy bridge pickup and the custom metal pickguard. I worked on a construction project with Empire Metal Finishing and I saw what these guys were able to do with metal. They handled architectural metal fabrication and finishes for the project with pure artistry. Because I turn everything into guitar ideas, I had them make a bunch of pickguards in a variety of finishes. They all came out great but I loved the "Antique Bronze" the most. I still have the other finishes for a rainy day.