Sparky Mark

Estimate says £12,000 to £18,000.

Mine has just the right amount of mojo thank you very much!

That's lovely and £1,000 more than my one.

Looks wrong. I've never seen that decal before. This is a 64L

And you've even kept the pickup cover in place!

I'm not too sure, in the last year or so I believe. Hopefully someone with the knowledge will confirm.

The vintage push pull pot has been on the 4003 for a few years now. The bridge and truss rods are the new improvements.

I can see a lot of sales to new players who were previously put off by the old bridge and dual truss rods. I doubt Rickenbacker will increase manufacturing output so even longer waits in the future probably.

I don't do Bookface so missed out. Although that's probably too expensive for me anyway nowadays.

Yes, that is very sad news. I didn't know straps were available. How do you buy those?

Did you receive your bass Kevin?

My 4003SW was definitely more resonant and brighter sounding than my matte black 4003S

My 4003SW had the SD pups fitted when I bought it. The previous owner included the originals so I swapped back. To me the SD took something away from the classic Rickenbacker sound and eccentric output mis-balance between the bridge and neck pups. I'm perfectly happy with the Rickenbacker pickups and sold the SDs on here, making my 4003SW a bit cheaper too.

Nowadays Rickenbacker basses are all maple through neck construction, so it's only the body wings that are walnut on the 4003W and 4003SW. I also hear more zing from my 4003SW and wonder whether it's due to the lack of the thick gloss finish that is used on most of the other colours? Saves a little weight too.

I've only just seen this incredibly sad news. I feel truly blessed to have received one of John's beautiful basses last year. 😔

Is your amp tech authorised by GK? If not and he can't establish exactly what's wrong then I'd recommend finding a GK authorised tech. It might still be affordable to have it repaired, maintaining your modular rig. It would also be very simple to mod the combo into a cab that still matches your extension cab if the amp really is beyond economic repair.

I don't know whether newer 3500 amps are different but my 90's mosfet version has quite a loud cooling fan so might not be suitable for low volume studio use. I gigged mine for 10 years before buying a Markbass LM3 but will probably keep it forever for sentimental reasons. Great amps.