I like that it's a shortscale too, unlike the original 4005. It looks tremendously cool!
It's also pretty expensive, and the Reverb listing says it's already sold out! That went quick
I don't know about lefties, but I wouldn't get your hopes up.
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| Author: | Agent00Soul [ January 24th, 2021, 12:00 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Rickenbacker 4005XC |
I'm sure you've heard that Rickenbacker is doing a new semi-hollow bass, the 4005XC, for the company's 90th anniversary. It's not a reissue of the old one, which was shaped similarly to the 360 and was I believe fully hollow. The new one is shaped like a bound 330 and is semi-hollow like the guitars. I guess John Hall got tired of 30 years worth of pestering to make something like this. There are only going to be 90 made supposedly and I haven't been able to find how many of those, if any, will be lefty. Rickenbacker seems to have a decent track record of doing lefties in their limited editions. Anyone find anything about that? |
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| Author: | tim [ January 24th, 2021, 12:49 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Rickenbacker 4005XC |
https://reverb.com/item/38420973-ricken ... -pre-order Ooof. Gorgeous, though. |
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| Author: | donahue [ January 25th, 2021, 12:29 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Rickenbacker 4005XC |
Pretty cool |
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| Author: | Jeroen [ January 25th, 2021, 12:38 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Rickenbacker 4005XC |
I like that it's a shortscale too, unlike the original 4005. It looks tremendously cool! It's also pretty expensive, and the Reverb listing says it's already sold out! That went quick I don't know about lefties, but I wouldn't get your hopes up. |
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| Author: | Agent00Soul [ January 25th, 2021, 11:18 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Rickenbacker 4005XC |
Jeroen wrote: I like that it's a shortscale too, unlike the original 4005. It looks tremendously cool! It's also pretty expensive, and the Reverb listing says it's already sold out! That went quick I don't know about lefties, but I wouldn't get your hopes up. Didn't actually notice that it was a short scale! I wonder what the logic behind that was? Nothing against short-scales, but as you say, since the original was long scale, as are almost all Rick basses, why go short here? I've got too many basses for a 52-year old weekend warrior to buy another, but I am always curious about the lefties. And I used to dream of 4005s in my younger days, so this naturally got me wondering about the lefties. |
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| Author: | Jeroen [ January 26th, 2021, 1:10 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Rickenbacker 4005XC |
I didn't notice at first, until I saw it had 24 frets and the bridge is moved forward compared to the original 4005. Then I read the description  I've never been a fan of the looks of the original 4005 (I think it kinda resembles a blobfish) but I like this! |
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