Rickenbacker 4003S - Jetglo Review

Awesome bass but needed some attention

First... It's a Rickenbacker. You either live em or hate em. Personally, I love em. This bass however arrived with a defective toggle switch & an absolutely horrible setup. Sweetwater sent me the correct replacement switch so that problem was solved. The setup however... OMG! Neck way out of adjustment, intonation not even close, bridge saddles set quite high. I don't know what's… read more going on at the RIC factory but JEEZUS! Now on to the good. Shaka, my salesperson at SW is Awesome! Gave me a great deal on the bass & took care of the issues. The fit, finish & construction of the bass is flawless. It sounds like a RIC! It plays beautifully. The bass is capable of various tones from thuddy motown/R&B to full on grinding metal. It sounds great through my Ampeg tube amp & 4x10 cab. All in all I'm quite satisfied with my purchas.

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2021 Rickenbacker 4003s bass !

My sales engineer was Steven Stewart it's my second time that he provides me with an excellent customer service. The first time was when I bought my fender mustang bass and now with my Rick 4003s. After waiting 14 months for guitar center to be able to get my Rick bass the only calls I received were that I was in back order. At that moment I decided to cancel my order with guitar… read more center and call Sweetwater.Steven was able to get me the specific bass that I saw online but it was a problem the bass that I wanted had been taken to the Sweetwater store an hour earlier so he put my call on hold ran downstairs to be sure that the bass still available and also in excellent condition. Finally, It's a Rickenbacker great tone, awesomeness design and finish!

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2020 Rickenbacker 4003S Jetglo

I had the pleasure of working with Chris Lewis at Sweetwater. Chris was very helpful in helping me to select an awesome Rickenbacker 4003S Jetglo bass. He responded properly to every email, and there were a lot of them. The bass arrived double boxed and beautiful. Overall, I highly recommend ordering anything from Sweetwater over just about anybody else out there on the Internet.… read more Sweetwater goes the extra mile to make sure their customers are satisfied. I'll definitely order from Sweetwater again. This 4003S plays and sounds amazing! Very punchy and articulate and I love the push pull knob. I actually find myself using the vintage sound by pulling up on the knob, really like the tone, not quite as deep and very satisfying to the ear. Then you can push down on the knob and rattle the walls with a deep bass tone. If you're thinking about a 4003S you should definitely buy one, it's well worth it. The updated bridge is really awesome too. Each saddle has a little roller ball which allows you to move each bass string to the left or to the right so you can fine-tune where you want the strings to be on the front board. Great feature!

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Pleased

Very pleased with the buying experience and product delivery. I highly recommend Sweetwater and will definitely shop here again.

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Jetglo Ric is amazing!

I received my new 4003S Jetglo Ric two weeks ago.... And I have to tell you it was actually in tune when I opened it - I am not even kidding!!! Sweetwater had it to me in three days... It was packed as well as anything I have every received... The bass was setup and in "ready to play" condition - this can be said of "very" few music outfitters! Sad, but true!!! And my sound engineer,… read more Matt Emick, is a gem... So knowledgeable and yet also down to earth... Long story short, this bass sounds, plays, and looks AMAZING... This is only the second Ric I"ve every owned and I may never play my P-Bass again!

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