miles'tone

First step would be to get whatever bass you have set up correctly - nice low action (so the strings are not really high off the fingerboard), nut slots are cut correctly for the same reason and to ensure that the intonation is good (so what you play sounds good and in tune). Making sure all this is done first will ensure that your learning experience will be a pleasant and fun one seeing that you won't have to fight the instrument needlessly. I wish I knew this when I started learning! I would have progressed a lot quicker if I had known.

Also consider the Goldtone... https://www.bax-shop.co.uk/acoustic-bass-guitars/gold-tone-m-bass25-microbass-with-gig-bag

Umbro La - Lad Rihanna

Take Me To The Rider 🍻 - Al Green

The Great Pig In The Sky - Pink Floyd Still works ok...

I don't think Rickenbacker have made C64s for a decade or more so would have had the dual trussrods (especially because they were the more pricey "vintage correct" model. Kinda. A right handed version of a lefty...They also didn't have a zero fret. I'm going for a HW custom order tribute passed on as genuine. Happy to be wrong but that's where I'd place my bet.

I think Ian Brown set that recent precedent.

North Country Boy - The Charlatans

These days I view myself as the instrument and basses as tools. Keeps things simple that way, and also silences that confusing voice of sentimentality.

Serial number on the jack socket plate?

Funnily enough that mapleglo was my standout too. All dreamy though!

But which one to play?... Nice problem to have!

Same story on all the ones listed for sale through official dealers... Bizarre.

Even on the 4003s, the one with dots and no binding? It would make sense to do both with the new upgrades...also their website if so 😄

Strangely, the new 2023 4003 basses now have a single trussrod, whereas the 2023 4003s basses are advertised as having "an improved dual truss rod system". Typo or just Rickenbacker being Rickenbacker? 🤷‍♂️

Well this is interesting...

Sally James on t'other side FTW 🤘

Overrated - Rickenbackers Underrated - Rickenbackers It's complicated...

Nice. Years ahead of Musicman with that trussrod adjustment function too!

Sounds like a great step forward to me!

That's bloody stunning 😍

It's true. There is cctv footage of a big dust up in a hotel lobby between the two groups just prior to Tupac's murder.