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Jetglo one sold at GuitarGuitar now. Still really interested to hear more about these particularly if a fellow BC'er has one, in the hope that they may see a significant price reduction in the future (like what happened with the 4005XC I bought...)

from that review.... basically what we all thought. Pretty cool bass but *massively* overpriced, unfortunately.

Indeed - id be very interested to hear a review!

GuitarGuitar now have all 4 different finishes of this in at £3499 (!!!) Doesnt seem like many (if any...?) have shifted from any of the UK dealers?

These are appearing all over the place now : Bass DIrect, Wunjo, Guitar Village. It will be interesting to see what the take-up is like on them.

Like I said, weird take! The body being that bit smaller than a 4003, the neck being a bit thicker - maybe it was just the one I tried. Definitely didnt SOUND like a Warwick thats for sure. I love Warwicks... when other people are playing them!

I tried a few 4004's and they felt like a weird take on a Warwick bass to me. Sounds weird but there you go lol, each to their own!

£3300 is the sticking point here. Im sure they are absolutely fine basses and great to play, but you can get an arguably better Ric like a new 4003 (or just about any other manufacturer come to think of it) for this sort of money, or even far LESS money. The old 2030 shorty they did before was designed to be a cost-effective alternative to the 4003 for shorty enthusiasts, as was the 3001 before it. Im not sure what the target market here is at this price... at least charge the same as the 4003 (or better still the 4003S), considering its almost exactly the same dimensionally just with different pickups and machineheads? The 4003S is c.£2700, what makes this £600 more? I was very interested in picking one up at a 4003S kinda price point but at this figure its a very easy "nope".

Most are Ric-stamped and openfaced, these are muuuch smaller

The more I think about the RRP of these, the more it baffles me. So on the Bass Direct site you can get a 4003S which is presumably exactly the same body, in a "special" colour for £2699. Or you can pay £600 (!!!) more for pretty much exactly the same instrument parts-wise, just with Schaller machine heads and different higain pickups. Err.... wut?

The Racing Green one is here - https://guitarvillage.co.uk/product/rickenbacker-special-edition-4030s-midnight-green?srsltid=AfmBOopGdbrVX69juLk_DOxLfG9pLe3pn7CnMNTTPFdPx14juPqwSXDi No image yet but its the £3499 tag I was told about as its limited to 25 pieces in that finish.