The 'Highest' Priced Bass I've Ever Owned.....One of 420! Rickenbacker Al Cisneros 4003AC
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- Опубліковано 8 кві 2023
- Super stoked to finally have my hands on one of these basses, I've been lusting after one ever since they first were announced in 2019! This bass is incredible to play and sounds even better. It's expensive, but outstanding quality and limited availability do come at a price.
Check out this bass for yourself over at Sweetwater here: www.sweetwater.com/store/deta...
Read my full, written review of this bass over on the #goobergang website:
www.goobergang.net/reviews/ri...
Glad to see someone else picked one up too! I got mine 6 months ago off of Sweetwater. Really wish these things got more love and attention. It's definitely one of the more interesting Rickenbacker's ever made, and people just don't know about it. I am curious though as to how these things are priced and how that works. Because I got mine for $2650 from Sweetwater, and I still got to choose which one I wanted from the 5 of them listed on the website at the time. So I'm curious who prices these things :/ But I'm glad you got one!!
Hell yeah, another fellow bass player with excellent taste! I 100% agree with you, its not very often the Rickenbacker releases a unique model like this, much less of one of my personal favorite bass players. As far as the pricing goes, I believe what I ended up paying ($3399) is the full MSRP from Rickenbacker, and you and a handful of other folks got a killer deal on one when Sweetwater was needing to move the stock they had (I'm jealous! lol). I wanted to make sure I got one though since it seems there is a handful of folks over on sites like Reverb that will snag up as many as they can and scalp them for crazy prices. I've seen recent, completed sales for the 4003AC for as much as $5,500+, which if the bass was truly out of production I guess I'd understand, but not if brand new ones are still available.
@@GeezyStreams Oh yeah, the second hand market for these guys is a warzone. I'm never selling mine, I love this bass, but it's fun to see the price wiggle up. I'm glad you got one when you did, I have a feeling production on this thing is coming to an end!
Same here, this is definitely a forever bass.
I bought one from Sweetwater in the past month and paid $2999. Because not all of the basses have the same weight (some are lighter and some are heavier), most people selected the lighter ones. I pick the heaviest one they had since they is more sustain. Awesome bass man. I own 3 Rickenbackers, a 4001 from 1999, a 90th anniversary semi-hollow bass and this one. They are all so unique!
Great review . Best bass Ive ever played and owned . 🔥🔥
Thank you! I love mine and am so glad to finally have one!
Congrats. I picked one up from sweetwater a few weeks back as well. I’m. Not a bass player, but this has quickly become my all time favorite instrument. Like you said, it just feels made for you. Exactly how I feel as well. Closest thing to home I’ve ever owned.
Oh hell yeah duder! We might have serial number siblings, lol. The bass really feels like an extension of the body, it's absolute class.
Dude, thanks for pointing me in the right direction to the right seller for this bass since I almost spent more for a used version of this bass (with a big ass dent in it.) Much appreciated. Thanks again!
Yeah, the resellers are nuts right now. And it's only gonna get worse for these. I saw, I think it was last week, that Rickenbacker just finished the last 10 of the Al Cisneros model run, so no more new ones are getting made. I'm glad you got one!
@@GeezyStreamsEven better was of the six or seven Sweetwater had, they let me pick the weight of which one I wanted so I went with the heaviest since that will have the most sustain. I'll have to upload of a video of it when I get it.
@user-vk3lk1zf3g hell yeah man! I'm looking forward to it!
Thats a sweet looking bass, good on you.
Thank you man, I absolutely love it!
I have a 4003w, love that bridge pick up! Cant imagine having 2 of them stacked 🤑
Its so rad. I almost wish Rickenbacker would make a regular model with this pickup config!
I really want one.
Fricken beautiful. If I didn’t need a 5 string for our tuning I would have to sell what ever positions I have to get this bass. The 5 string Rick’s just don’t do it for me so I got the Jackenbacker which gave me 5 strings and the best parts of a rickenbacker. Definitely doesn’t sound as bad ass as this Rick nor any other for that matter
Thank you! I've been looking at one of those Jackenbackers myself, they look really nice. I selfishly wish they'd make them with reverse headstocks though, lol. Would you say it'd be worth trying to grab one to do a comparison video?
@@GeezyStreams it would be an interesting video though it sounds nothing like a Rick. It basically sounds like a really hot P bass. Pretty unruly. I ended up putting Lace pick ups in it to calm it down and though it did work I got a G&L L-1000 while I was waiting and I think it may have ruined active preamp basses for me. If Rickenbacker should make a 5 with shark fin inlays and OG Rick bindings I’d still pick one or two of them up for sure. That Al bass is a master piece though 💚
so sick. I thought these sold out basically immediately though
I did too, but you can still get new ones from Sweetwater it turns out.
Sweetwater still has four in case you are still interested.
I saw on Rickenbacker posted they.... made more? any idea on that ?@@user-vk3lk1zf3g
wowsers
I kinda wanna get one and have the neck and body sprayed a dark sparkle green to match the inlays
that would be dope!
@@GeezyStreamsEnded up getting a “4003 CB NB SPC” in the end. Same pick up placement and double action truss as the Al Cis but it’s an awesome brown sunburst with chequered binding, was a limited run of 27.
@@Jonathan_Doe_ Yoooooooo! That's sick! I've looked at one of those when it was on reverb, I'm jealous!
Just got mine yesterday waited the 24 hour time to open it
Nice dude! I hope you like yours as much as I love mine ❤️
Any idea what strings and gauges AL uses ? I’m not a fan of the stock Rickenbacker strings I can’t find any information anywhere
I honestly have no clue, everywhere I've looked doesn't ever mention specific strings/gauges. I'd recommend going with whatever brand you prefer in either a .105 or .110 gauge to help with downtuning to C standard. Whenever I get around to changing the strings on mine, I'll probably just throw some Rotosounds on like I normally do, lol.
@@GeezyStreams that’s what I use. Roto sounds I also have that sunn pedal it kills tried your settings 🤘💀🤘
I definitely love that Life Pedal V3, I'm hoping to get my hands on a tube head here soon to really get some wild tones out of it!
420 🤙
Nice video! What strings are you using for C standard?
Honestly, I'm stilll using the stock Rickenbacker .105-.045's that came with it, lol. I'll probably be throwing a set of Rotosounds on there when the strings finally need changing, but the same gauges.
Good to know… I was reading that Rickenbacker only recommends those gauges and there’s no info I could find as to what gauges AC uses.
@@Kingvvolf I have searched high and low for what strings/gauges he uses, and have never found any sort of info either.
@@GeezyStreams I would imagine that Al plays with heavier gauge strings because he always downtunes to C. The bigger gauges help balance out the tension at lower tunings so the strings aren't too floppy.
Lol, def $2,800, but you gotta call them. 😎
just got one from sweetwater for $2800 tax included.
Hell yeah man, nice job on snagging a deal!
@@GeezyStreams Incredible instrument!
It’s 3200 now