2003 Rickenbacker 4001 C64 - FireGlo "Paul McCartney Model" Excellent w/ Hard Case SN1026

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2003 Model Year in Overall Excellent Condition. Just Set Up with New Strings and Serviced. Its 100% Good to Go! Rare Bass and in the Best Finish: FireGlo!!! Includes Original Hard Case!!

The Rickenbacker 4001C64 folklore centers on its unusual design quirks—specifically, the reversed/left-handed headstock paired with a right-handed neck on a left-handed body—which stem from how Paul McCartney’s original 1964 bass was built

From Liverpool in 1963 to the present day, this instrument meticulously recreates the greatest ancestor of the industry standard bass guitar. It is authentic in every detail, even to the ‘horseshoe’ bass pickup of 1931. A fully laminated neck with striped headstock runs the full length of the body for unparalleled tone and sustain. The only concession to modern technology has been a redesigned dual truss rod system permitting round wound strings as standard.

Body Type Solid
No. Frets 20
Scale Length 84.5cm (33 1/4″)
Neck Width at Nut 41.3 mm (1 5/8”)
Neck Width at 12th Fret 52.4 mm (2 1/16”)
Crown Radius 25.4 cm (10”)
Body Wood Maple
Neck Wood Maple
Fingerboard Wood Rosewood
Weight 4.5 kg (10.0 lbs.)
Overall Length 114.5 cm (45 1/16”)
Overall Width 33.7 cm (13 1/4”)
Overall Depth 31.8 mm (1 1/4”)
Neck Binding No
Fret Marker Style Dot
Tailpiece RIC
Bridge RIC
Neck Type Thru body
No. of Pickups 2
Type of Pickups Hi-gain
Output Type Mono
Machine Heads Schaller

The McCartney Gift: Rickenbacker gave Paul McCartney a prototype/early 4001S bass in August 1965 (though the instrument itself dates to 1964) during a Beatles tour in Los Angeles.

The "Flipped" Build: Because McCartney is left-handed, Rickenbacker built him a left-handed body, but used a right-handed neck assembly. This resulted in the distinctive reverse-orientation headstock and backward-turning vintage-style tuners.

The Rickenbacker 4001C64 series was introduced as an ultra-faithful, vintage-correct recreation of that exact 1964/1965 instrument, preserving the horseshoe bridge pickup, toaster-style neck pickup, and the quirky flipped headstock layout.