Rickenbacker 4001V63 Fireglo 1999Like New In Shipping Carton

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Tony Elder / Steve Jackson
Black Dot Music
Est 1985

Like new, unplayed in the original shipping carton. The factory air came out of it when we opened the case 😉 I can’t believe this is a 27 year old Bass Guitar. Discontinued in 2000. This 1999 is a true time capsule.

The Rickenbacker 4001V63 Fireglo is a vintage reissue bass, modelled after 1963 specs. It features a gloss Fireglo sunburst finish, maple neck-through-body construction, a rosewood fingerboard with dot inlays, a 33.25-inch scale length, a toaster-top neck pickup, and a horseshoe bridge pickup.

Body and Neck Specs

• Body Material: Solid Maple

• Neck Material: Maple (Neck-through design)

• Fingerboard: Rosewood with dot position markers

• Scale Length: 33.25 inches (844.5 mm)

• Number of Frets: 20

• Nut Width: Approx. 1.72 inches (43.9 mm to 44 mm) 

Hardware and Electronics

• Pickups: One Vintage Toaster-Top (neck) and one Horseshoe (bridge)

• Bridge: Traditional bass bridge with a horseshoe assembly surround

• Tailpiece: Rickenbacker trapeze tailpiece

• Tuners: Open-back vintage style machine heads

• Controls: 2 Volume, 2 Tone, 3-way pickup selector toggle, mono output jack 

Finish and Miscellaneous

• Finish: Fireglo (Red-to-amber/brown sunburst gloss)

• Production Years: Roughly 1984 through 2000 (discontinued)

• Weight: Typically around 9 lbs to 9.8 lbs (4.3 kg – 4.5 kg)