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Bass Guitar

Rickenbacker 4003W Walnut

Name: Rickenbacker 4003W Walnut
Brand: Rickenbacker

Rickenbacker · 4003W Walnut

Price: 2.269 EUR – 2.850 EUR

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Availability: 2/10 (Very rare)

A natural-walnut-finished version of Rickenbacker's 4003, sharing the model's neck-through-body construction, horseshoe/humbucker pickup pairing and distinctive 'R' tailpiece, differing from standard 4003s only in finish.

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About the Rickenbacker 4003W Walnut

The 4003W is built to the same specification as any other 4003: a maple-and-walnut neck-through-body construction, a vintage-style horseshoe-covered single coil at the neck paired with a humbucking pickup at the bridge, and Rickenbacker's dual-output 'Rick-O-Sound' wiring that allows the two pickups to be split to separate amplifiers via a stereo cable. The 'W' designation refers strictly to the finish - a natural walnut stain that shows the wood grain, distinct from the gloss Fireglo, Jetglo or Mapleglo finishes more commonly seen on 4003s.

Because Rickenbacker basses are built in-house in the US in comparatively small numbers with limited finish runs at any given time, a walnut-finished 4003 typically represents a specific production batch rather than a permanent catalog fixture, which is part of why finish variants like this one carry their own identity among 4003 buyers despite being mechanically and electronically identical to other 4003s.

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Sound character of the Rickenbacker 4003W Walnut

This is electronically identical to other 4003 models - the same horseshoe neck pickup and bridge humbucker through a through-body neck - so the natural walnut finish changes the look, not the bright, growling, resonant Rickenbacker voice.

Bright Growly Resonant

Technical data for the Rickenbacker 4003W Walnut

Construction	Neck-through-body, maple/walnut
Pickups	Horseshoe single-coil (neck) + humbucker (bridge)
Output	Rick-O-Sound stereo wiring
Finish	Natural walnut
Origin	USA

Price history for the Rickenbacker 4003W Walnut

Cheapest seen: 2.269 EUR · Most expensive seen: 2.850 EUR

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The history of the Rickenbacker 4003W Walnut

The 4003W shares the 4003's neck-through construction and horseshoe/humbucker pickup pairing, distinguished only by its natural walnut finish rather than Rickenbacker's more common gloss colors.