Talk:Rickenbacker 4001

Some idiot wrote KAGNEY LINN KARTER (porno actress) in the list... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.34.54.135 (talk) 02:59, 28 March 2012 (UTC)

Need references

 * I would like to encourage anybody adding to the list of notable players to include a suitable reference (as many players are being added without this) before doing so. bwmcmaste (talk) 19:30, 26 August 2009 (UTC)


 * I have now taken the liberty of removing all of the unsourced material in the Notable Players section. Any future additions to this section that do not provide a reference should be given a "fact" template, and removed when an editor has established that there is no effort being made to source it. bwmcmaste (talk) 09:22, 19 October 2009 (UTC)


 * I suggest removing Audun Laading of Her's from the list of notable players, as he is not that notable. If I can be crass for a moment, the band are mainly known for being killed in a car crash while on tour, not for their music. 212.88.250.95 (talk) 03:25, 18 November 2019 (UTC)

Geezer Butler???

 * Notwithstanding the source -- which I don't view as particularly reliable -- I question whether Geezer ever used a Rick (4001 or otherwise). Not saying he didn't, but I couldn't find any reliable source or a photo of him using one. Zddoodah (talk) 19:49, 12 April 2016 (UTC)

Haruko Haruhara
I added the character Haruko of the anime series FLCL to the list of notable players because her bass remains prominent throughout the entire series and currently serves as her trademark. I would've cited my source but I couldn't find anything official. This fact however appears many times throughout the Wiki page for FLCL and on this page as well. Also if you compare these two photos, here and here, she is most defintiley using a Rickenbacker 4001. 173.58.250.5 (talk) 01:06, 1 May 2011 (UTC)Moltanic

Why'd you add a fictional chracter, you anime wanking mong? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 186.11.16.254 (talk) 06:00, 19 February 2012 (UTC)

Other modells and infos?

 * Why is there so little information about the bass, it's trademarks and the other Rickenbacker basses 4000, 3000 and 2000 series? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.114.140.218 (talk) 20:05, 30 May 2012 (UTC)

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this article is...
...rubbish. yet another massive list of bassists who may've used a rickenbacker once, & somehow that qualifies them as notable users. christ, we've even got fictional characters in the list. no wonder someone put a porn-star in there for a joke.

& the section that purports to be about the construction of the bass- no details about the evolution of it, no details about the various versions that have been available over the years, & what the hell is "rick-o-sound"? if you don't already know it's a stereo jack that enables use of the two pickups via (e.g.) separate amps, it looks like a built-in effect or something.

the horseshoe magnet pickup. the hi-gain. the toaster. the capacitor in the tone circuit. the massive routs in the body. the twin truss-rods. the mute pad in the tailpiece.

nothing either about the many replicas of the instrument, or RIC's protection of the design as one of their trademarks.

alright- the list. there are maybe ten bassists, in the entire history of this instrument, who used it for a significant enough portion of their career to make them "notable". ten may still be excessive. almost everyone who plays the bass will have tried one once, & if they were well-known enough, they may've been photographed or taped using it. that does not earn them "notable" status. here- chris squire. lemmy. geddy. macca. bruce foxton (ibanez copy). pete hook (copy). roger waters. cliff burton. if your favourite bass player isn't in the list, well boo-hoo. go look at their website, cheer yourself up. this is supposed to be an encyclopedia.

198.147.19.2 (talk) 02:34, 3 May 2016 (UTC)

I'm signing in for two reasons tonight- one to put my name to the above, & I apologise for leaving it anonymous for so long. secondly, to warn all & sundry that

THE LIST IS GOING TO BE PRUNED.

duncanrmi (talk) 21:33, 25 June 2017 (UTC)
 * I'd support that. Mutt Lunker (talk) 22:28, 25 June 2017 (UTC)

PRUNE THE LIST — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.27.233.135 (talk) 14:59, 27 February 2021 (UTC)