Rocktile Pro RB-400R Redneck E-Bass Red Sunburst - Retoure (Zustand: sehr gut)

I am thrilled with the product, good quality, deadlines met, I will be back!

I'm a guitarist and I bought this bass mostly to use as a decorative piece for its rickenbacker looks. But then I started playing and I liked it a lot that I even started riffing on it.

the bass is good but needs set up.the neck pickup was on the air (not stable) and the metallic cover over the bridge pickup was in contact with the string when i tune the bass and need to put out so as to play

A nice bass and good workmanship for the amount everything is ok !

... and perhaps even better up close than the original! I've always liked the look and sound of the Rick design, but it never really fit on the belly. A long time ago I tested both an original 4003 and a Chris Squier 4001 CS. The quality was shocking and completely at odds with the price. In any case, I think that the original ribbed braker is basically a pretty bad design. The electronics and bridge are no engineering marvels and I still don't understand how they came up with the idea of squeezing two trussrods into a four-string neck. The price is outrageously exorbitant! But: the sound has made history.

This piece here for just under 170 euros is - if you ignore your personal aversion to Made-in-China - worth every penny. The workmanship is above average for this price. The two-tone sunburst finish is flawless. The body is made of three pieces of basswood and the neck is not continuous like the original, but glued in. The weight certainly varies from batch to batch. The 3.88kg here is pretty shoulder-friendly. The neck-to-body transition is - just like the binding of the neck and body - flawless. Nothing protrudes, no corners or edges. The 20 frets are cleanly inserted and well dressed at the edges. The surface is slightly rough, but that plays down. I've experienced worse with >3k euro basses! Visually and - fortunately - technically, the bridge has nothing in common with the original! But it works and fulfills its purpose!

As already mentioned by others here, you should have some knowledge of the technology and adjustment work on the bass. As I said, the bridge is adjustable in all necessary dimensions and you have to make use of this. The intonation was probably only visually adjusted at the factory. After using the saddle file, a low, comfortable string action can be achieved without any problems.

The four large-wing tuners are really not bad and hold the tuning reliably. The rather low-output pickups, on the other hand, can confidently give in to the desire for an upgrade. There is a selection of usable replacements for the neck pickup, which correspond to the Rickenbacker format and should fit without much tinkering. In the bridge position, the Jazz Bass format has probably been chosen for the sake of simplicity. You could therefore install any JB bridge pickup here. For a replacement in Rick format, the router would have to be used. The electronics are simple and do their job without any shielding. But at this price, you can still let off steam here when upgrading!

The strings are not completely unusable, and the feel is also ok, but with your favorite wires (Bass Centre Elites) you will experience a quantum leap in sound even with the factory pickups.

All in all a great offer, especially if you enjoy a bit of tinkering and have always wanted to have a Ricky (not only) as a second bass ...