The Rickenbacker 4001 is an electric bass that was manufactured by Rickenbacker as a two-pickup "deluxe" version of their first production bass, the single-pickup model 4000. This design, created by R
A 1977 Rickenbacker 4001
A 2020 CieloGlo 4003S, showing the lack of body/neck binding and dot fret inlays
FLCL is a Japanese anime series created and directed by Kazuya Tsurumaki, written by Yōji Enokido, and produced by the FLCL Production Committee, which consisted of Gainax, Production I.G, and King Re
Rickenbacker 4001
…are also Al Cisneros (4003 AC) and Lemmy Kilmister (4004 LK) signature versions of the instrument. In the first season of the Japanese anime series FLCL, the protagonist Haruko Haruhara uses a blue left-handed variant. The 4001 model features a neck-through construction, a full-wood body, fretboard with…
Promotional artwork used on a number of DVD releases of FLCL featuring the three primary characters from the first anime, from top, Canti (the blue robot), Haruko, and Naota.
The Pillows in 2003
A real photograph of a 1965 Vespa Super Sport 180 moped and a left-handed Rickenbacker 4001 bass guitar, both of which are used by Haruko in the series.