1980 RICKENBACKER  4080 model Twin neck, White, RARE,EX code BA555 See all photo in web site

This Rickenbacker 4080 Double Neck Bass & Guitar is very rare and ultra cool Rickenbacker guitar. A rare collectible 1981 Rickenbacker model 4080 double neck (six string 480 guitar and four string 4001 bass). Rickenbacker started making a limited production run of doublenecks in 1975 - before that they were special order only – with three models – onejust guitar (12-string /6-string) and two with guitar and bass – the 4080-12 (4-string on top, 12-string on bottom) and the 4080 (4-string on top, 6-string on bottom). All Original. Straight necks, all valid frets in good condition, no repair o other. Both bolt-on bound necks have rosewood fret boards with triangle inlays. The 20 fret bass neck is 1 5/8" at the nut and has a 32 1/4" scale length. The 24 fret guitar neck is 1 5/8" at the nut with a scale length of 24 3/4". It has individual Grover tuning keys on both necks and both are stamp pat. pend. U.S.A. while the bass keys have vertical lines and the guitar keys sport a raised star. Other features include chrome hardware, white pick guards, a combination tailpiece/bridge on the bass and six way bridge and an "R" tailpiece on the guitar. Overall length is 44" and the width is 18 3/8". Guitar depth is 1 1/2" It is equipped with Rick-O-Sound. There are two Rickenbacker pickups for the bass and two for the guitar. Electronics include a two position neck selector switch on the upper right bout, a pickup selector switch, volume and tone controls for each pickup (4 total) and a master tone control all on the lower right bout. This 4080 is in very nice condition with only light weather checking and a few dings. It comes with the original black hard case with a blue plush lining.

The Rickenbacker 4080 Double Neck Bass & Guitar was a double neck guitar consisting of a four-string bass for the top neck and a six-string or twelve-string guitar for the bottom. The original 4080's was built for Geddy Lee of Rush for four of their albums: A Farewell to Kings, Hemispheres, Permanent Waves, and Moving Pictures.

Bass come from Peter Barton (Animals): https://www.peterbartonmanagement.com/animals-and-friends