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The 481 is unusual for its slanted frets and humbucking pickups and was produced between 1973-1984
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Chris Vinnicombe, Fri 7 Aug 2009, 3:05 pm BST
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Kasabian guitarist and songwriter Pizzorno took one of the least-fashionable guitars from the Rickenbacker catalogue - the slanted fret 481 that shares the body outline of the 4000 bass - and made it his own.
Before Serge, you could pick up 481s and its standard fret sister model the 480 for peanuts on eBay. Not so anymore...
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