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Rickenbacker Basses / Re: Cool Rics on eBay / Reverb / Craigslist
« on: March 18, 2024, 10:57:04 AM »
Quote from: Paul Boyer on March 18, 2024, 08:48:37 AM
The lightest Rick bass ever!

The new-ish 4003SW are also about 1lbs. lighter than maple-bodied Rics, at ~8lbs. I'd like one day to get a maple board 4004C, but not for $3K+...

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Other Bass Brands / Re: the Alembic live
« on: March 17, 2024, 08:02:57 AM »
It's da bomb.

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Rickenbacker Basses / Re: Cool Rics on eBay / Reverb / Craigslist
« on: March 17, 2024, 07:43:40 AM »
1995 4004C first iteration with a maple board, especially nice woodgrain, in Spain. €3,100 ($3,377)

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/394361966560933/


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Rickenbacker Basses / Re: Cool Rics on eBay / Reverb / Craigslist
« on: March 17, 2024, 01:38:29 AM »
Quote from: Dave W on March 16, 2024, 07:02:06 AM
He's now located in Italy.

That's great news. So much closer to me, if I ever need his skills.

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Rickenbacker Basses / Re: Music videos that feature Rics
« on: March 15, 2024, 10:03:24 AM »
Quote from: uwe on March 14, 2024, 04:41:06 PM
I always liked the story it told, it's like a movie unfolding before your eyes. "Every form of refuge has its price" - that's almost John Steinbeck.

I never paid attention to the lyrics until now. Just looked it up. Beautiful.

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Rickenbacker Basses / Re: Cool Rics on eBay / Reverb / Craigslist
« on: March 14, 2024, 10:10:15 PM »
1989 4003SPC Blackstar, #96/200, Paul Wikczynski refin, at Sweetwater Gear Exchange. $3,700




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The Bass Zone / Re: 1987 Rickenbacker Tuxedo stolen
« on: March 14, 2024, 09:23:50 AM »
Man that sucks. I checked the Rickenbacker Register, it's not there. I'll keep my eyes open. 

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Rickenbacker Basses / Re: Music videos that feature Rics
« on: March 13, 2024, 12:27:05 AM »
Quote from: uwe on March 12, 2024, 05:33:01 PM
and the guitarist doesn't know what key (or scale) he's playing

Yeah, that was hard to listen to. They probably had studio players for the original recording. Still, they had enough time since then to learn how to play or memorize a decent solo.

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Rickenbacker Basses / Re: Music videos that feature Rics
« on: March 12, 2024, 10:17:02 AM »
1/2" spacing JG's always remind me of my first Ric. 50 years since the change and the 1" spacing still looks wrong to me.

That ~1967 Ric 456 6/12 convertible is interesting!

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Gibson Basses / Re: Mod collection restock update
« on: March 09, 2024, 09:14:25 AM »
Quote from: TBird1958 on March 08, 2024, 04:00:31 PM
That color though, why? They make all these cool guitars and just do this $#!* for bass players.

The Mod Collection is full of ugly ass refins and a weird fixation on all possible shades of orange. They want $4.6K for this LP Special that looks like Jackson Pollock threw up all over it. Every now and then a really nice finish pops up, but most are not.


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Rickenbacker Basses / Re: Hell has frozen over: The 4005 is back
« on: March 06, 2024, 11:56:49 PM »
It's not really a BRIDGE pickup, it's about halfway between where a P and the rear J pickup would be.

As much as I love single pickup basses, and I really do, for me a Ric is not complete without the neck pickup. It's the Pictures Of Home sound, which for me is the epitome of Ric tone.

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Gibson Basses / Re: Mod collection restock update
« on: March 06, 2024, 10:33:21 AM »
AT LAST, A BASS!

SG Standard Bass, Nut Butter finish, TB pickups with chrome covers,  Babicz bridge. $2,399

https://www.gibson.com/en-US/Electric-Bass/MOD-RAM023184/Nut-Butter


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Rickenbacker Basses / Re: It’s official … 4005
« on: March 04, 2024, 01:51:15 AM »
Quote from: Alanko on March 03, 2024, 02:30:21 PM
Lennon's woody, zero-sustain and badly intonated 325 is like the real rhythm keeper on those early Beatles cuts! It kept right out the way of George's lead lines and drove the songs along. Not a tone I would want to be getting, but quite recognisable.

They did have a clear good tone / bad tone strategy, but personally when choosing a guitar I'm more inclined to go for the good tone shelf rather than the so-bad-it's-immediately-recognizable. But to each their own  ;)

I will give them this — when Paul came back from the store with his new Epi Casino, John and George immediately ordered theirs. And it did not compromise their performance. John could still get his signature crappy tone, and George, you know, could make anyhing sound good.

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Rickenbacker Basses / Re: It’s official … 4005
« on: March 03, 2024, 09:17:47 AM »
It's more about the pickups than body construction. Jingle-jangly single coils are good for retro and indie, heavier genres call for humbuckers.

Lennon's 325 looked fantastic but it can't hold a candle to George's Gretsch tone.

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Rickenbacker Basses / Re: It’s official … 4005
« on: March 02, 2024, 09:18:14 AM »
It seems that Rickenbacker guitars are used mostly in alt and indie rock, and I suspect it has a lot to do with their retro aesthetics – you don't look very alternative with a Strat or Les Paul. Personally I never found their 6-string guitars useful or comfortable. To me they sound a bit cheap and tinny.

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