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JB Ric
« on: December 15, 2009, 01:21:59 PM »

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Re: JB Ric
« Reply #1 on: December 15, 2009, 01:54:25 PM »
I like that!






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Re: JB Ric
« Reply #2 on: December 15, 2009, 07:10:01 PM »
why so many knobs? it does look kool
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Re: JB Ric
« Reply #3 on: December 15, 2009, 07:58:04 PM »
According to the owner: volume, tone in two banks on the neck end and then a master volume and a series/parallel knob and of course 3 way P/U selector.

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Re: JB Ric
« Reply #4 on: December 15, 2009, 08:15:04 PM »
Geezer Butler used one for a time. Let me tell you with those John Birch pups that bass will kick ass like no Ric ever could.
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Re: JB Ric
« Reply #5 on: December 16, 2009, 12:42:36 AM »
What do they sound like?
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Re: JB Ric
« Reply #6 on: December 16, 2009, 04:58:39 AM »
Those pups are high output, the bass is all maple so it shares the same properties as a ric, sustain and maple snap etc. It sounds like a high powered over driven ric. search Black Sab. on youtube you will find Geezer using a green burst one sometime before '80 maybe around '74-'78.
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Re: JB Ric
« Reply #7 on: December 16, 2009, 02:57:00 PM »
Tony is playing a John Birch not sure what geezer has though it is Ric shaped. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcSC0B6lbFg&feature=related
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Re: JB Ric
« Reply #8 on: December 16, 2009, 03:15:58 PM »
Pretty certain that's a Ric
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Re: JB Ric
« Reply #9 on: December 16, 2009, 03:34:10 PM »
Yeah I watched it some more, it is a Ric, I have been looking for the past hour for footage of Geezer with it no luck yet but he does talk about the John Birch /John Diggens basses on his/Sabs website.
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Re: JB Ric
« Reply #10 on: December 16, 2009, 03:57:34 PM »
I'm pretty certain he also played a JB EB3 style, too... I may have a couple of pics, albeit from the balcony of the Hammersmith Odeon... Technical Ecstasy tour... research required...
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Re: JB Ric
« Reply #11 on: December 16, 2009, 05:01:41 PM »
EB3 style ala Jimmy Lea  :o :o :o :o I had no Idea I thought Jimmy had the only one ! Well aside from mine ;)
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Re: JB Ric
« Reply #12 on: December 16, 2009, 08:12:06 PM »
yeah, i've seen a picture in one of those Bass Player mag. special issue "rock bass gods" or something. he's got a crazy leather suit too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4wBPbpSsiY
this is a different one than the pic i was talking about
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Re: JB Ric
« Reply #13 on: December 16, 2009, 10:43:03 PM »
ok, i've been doing some research and it turns out that Ric belongs to Glen Hughes. the airline lost Geezers gear and Glen loaned him his.
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Re: JB Ric
« Reply #14 on: December 17, 2009, 12:33:56 AM »
He still builds Ric clones. They look more like 4004's but he calls them 4001.
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