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Rickenbacker Basses / Re: Music videos that feature Rics
« on: February 26, 2024, 02:57:51 PM »My iPhone tried to turn 'E Standard' into something more exciting.
That's "dead bat sxe" spelled backwards.
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That's "dead bat sxe" spelled backwards.
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Rickenbacker Basses / Re: Music videos that feature Rics
« on: February 24, 2024, 02:05:17 AM »
Chris is a great player and he can get an almost upright tone out of that Ric when he wants. But I don't like that he doubles the piano here. There's a very simple and effective bass part on the original recording, no need to mess it up. The head is in 9/8 and the piano is busy, why would you wannt a busy bass part under it?
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Other Bass Brands / Re: Searching for Macca's missing bass
« on: February 21, 2024, 03:32:52 AM »
Why was it widely assummed all these years that the bass was stolen from a studio locker in 1969, and only recently it was discovered that the bass was stolen from a padlocked truck in 1972 — the breakthrough that led to finding it — when this was published in the Daily Mirror in Oct. 12th, 1972?
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Gibson Basses / Re: Need a new capo?
« on: February 09, 2024, 03:44:27 AM »
I've seen people throw a lot more on less useful bling. If I needed a capo for my L5, that would probably be the one I'd get.
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Rickenbacker Basses / Re: Music videos that feature Rics
« on: February 08, 2024, 07:39:16 AM »
Last time I heard this song was 47 years ago
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Rickenbacker Basses / Re: Music videos that feature Rics
« on: February 07, 2024, 09:24:25 AM »
They had two sets of Lennon-McCartneys in the band, one more prog, the other more chart hits oriented. Which eventually led to their break up. I never liked the pop side of 10cc ("Dreadlock Holiday") and loved "I'm Mandy, Fly Me", "I'm Not In Love" etc. The mid 70s is when I started playing bass and immersing myself in music, and these songs were on the radio, so I have a soft spot for them.
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Rickenbacker Basses / Re: Music videos that feature Rics
« on: February 06, 2024, 07:58:06 AM »Graham Gouldman doing a bass solo (with flats, he would always play those) how it should be done - over harmonies and the whole band playing, @09:17:
What a beautiful solo. Never heard this one before. Maybe it's time to finally put flats on one of the Rics.
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Gibson Basses / Re: Epiphone for 2024
« on: January 31, 2024, 04:35:31 PM »Anybody got an unused stake we can burn Ilan on? Wanton heresy against Ray Dietrich's sacred design!!!
I guess I wasn't clear enough: the Firebird I is the most elegant of the series.
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Gibson Basses / Re: Epiphone for 2024
« on: January 31, 2024, 06:42:07 AM »The Ashdown looks a bit barren and featureless? Like a small face on a big head. Small pickup, small knobs and miles of empty land in between them.
Well you have just described a Firebird I
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Gibson Basses / Re: Epiphone for 2024
« on: January 30, 2024, 07:25:01 AM »
Forgot to mention the new Ashdown basses, long and short scale, they seem nice, $320
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Gibson Basses / Re: Epiphone for 2024
« on: January 30, 2024, 06:04:37 AM »
Gibson, Rickenbacker and Fender did not attend NAMM. MusicMan, Ibanez and Yamaha were the only big names there, and no big announcements either. Neve-designed pickups on the Yamaha Pacifica, new finish options for MM, the Ibanez Pat Metheney model now has a Charlie Christian pickup, that's pretty much it. And with the smaller and boutique manufacturers - more composite materials and multi-scale fanned fret 7-string guitars.
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Rickenbacker Basses / Re: Cool Rics on eBay / Reverb / Craigslist
« on: January 25, 2024, 12:18:39 PM »
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Gibson Basses / Re: thunderdisaster
« on: January 24, 2024, 10:14:41 AM »
Definitely open a dispute through Reverb and get your money back. Even if you can live with the neck twist, it seriously devalues the bass and makes it nearly impossible to sell. You may have to swallow shipping costs but it's worth it.
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Rickenbacker Basses / Re: Cool Rics on eBay / Reverb / Craigslist
« on: January 22, 2024, 01:45:07 AM »
When I last looked it was just over the starting bid of $1,500, with 3 bids. Reserve not met.
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Rickenbacker Basses / Re: Cool Rics on eBay / Reverb / Craigslist
« on: January 21, 2024, 10:56:21 AM »It amazes me how terrible people can be at taking pictures
If it weren't for someone posting the worst pic of a Ric on Craigslist, I wouldn't have my 4003 Shadow for $750.