The Last Bass Outpost
Gear Discussion Forums => Rickenbacker Basses => Topic started by: hieronymous on July 22, 2010, 03:53:44 PM
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There's an app for the iPhone called the Hipstamatic - it's kind of a retro camera, you can choose different lenses, film and flash. Here are some sample pictures I took of my '76 4001:
(http://img534.imageshack.us/img534/7961/4001johnsblanko.jpg)
(http://img534.imageshack.us/img534/2991/4001kaimalina.jpg)
(http://img534.imageshack.us/img534/920/4001robofloat.jpg)
I actually took a whole bunch more photos, had a few beers, got inspired to record something, then put it together into a cheesy slideshow!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXccJiIF1b0
Anyone else using this app?
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Don't have an iphone so I don't use any apps, but I did have a '76 Autumnglo which was improved by the addition of a Model 1.
(http://www.mojohobo.com/images/rick-1.jpg)
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Cool stuff Harry. The tune and the pics. :mrgreen:
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Great looking finish/basses.
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For some reason the slideshow isn't working for me, at least right now. Sure is a pretty bass though.
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Some pics from the recent (San Francisco) Bay Area Rickenbacker Confluence (BARC):
(http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/1893/barcatg1.jpg)
(http://img824.imageshack.us/img824/8885/barcatg2.jpg)
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Don't have an iphone so I don't use any apps, but I did have a '76 Autumnglo which was improved by the addition of a Model 1.
(http://www.mojohobo.com/images/rick-1.jpg)
I forgot to respond - looks cool! I love the mid-'70s stock Rickenbacker pickups, but I bet that sounded great with the Model 1...
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It did sound great. Clear and deep. That was before I learned that the .0047 cap was making it sound thin and weak. I used an after-market guard to install the Model 1, so it was completely reversable. I eventually reversed it to sell it when I bought my 4003S (on which I removed the .0047 cap and changed nothing else!).
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My wife took this picture with our friend's camera - I think it came out nicely:
(http://a.imageshack.us/img580/6646/4001rehearsal.jpg)
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Great pic. IMHO Autumnglo begs for a black pickguard.
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Had a great session! First time in this studio, called "Robot Envy (http://www.robotenvy.net/)" in Berkeley, California. Small but just right for what I was looking for. Recorded the bass direct through my Custom Audio Japan tube compressor and Alembic F-2B preamp. Here's a sample of the Autumnglo 4001, played with a pick and the neck pickup tone turned way down (both pickups on):
go apart jam (http://hieronymous.us/music/goapart.mp3)
Greg DeGuglielmo on drums!!!
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go apart jam (http://hieronymous.us/music/goapart.mp3)
Sounds good. Almost every time I hear a Rick I'm happy I got one. :)
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Finally have something else mixed from the sessions:
Taurus 4001 (robot envy version) (http://hieronymous.us/music/taurus4001RE1.mp3)
These sessions are the first time I have managed to properly record the Taurus 3 bass pedals - you need real speakers or headphones to truly experience them. The bass is the autumnglo, both pickups on, played with pick - the original sound was kind of tame, so I put it through my Alembic SF-2 Superfilter and boosted the highs and mids for more bite - also put it through the Moogerfooger analog delay after the fact.
Hoping to get some pictures from the actual recording session - not sure if I have any of the Rickenbacker though...
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Got the pics from the studio! I like this one:
(http://a.imageshack.us/img842/2946/robotenvy4001a.jpg)
You can see a lot of my gear at the bottom, even though I wasn't using any of it on this particular song.
This one gives you an idea of the room:
(http://a.imageshack.us/img829/7498/robotenvy4001b.jpg)
The bass was recorded direct - you can see the red knobs on my Alembic F-2B preamp on the right - it's just sitting on top of a PA speaker that we weren't using.
Last one:
(http://a.imageshack.us/img163/6519/robotenvy4001c.jpg)
This shows the rest of the room (I didn't choose the color scheme!), Greg DeGuglielmo on drums, and I like the view of the bass, with the strings and the edge of the fretboard... (Now that I look at the picture, the lens on this last one makes me look huge!)
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Bassasaurous... ;)
Gotta admit that that is VERY green... :mrgreen:
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Finally got around to mixing another tune from the Robot Envy sessions. This is actually a continuation of "Taurus 4001" that I posted earlier - we kept playing and it evolved into something else entirely. Still the 4001 played with a pick - I used my SF-2 again to bring out some of the highs and mids that weren't obvious on the original recording.
nova aldo (http://hieronymous.us/music/nova_aldo.mp3)
Bonus points if you can figure out where the song title comes from - no, it's not named after the Canadian metal guitarist...
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This track has a great feel and dynamics. Brings back memories of drifting through space :vader:. Really enjoyed this one.
Love the strumming too, and how you really dig in around 2:53.
Is the meaning of the title "new and old"?
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Thanks Joe. "Nova" certainly means new, not sure what "aldo" means myself! So the name doesn't necessarily come from the meaning of the words. I'll give another hint, "aldo" is the key term, it is connected to the bass pedals, and you might see the name at the mall (not sure if it's throughout the US, but I'll let it sit for a little bit)...
Listened to the track in my car this morning - I think I need to try and get the bass to "pop" just a little bit more - sounded a little too tubby. Thinking I might try the 4-band compressor in Ozone on just the bass track...
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Nova I knew, but had to google "aldo". Took one hell of a search string to sift through all the lyric sites! ;D life is just a fan ta see can you live this fan ta see... life! beewwww woooo wooo woooo waaah waah waah waah
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Nova I knew, but had to google "aldo". Took one hell of a search string to sift through all the lyric sites! ;D life is just a fan ta see can you live this fan ta see... life! beewwww woooo wooo woooo waaah waah waah waah
I was never a fan of Aldo Nova - a friend in high school liked him, I remember seeing the video to "Monkey on your Back" once, that's about it. Guess he works with Celine Dion now!
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Ok.. so I had some quality time with google once again. Is the meaning "new shoes"?
Actually, somehow in the process of searching I stumbled across an advancement in footwear technology that I felt was post-worthy:
(http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k125/0chromium0/forums/image001.jpg)
Can you imagine the level of articulation that could be achieved using these with some Taurus pedals? :o ;D
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Actually, Aldo Nova's first record is really quit good.Fantasy is the weakest track on it.Hot love,too late,under the gun, are killer tunes. :)
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Certainly up to your usual standards, Harry... :o
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Wow Joe, you got it! My wife would go into Aldo (http://www.aldoshoes.com/) some times and I saw some really pointy-toed shoes, thought they would be perfect for playing bass pedals - my feet are wide, I was always stepping on adjacent notes at the same time, so I used them for the first time at this recording session - Greg never heard of Aldo Nova, but when I told him about the Aldo shoes, he said Nova Aldo and it stuck!
Any thoughts you or anyone else have on the mix are appreciated. I really like this one - I feel like this very much represents a major part of who I am as a bass player and a musician. I can hear a bunch of different influences from throughout my life - Chris Squire (especially the live version of "The Fish" from Yessongs), Lemmy (even though I'm not using distortion), even songs like U2's "40" and Pat Metheny's "Two Folk Songs: Two" from 80/81 with Charlie Haden.
This will probably be my last post for 2010, so happy new year everybody!
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Didn't post in this thread for all of 2011, now it's 2012 so I thought I would share a couple of things:
Autumnglo in the studio:
(http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/6849/rehearsal2sm.jpg)
Autumnglo in the (California) winterglow:
(http://img545.imageshack.us/img545/350/4001bodybamboo.jpg)
Autumnglo and the bamboo grove:
(http://img546.imageshack.us/img546/8060/4001headstockbamboo2.jpg)
And a recent track of a rehearsal with a new band I've been playing with - the recording was kind of wonky so I had fun fading in and out between the band recording and the solo bass recording I made with my Tascam recorder, plus my SF-2 Superfilter:
Valley of the Filter Beast (http://soundcloud.com/hieronymous-seven/filter-valley)
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Another recording, this is an old one from 2002, the same year I got this bass:
http://soundcloud.com/hieronymous-seven/is-free-take-one (http://soundcloud.com/hieronymous-seven/is-free-take-one)
Kind of a non-typical sound from a 4001?
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Nice clips and great bass tones. I love the mid range growl on the Taurus clip. Rics are one of the most distinctive of basses - along with T-birds!