Gear Discussion Forums > Rickenbacker Basses
Not a fan entirely ...
amptech:
Ok, he does not like the rick, but I can't understand why he (like thousands of other people) needs to film himself and post on youtube. He's not interesting, he's not funny, just a regular dude who really just need a friend who says to him : 'hey, this is too stupid to put on the internet for other to see. Your appearance, language and everything you say - not funny just stupid'.
The bridge, I agree it's not a brilliant solution (although I intonated mine to the strings I use on it and haven't needed to do anything to it since 2002, so it does not bother me) but put something else there or don't buy a rick! How hard is it?
Wish I hadn't started the day seeing this, even though I only saw the first 5-6 minutes. I'd rather listen to blondie for 15 minutes than seeing the whole thing.
Alanko:
I find Dave's 'fun stuff' videos amusing at times, but they are sort of long winded. Occasionally he's trying a bit hard to show how much of a good guy he is by setting up either hopeless instruments or by helping out people by not charging them for the work. In all honesty his views seem a bit out of date. Specifically he rants about Rickenbackers because he tried a single example in the '70s and didn't get on with it. Rickenbackers require more skill and specialist knowledge to set up, beyond the fairly universal techniques for Fender-family instruments. Whether that is a negative point against Rickenbacker, or not, is a debate that will never be resolved. Roger Sadowsky won't touch them, or didn't back in the day.
FrankieTbird:
Funny how he never mentions the "quality" routing for the wiring.
gearHed289:
:bored: :bored: :bored:
I've owned and worked on many Rics since 1979. No problems to report. I hate the bridge/tailpiece, but other than that, if you know what you're doing, they're no more wonky than any other brand. 70s Fenders on the other hand....
Dave W:
--- Quote from: amptech on August 23, 2017, 10:50:40 PM ---
Wish I hadn't started the day seeing this, even though I only saw the first 5-6 minutes. I'd rather listen to blondie for 15 minutes than seeing the whole thing.
--- End quote ---
Whoa! Let's not go to extremes! :mrgreen:
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