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I was having a chat with Chris Childs (Thunder) at the recent Birmingham show and he said he was getting a Ric sound on his endorsement Sandberg (a nice bass!), but I said the same thing about the lower registers but it wouldn't do it going up the neck, to which he nodded and agreed.
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The best bass pedal. 🙂 I split the signal to 2 amps.
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@NancyJohnson Haha! 🙂 (It was another Ric I picked instead of mine, though...) I've often said that a key distinguishing feature of the Ric is the way the sound changes as you move up the neck; it is entirely possible to get the sound if you stick to below the 7th fret, but where most basses sound gets thinner as you move up, the Ric gets thicker. ( @cetera stuck to the lower register in the blind test.) Probably the only other basses which have a pickup at the neck are the Billy Sheehan ones (which also has stereo outputs) and an EB3, so I'd expect they might have the same characteristics. I've got a selection of basses and the ones I gravitate towards are my Rics and my Warwick 5-strings.
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Righty-oh; it's arrived! I might get to play with it this evening.
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Nah - no Warmoth on that!
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OK - if it said MIDI, then it should be fine. I meant, as opposed to a 5-pin DIN cable from a 70s cassette deck! (Well, actually my decent hi-fi system uses DIN cables.)
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I'm totally bowled over with this one...
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@stewblack The 5-pin DIN leads are MIDI ones, not audio, right? (The wiring is different.)
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That truss-rod is on a wonk. I think we've had a Brazilian oportunidade featured on here before...
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It wasn't as daft as a comment as might appear, as one might not be included with a s/h unit! 🙂
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And a USB cable to connect to the computer?
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Just checking...
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Calling a PJ a P is taking the P... ...or is that adding the J?
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Lining up silks - It's definitely possible, any tips?
prowla replied to AinsleyWalker's topic in Accessories and Misc
If you put the scrunchy thing on the headstock you won't see the end of the silks...- 45 replies
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The thru-neck Shaftys are one of the better Ric copies; there is a thriving 'fakers community. My selection: L-R: Shaftesbury 3263 (made by Eko) semi; it's claim to fame is there's a picture of Wyman playing on in The Stones. Vorg Matsumoku bolt-on neck 34" scale 70's; I call it "avocadoglo". A headless doubleneck with Ric copy pickups on the bass. My Rickenberger (real Ric pickups on a Steinberger). A CMI thru-neck, contemporary with the Shaftesbury and other brands. A recent Retrovibe Renegade, labelled "Red Baron" on the TRC and now sporting a Malteot Seymour Duncan pickups. The 70's Japanese ones seemed to be produced at a number of factories, the most famous being Matsumoku, and have logos applied for customer orders; thus it is possible to have identical instruments with different names on the TRCs. Facebook is the best place to go and @Bassassin is the person who knows the most about vintage fakers here on BC.
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I've got a J-Retro in one of my basses and it is really a great piece of kit - deep and authoritative bass.
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Somebody's bid £1 - they'll be disappointed if they win!
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I hadn't realised it could play notes from a MIDI controller - I may be giving that a try...
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I'm in (Member #5)!
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The "vintage" Fender ones with the threaded saddles (ie. multiple grooves across the saddles) might be suitable; I've just got one on a mandolin/guitar ("mandotar") conversion I'm doing.
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I've got some other MIDI kit, including a Yamaha U16 USB interface, so hopefully that'll work. My MIDI rack made an appearance at a recent Bass Bash. I've dabbled with a couple of other synth pedals too. So this should be fun... The SS is great, but limited in saved settings.
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Yep; curiously I may have some time available...
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Well, I've just joined the club, pending arrival of the v3 from the Panda folks... I had looked at s/h ones (which are upgradeable), but a new v3 is under €300, so that'll do nicely.