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Just joined an upbeat r'n'b trio to compliment my originals band. It's all Dr. Feelgood type-stuff, regular mix of r'n'b and rock 'n' roll. A couple of times, we've gone through 'She Does It Right'. Great song. I've been playing it really simple, keeping it as hard-edged as possible. At the last rehearsal, the guitarist said that on the record, the bass part contains some chords! I've had to go through the song on Youtube, etc, so the bass frequency isn't that great....so I can't really make out what's going on. Anybody played this one before? How did you play it? Any tips on this so I can nail it before next rehearsal?

I like!!

Many stockists seems to be all out of RW's at the moment, especially the Fiesta Red Jazz's. I really like the RW's - if I could justify having one around, I'd love another as they're real 'personality' basses in my book.

Cool, thanks Mr. F!

That's great, many thanks guys for invaluable help. Now to get some wrap.....!

Total shame - one of my faves....I've got all their stuff, even the hardcore, the instrumentals....love it all. Such a creative bunch....I've always admired how they genre-hop whilst keeping it real and not clichéd. 47 is no age.

I've sent loads of basses before with couriers, but..... I've agreed to sell my Brother's Marshall (guitar) 30w amp for him. I'm getting it on Sunday, so may put it on BC as well (comes with an equally mint Epiphone Les Paul in a flight case as well!) Probably end up on E-bay.....fine, but how on earth do I package an amp for a courier? I've only ever sent basses in hard cases - so I'm not quite sure how to do it. It hasn't got any original box or anything with it, so any suggestions as to what I can do?

I'm a fellow 2 Ric man. Once you go Ric, it's really hard to play anything else. Everything just feels boring and 'wrong' to me. In my experience, most people who knock Rics - 1) Have never played one 2) Always wanted one but haven't got one 3) One of the above Let the Ric-knocking commence!

Always use Stringsdirect or Stringbusters - the only places to buy IMHO. Great prices and superb service from both.

Maybe we'll get the full 'Gates Of Delirum' isolated bass track soon...mmmmmmm!!

+1 on S&A from me. I'm a big supporter of that record.

I own two Rics. For the band, there's limited choice.....that one, or the other one (though they do sound very different to me). Job done!

I had a great one, but sold it to fund my return to a Ric. If I'd have got the spare cash, I would have kept it - wonderful bass. Probably the best P-bass I've played.....and a great price as well!

OMG - that's just Ric porn to me!

[quote name='OzzyGreg' timestamp='1334875565' post='1622925'] To fatten the sound of (pre-2011) 4003s this capacitor needs to be removed or bypassed I'm led to believe. It acts as a hi-pass filter on the bridge pickup cutting off the lower frequencies. [/quote] I thought people stopped doing this after the late 80's? I'm aware of the mod for the 4001/early 4003, but you haven't had to do this to the newer Rics for years.

+1 from me as well.

Maybe we should all form some kind of uber-reliable bass orchestra....

Brilliant musician, and from what I've read, Levon's a lovely man as well. Such sad, sad news. The Band's records are timeless classics IMHO......they were a true 'band' in every sense, as you can't imagine their part being done by anyone else...they certainly created magic together.

Why are bands always like this? My current band is, at the moment, causing a bit of grief as I am the only one doing anything. I don't mind, but I joined them - and since then, singer/guitarist does nothing except talk about it, and the drummers been out of circulation for ages. We've ended up with a 6-week gap between rehearsals. The singer/guitarist has funded an album (already a bit started when I joined, so a good plus point I thought) but when he finally gets it, hasn't got a clue what to do with it. I've done the webpage, FB, started trawling for gigs, and the other 2? Nothing. And I'm pretty miffed by it TBH. At least here on BC there's a lot of us in a similar position!!

I love Rics, and they're my basses. No Geddy's or Chris'....I love what I do with them. The whole product - look, feel, tones..... Any other bass just feels wrong with me, and I've tried enough - but I always come home. Then again, I'm an unapologetic Ric fan-boy!

Quite enjoyed a bit of the Lynyrd Skynyrd gig....managed to avoid Freebird as well!

Hope I'm posting this in the right bit....not sure if it's GBD or OT! About 2 years ago, when I played in my last originals band, there was quite a few opportunities in the Kent/SE area for Battle Of The Bands-type events. I played a load in Sheerness (at the Ivy Leaf), Bexleyheath at the OHM, some place in Gravesend, and a few others. Oh, and 1 in Sittingbourne if I remember. I've tried to search online for similar events these days - but all I get is dead links, or out of date events. I'm kind of scouting around for gigs to coincide with the album being finished, but so far I'm not doing to well. I booked lots of pub gigs before for covers bands, but I've not done too much on the originals side for a bit. Any suggestions on people/places/venues? Just want the exposure (ahem)...but where? Are these kind of events dead?

Cool - thanks for the link - that's a great package and one I'll go for!

I can't wait to hear it - I really love all their albums, and rate S&A very highly. Out June 12th - a bit more info here - [url="http://www.rush.com/rush/index.php"]http://www.rush.com/rush/index.php[/url]

I did a similar thing some time ago. Had some issues with some more expensive gear, and bought a couple of cheapies to drag around. Soon missed 'my' sound, and as soon as I was headed near a studio, had to get it all back! Good advice above - if you can afford it, keep it all!