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Cosmo Valdemar

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  1. 31 minutes ago, danbowskill said:

    No, solid state (but can sound very Tube like) . I was referring to a trader posting a valver

    Tbf ive risked posting 3 valve heads before (super packed) with good results

     

    Im more than happy to post this 🙂

    Gotcha 😁

  2. 11 hours ago, KevB said:

    To be fair to Roger Glover there are studio shots of him with a Fender on Fireball sessions (not sure if used in recording or not) and modded the PU's on his Ric after a while (eg the Denmark 1972 live gig on DVD). Whilst he did get a fine Ric tone he's probably not the poster boy for that particular bass.

    RG played the unmodded Rick on Machine Head - there's lots of pics taken at the time of recording.

    The version with Jazz pickups at the neck was played on Who Do We Think We Are - it's a woolier tone than Machine Head, but still sounds like a Rick. 

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  3. I've decided to go down the route of getting a clean and powerful amp  - not necessarily 'neutral' but something that can serve as a blsnk canvas  - and relying on preamp pedals for colour. 

    I've realised that my Tech 21 Leeds and VT pedals give me the tone that makes me happy, and for more modern flavours I use Warwick/Spector and Darkglass. The wonders and ease of modern technology. 

    That said, the new GK Legacy heads are very tempting...

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  4. 10 minutes ago, Skybone said:

    Must admit, although I prefer humbuckers on guitars, I prefer single coils on basses as they seem to cut through better in the mix. Again, horses for courses, YMMV etc..

    That said, you can get Rick specific single coils that are RWRP, or work as such when put with a standard Ric pickup, like the Nordenbocker. Gemini Pickups in the UK make their's RWRP, not sure about the Classic Amplification ones though.

    RWRP?

  5. 3 hours ago, Skybone said:

    Taking the hum out of them is kind of taking a small bit of their "mojo" IMO. Of course, some people hate that they hum, and I do have to wonder why Ric still make both of the pickup windings in the same direction, but, it is part of the character of the 4001/4003 that it does this. I do find that rolling off the volume for the neck pickup a touch makes this less of an issue, but I also think that putting humbuckers on them robs them of some of their character.

    Of course, it is horses for courses (or YMMV if you prefer).

    Agreed. If you want that clank and rattle, it's got to be old school single coils - noise and all.

    The Rick humbuckers are a lot darker.

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