Only a Rick sounds like a Rick...

[Cosmo Valdemar]

[quote name='Meddle' timestamp='1431106106' post='2767901']
I disagree with the notion that 'only a Rick sounds like a Rick', because most Ricks don't sound like Ricks either. :rolleyes
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The whole point of the thread was to light-heartedly debunk this 'myth'. And to share some cool music.

[Billy Apple]

[quote name='Meddle' timestamp='1431107724' post='2767926']
Most people go for the bypass mod for some reason, including the Rickenbacker purists. I guess the idea is that you should have the full output of both pickups to do what you like with,
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Full output maybe, but it loudened the bridge pup way over the neck and the whole thing became unbalanced.

[spectoremg]

Interesting stuff about pickup placement - particularly where the 24th fret would be. I've always thought Ricks were good at producing the fundamental - is that a product of it? And are the harmonic positions somewhere to avoid?

Edited May 8, 2015 by spectoremg

[Cosmo Valdemar]

[quote name='Meddle' timestamp='1431109101' post='2767953']


Fair shout, just throwing in some techy stuff I've come across that people may (or probably won't) find interesting and/or useful if they are trying to chase tones.

[url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IcTOnIfmOY"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IcTOnIfmOY[/url]
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IcTOnIfmOY"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IcTOnIfmOY

That sounds fantastic! Contains infuriatingly little information though - apparently a jazz pickup hidden under the scratchplate? Why aren't we all hiding jazz pickups in our Precision basses?!

Edited May 8, 2015 by Cosmo Valdemar

[mcnach]

[quote name='spectoremg' timestamp='1431112546' post='2767996']
Interesting stuff about pickup placement - particularly where the 24th fret would be. I've always thought Ricks were good at producing the fundamental - is that a product of it? And are the harmonic positions somewhere to avoid?
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considering that as you fret different notes, the nodes will shift too, I don't think that plays a role.

[spectoremg]

[quote name='mcnach' timestamp='1431127415' post='2768159']
considering that as you fret different notes, the nodes will shift too, I don't think that plays a role.
[/quote]Durrgh! Just realised that - someone erase this please