blind pilot Posted July 24, 2010 Share Posted July 24, 2010 Afternoon all. is this a typical rick sound/tone? [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oRQQnrdavQ"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oRQQnrdavQ[/url] i know nothing about these bass, and although i am saving for a Wal, just recently these have really caught my eye/ear! i think the guy 'may' be running through a sansamp, but still, i am loving the tone of this beast, its a Chris Squire edition, but does that mean it have special pups/on board amp etc? your thoughts - thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4000 Posted July 24, 2010 Share Posted July 24, 2010 My 2 CSs have actually been possibly my least favourite sounding of my Rics, but yes, that's a reasonable example of a "typical" Ric sound (whatever that is). Check out Chris Squire (Yes), Bruce Foxton (the Jam) and Geddy Lee (Rush) for more of if not the same, then not dissimilar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Burrito Posted July 24, 2010 Share Posted July 24, 2010 I put flatwounds on mine (a bit different), don't tend to strum chord shapes & play mainly with my fingers. There are a lot of tones on the Rickenbackers & my 4003 sounds more traditional then that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4000 Posted July 24, 2010 Share Posted July 24, 2010 Absolutely; Macca is another example. But think we know what the OP means. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTUK Posted July 25, 2010 Share Posted July 25, 2010 I'd say Chris Squires work with Yes kind of sums up the sound of a Rickenbacker... but he is supposed to have done a lot of that with a Jazz...go figure..!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cytania Posted July 25, 2010 Share Posted July 25, 2010 Not sure that 'Tool - Sober' clip is even typical of pick playing. Very direct transfer of guitar chord type playing. Now I know how you get that 'approaching menace' sound... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTUK Posted July 26, 2010 Share Posted July 26, 2010 De-tuned the E-string to get the full open bass chord in D in that youtube clip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warwickhunt Posted July 26, 2010 Share Posted July 26, 2010 [quote name='JTUK' post='905126' date='Jul 25 2010, 07:31 PM']I'd say Chris Squires work with Yes kind of sums up the sound of a Rickenbacker... but he is supposed to have done a lot of that with a Jazz...go figure..!![/quote] To add to that; I'm sure I read somewhere that Foxton recorded a lot of the Jam stuff with a P bass and didn't a lot of GL's tone sound Ric(ish) when recorded with a Jazz! Get 'clank' and you've got the Ric sound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4000 Posted July 28, 2010 Share Posted July 28, 2010 [quote name='JTUK' post='905126' date='Jul 25 2010, 07:31 PM']I'd say Chris Squires work with Yes kind of sums up the sound of a Rickenbacker... but he is supposed to have done a lot of that with a Jazz...go figure..!![/quote] Nah, only a bit of it. Parallels is the Jazz and there are a couple of other things from the early days (the low part in The Fish is apparently Jazz), but the bulk his most famous stuff is most definitely all Ric. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4000 Posted July 28, 2010 Share Posted July 28, 2010 [quote name='warwickhunt' post='905478' date='Jul 26 2010, 09:01 AM']To add to that; I'm sure I read somewhere that Foxton recorded a lot of the Jam stuff with a P bass and didn't a lot of GL's tone sound Ric(ish) when recorded with a Jazz! Get 'clank' and you've got the Ric sound. [/quote] That's because Foxton switched to Ps pretty much full-time part way through the Jam. You can easily tell when he's using one or the other. As for Lee, it depends how much of a geek you are. Live I think the 2 basses sound very different; in the studio not quite so much for obvious reasons (electrickery!), although personally his Ric sound on (for instance) A Farewell to Kings is very different (and very recognisable as a Ric) compared to his sound on Moving Pictures, which is where he started to favour the Jazz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delberthot Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 I've had several Ricks and the closest live sound I've been able to get is with my Epiphone EB-3 played with a pick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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