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02-15-2009, 03:35 PM
| | | | Best Amp for a Rickenbacker
Just came into a Rickenbacker 4001. I need some ideas on the best amp setup to bring out the best for this guitar? I really want to capture that classic "Rick" sound. |
02-15-2009, 03:35 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Owensboro, Ky | | | Ampeg SVT |
02-15-2009, 03:38 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: NY | | | I'm about to grab a MesaBoogie M6 Carbine Wednesday for my Rick4003. If you want a vintage sound, I guess Ampeg would do...hate Ampeg's new stuff though. |
02-15-2009, 03:44 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Cowtown, USA | | Ack! You called it a guitar! No advice for you!!! 
No certain "amp" is going to give you that classic Ric clank-
How you EQ it will (bump the mids!)-
I couldn't decide on amps, so I play mine through a
Mesa 400+ & an Acoustic 370 w/ Ampeg 810's at the same
time-Both bring out the classic "clank"- |
02-15-2009, 04:22 PM
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02-15-2009, 04:27 PM
| | | | There are a lot of different "classic rick" sounds. Which one do you mean? |
02-15-2009, 04:29 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: NOVA | | | Depending on the artist who' s Rick tone you're looking for, I would search fro the gear they use. |
02-15-2009, 04:32 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: New Jersey | | | Chris squire uses an svt-2.
Many artists use that or a cl/av
just look it up |
02-15-2009, 04:33 PM
| | Son, I am disappoint. | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Gig Harbor, Washington | | | I think a big sounding tube amp sounds good with a Ric, especially the SVT's.
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02-15-2009, 04:35 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Los Angeles | | I used to love the sound of my ric through my gallien krueger 2000 rb, til my 70s ric 4001 was stolen  |
02-15-2009, 04:35 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: London, UK | | | My favourite was a Trace Elliot AH350SMX |
02-15-2009, 04:45 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada | | | To a certain extent a Ric sounds like a Ric no matter what. I have used mine through various GK heads as well as a Genz Benz 750; most recently a Markbass SA 450. The Ric sound comes through loud and clear no matter what head. After that it is what sort of coloration, distortion etc. do you want to add to it.
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02-15-2009, 06:10 PM
| | | +1, oh yeah.
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02-15-2009, 06:51 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Northfield, Ohio | | | GK 700 RB II. Sounds Great. |
02-15-2009, 07:34 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Cincinnati OH | | | I like the marshall approach. A VBA400 would certainly work well too.
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02-15-2009, 07:38 PM
| | | | Why , an SVT of course
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02-15-2009, 07:41 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Pennsylvania | | | I also recommend an SVT, however I just bought a Markbass Little Mark II and holy crap! It sound awesome with my Ric!! |
02-15-2009, 07:41 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Philadelphia, PA | | | a loud one.
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02-15-2009, 08:21 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: NW IL | | | Rics + Mesa's = Solid Gold!
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02-15-2009, 08:31 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Dallas, TX | | | I've played my Rics through so many different rigs, and although they're all somewhat different, it always sounds like me playing a Ric. What do you have now? Or, did you just get your first bass and haven't got any amp yet?
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