Rick James

TravTrav · #1 11-22-2011, 11:30 PM

Anyone know what his rig was in his heyday?

chadds · #2 11-23-2011, 05:23 AM

charlie monroe · #3 11-23-2011, 06:45 AM

Well, he started out with rolled up $100 bills, but in the nineties moved on to glass pipes.

As far as his studio work, most of the bass was played by Oscar Allston of the Stone City Band. Oscar used a MM Stingray.

N.F.A. · #4 11-23-2011, 07:01 AM

I had no idea he didn't play bass on his own album. Got a link to an article or something? I did a cursory google search and didn't find anything saying that.

charlie monroe · #5 11-23-2011, 07:31 AM

This was the first hit on Google for Oscar Allston:

Rick James and the bass

And another,

Oscar Allston -- Rick James. | HighBeam Business: Arrive Prepared

Sounds like he came up with progressions, and handed them off to a pro...

bongomania · #6 11-23-2011, 11:48 AM

He had style, though: he always posed for album covers, and onstage, with a Ric!