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10-02-2001, 04:34 PM
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I know that Chris Squire uses one, but I am a complete idiot when it comes to Yes.
I know that Paul McCartney used one, but I have no idea when he got it.
I know that Geddy Lee used one, and I've heard alot of Moving Pictures. (He did use the Ric on that one, right?) 
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10-02-2001, 04:42 PM
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Lemmy from Motorhead!!!!!!!!!
He also has a Signature series RIC........ I think he only plays RIC basses
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10-02-2001, 04:45 PM
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10-02-2001, 04:47 PM
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If you don't know the band, check them out - they're awesome!!!! www.spocksbeard.com
Here's a soundclip that has plenty of Ric in it: http://www.spocksbeard.com/audio/day_for_night.mp3
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10-02-2001, 04:48 PM
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10-02-2001, 04:48 PM
|  | You don't want to do that. Trust me. Forum Administrator | | Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: atlanta ga | | | actually, the best rush representation of a rickenbacker would be permanent waves - most of moving pics was done on his jazz bass.
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10-02-2001, 04:49 PM
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Thanks for the suggestion, but I'm not exactly a Motorhead fan... | Well you ask about RIC sound...... no problem anyway 
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10-02-2001, 04:55 PM
| | Supporting Member | | Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: In your basement. | | YES_Roundabout or how ever you spell it is a good example.
I think pretty much any older Beatles or Wings Paul was playing a RIC. I think it was Sgt. Pepper and forward but may have been earlier.
I think if you spend a day going through the RIC thread here it lists a lot of recordings. |
10-02-2001, 04:58 PM
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I think the dude from Toadies used one alot... | I thought it was a woman...
Rush and Yes stuff is definitely some of the best examples of Ric w/roundwounds out there.
Beatles stuff, on the other hand, is a good example of Ric w/flats. Not sure of the CDs, though.
And while you may not be into it...White Zombie is a good example of a distorted Ric with little to no mids(  ).
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10-02-2001, 05:52 PM
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I think if you spend a day going through the RIC thread here it lists a lot of recordings.
| Thats actually why I'm asking! I have nothing to do first period, so I spent most of it reading that thread..
I figure if there's that many fanatics, its got to be a good bass.
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10-02-2001, 06:15 PM
| | Supporting Member | | Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: The land of chicken fried funk | | The best representation of the Ric character I can think of is an old group from the Midwest, Headeast and their bassist Dan Birney. His sound is the one you're most likely to replicate with a 4001 or 03, IMO.
If you check out even a www.cdnow.com sound sample of their song, "Never Been Any Reason" from their Flat as a Pancake album, you'll hear the Rick ring and the accentuated highs and lows with the scooped mids.
Squire's unusual picking technique made his sound pretty hard to achieve. Lemmy had his amps cranked so high, the subtleties of Ric are lost, IMO. Geddy had a true Rick sound but didn't show off it's best qualities, IMO....rather flat sounding.
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10-02-2001, 08:32 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Milford CT | | | Cliff Burton used a rick. But I wouldn't suggest much other than Orion as any example of raw instrument tone. |
10-02-2001, 10:11 PM
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Cliff Burton used a rick. But I wouldn't suggest much other than Orion as any example of raw instrument tone. | IIRC, Cliff's Ric was heavily modified, different pickups, etc.
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10-02-2001, 11:38 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada | | | Most of the tunes on Sgt Pepper's was McCartney playing straight into the board with his new ric...during the rest of the years he used anything from fenders to rics to hofners again... |
10-03-2001, 01:50 AM
|  | Unprofessional TalkBass Contributor | | Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Brighton, England, UK, Europe | | To me the best example of the Ric sound is on records by "The Jam" and the singles have the bass very prominent in the mix.
The Jam were just a trio - Paul Weller on Guitar and Bruce Foxton on bass and they quite often favoured a very clean sound. The basslines often are the main "riff" to the song and there is a lot of space around them .
Foxton plays quite hard with a pick and gets the classic Ric "clank" . 
There are loads of tunes - "Eton Rifles", "Going Underground" and "Down in the Tube Station at Midnight" has a very prominent "Rick Riff"!!
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The official Jam website is at : http://www.thejam.org/welcomefr.htm
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10-03-2001, 07:57 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Jersey | | | Ged's live tone on the Exit Stage Left tour is pretty indicative of a Ric. It sounded more meaty and raw than his studio tone with the Rics IMO. It's curious to note that allthough he recorded Moving Pictures with a Jazz, he used the Ric live in the tour that followed. I read somewhere that in his own words, he felt most comfortable playing the Ric live after having toured with them over the years.
His best Ric tones in the studio can be found on the Farewell to Kings and Hemispheres albums. In past years, he has gone back exclusively to the Jazz. I'm glad he did, it sounds the best of all the basses he's used IMO. |
10-03-2001, 12:35 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Long Island, NY | | You beat me to it JMX! Good to see someone else has heard of them.
Especially check out the album 'Beware of Darkness' for the ultimate in Rick tone.  |
10-03-2001, 12:39 PM
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Their latest album even had a (short) appearance in the German album charts (No. 29 if I remember correctly).
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10-03-2001, 01:25 PM
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10-03-2001, 02:21 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Columbus, OH | | | Yes, the guy from the Toadies plays a Ric. I saw them live recently.
Don't forget Roger Glover with Deep Purple. Probably the most obvious song is "Space Trucking". And don't let the Fender headstock on the album cover fool you. He played a Ric.
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