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02-28-2011, 05:22 PM
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Owner, Rocket Music | | Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Blacksburg, VA | | | RickenBarden?
Pretty cool! Any Ric players out there? Would a set of Joe Barden replacement pickups interest you? If so, you might want to let me or Barden know that. They've made some prototypes that a few guys have tried and loved, but they're trying to guage if there is sufficient market to make these an official offering... 
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03-01-2011, 08:40 AM
|  | Registered User | | | | | I got 2010 ric...The bass is awesome stock... to me it sounds great.. but it is not for every gig. I mainly use it in my 1980's tribute band.. it looks sounds perfect for that gig.
But when I do a theater gig, or a blues/jazz gig, or a gig with alot of EWF or Tower of Power, it is usually my Warmoth P-Bass or my '72 jazz.. I sure would love to have some Joe Barden pups in either one of those basses! |
03-01-2011, 09:04 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Christiansburg, VA | | | Hey Greg, isn't there a video floating around of Cam playing his P-bass that's loaded with Bardens?
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03-01-2011, 09:09 AM
|  | Drunk on power... and beer | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Co. Kerry, Ireland. | | | Dang! If I'd have known about these but 2 weeks ago, I have a Ricky knockoff that had pickup issues, but I've gone and done something drastic to fix it instead, got a Dimarzio Model One.
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03-01-2011, 01:03 PM
| | Giver of GAS
Owner, Rocket Music | | Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Blacksburg, VA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Darkstrike  Dang! If I'd have known about these but 2 weeks ago, I have a Ricky knockoff that had pickup issues, but I've gone and done something drastic to fix it instead, got a Dimarzio Model One. | Bummer, Bill!!
How's the Dimarzio? |
03-01-2011, 05:05 PM
| | Drunk on power... and beer | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Co. Kerry, Ireland. | | Quote:
Originally Posted by RocketMusic Bummer, Bill!!
How's the Dimarzio? | The Dimarzio is pretty sweet, pure vintage sound though, big, thick, powerful and loud. Wouldn't want to solo it and bend notes on the high frets, as if the strings get too past the polepieces the sound cuts drastically(that's of course where the Barden's have a huge advantage), but then, soloing a neck pickup that's almost touching the neck and going for the high stuff isn't something I imagine doing often! 
I bet the RickenBarden's are utterly kickass, though.
The only issue would be, as far as I can see, is Rickenbacker fans can get pretty dang agressive in their anti-aftermarket parts agenda, quite like Ernie Ball fans.
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03-01-2011, 05:15 PM
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Owner, Rocket Music | | Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Blacksburg, VA | | |
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03-01-2011, 05:22 PM
| | Drunk on power... and beer | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Co. Kerry, Ireland. | | | Exactly!
I don't know if it'd be much of an issue though, as both Duncan & Bartolini make replacement pickups for Rickys, and I can't imagine them keeping a model of pickup running if there wasn't a good enough market for them.
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03-29-2011, 08:16 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Long Island | | Sooo...I was wondering if anybody was talking about this.
I purchased a set of these and they arrived last week Joe Barden Engineering Introduces Ric 4001/4003 Bass Pickups - Premier Guitar Joe Barden Engineering (Manassas, Virginia)
I haven't installed them yet....and I admit I have a fear of doing it...but as much as I love my Ric 4003, I hate the noise and living through my EH Hum Debugger %100 of the time...which I have to give a lot of credit to by the way, its a fine tool in itself imho.
The thing is, while I get the Ric purist thing and even one of my favorite musicians...Al Cisneros...has said anytime you mod a Ric you seem to lose the vibe. I did stop playing bass for awhile and was a Telecaster freak for a couple of years and I loved the Bardens in many of my formerly owned Telecasters. I have a lot of faith in this company...and my dealings with them have been great and their commitment and enthusiasm for these Ric pickups has been outstanding.
I expect to drop my Ric off at my tech for the change and a setup in the next few weeks. Its also good to know this is easily reversible with absolutely no problem or downside if I want to return to stock.
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03-30-2011, 09:21 AM
| | Giver of GAS
Owner, Rocket Music | | Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Blacksburg, VA | | | ^^ Cool, man! I look forward to hearing your thoughts! Please share some photos once the Bardens are in, too, if you can. |
06-01-2011, 06:32 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Christiansburg, VA | | | Hey V4, you got any updates for us?
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