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09-23-2008, 01:53 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Cambridge, Ontario | | | Brian Ritchie
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Anyone heard of, or remember this man?
If you don't, he is the bassist and co-founder of the band Violent Femmes.
I was listening to some Femmes today, and I noticed the sound of his bass. To me they sound like acoustic strings, anyone know for sure, and if so, are there any setbacks from stringing an electric with acoustics?
Anyhow, I thought I would just share.
He is a great bassist IMO, and I thought I'd give some recognition. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSnLdYBdeHg here is a good example of him in action.
Ravyn
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09-23-2008, 01:59 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: CT | | | He was in an issue of BP a few years back. Really cool interview, and a nice EB Earthwood bass! |
09-23-2008, 02:34 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: League City, Tx | | | FYI, He posts here occationally.
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09-23-2008, 04:02 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: PDX | | | Interesting you should bring up Brian Ritchie. I just listened to my girlfriends copy of Hallowed Ground the other day. I was always under the impression that the stuff after the VF's first album wasn't very good. I was wrong! Great album, with some really interesting bass playing. |
09-23-2008, 04:07 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Minnesota | | | He's pretty damn talented. Definitely one of those bassists whose band wouldn't be the same at all without them.
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09-23-2008, 04:30 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Parker, CO | | We play blister in the sun. I learned it from this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ra8VTlXVqUQ
If that's him I'm pretty sure how he gets the acoustic sound on that song.  |
09-23-2008, 04:34 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Coeur d'Alene | | | They are definately acoustic strings, because he's know to play an acoustic bass most of the time. A saw them a while back, and he had this enormous black acoustic with an awesome sound. I wish I knew what brand it was.
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09-24-2008, 01:05 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Cambridge, Ontario | | Quote:
Originally Posted by fuzz_factor  Interesting you should bring up Brian Ritchie. I just listened to my girlfriends copy of Hallowed Ground the other day. I was always under the impression that the stuff after the VF's first album wasn't very good. I was wrong! Great album, with some really interesting bass playing. | The playing is indeed interesting! Most of the songs wouldn't have much justice without it. |
09-24-2008, 02:42 PM
|  | Johnny and Joe | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Chicago | | Quote:
Originally Posted by fuzz_factor Interesting you should bring up Brian Ritchie. I just listened to my girlfriends copy of Hallowed Ground the other day. I was always under the impression that the stuff after the VF's first album wasn't very good. I was wrong! Great album, with some really interesting bass playing. | Oh, definitely. The second album is really strong, IMO--I need to find a copy on CD. "Never Tell", in particular, features great work by Ritchie.
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11-27-2008, 11:51 AM
|  | four noisy strings | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Lakeland, FL 33810 | | | He's a very talented multi-instrumentalist as well. I love his aggressive style and sound, and he's a KILLER pick player. What other albums do you guys like besides the first two? |
11-27-2008, 11:56 AM
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Originally Posted by RavynWolf To me they sound like acoustic strings, anyone know for sure, and if so, are there any setbacks from stringing an electric with acoustics? | They won't work, you'll get almost no signal, as pickups work by magnets, and bronze is not magnetic, though the core of the string will be picked up, mabye, it'll sound weak and terrible no matter what.
He uses Acoustic Bass Guitars.
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11-28-2008, 10:49 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Towson, MD/Seattle, WA | | | Love Brian's playing, and that old issue of BP with him as the cover feature is more than worth tracking down. I too always assumed any Femmes beyond the self-titled weren't so good, so I'll hunt down Hallowed Ground. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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