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03-05-2012, 10:11 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: St. Louis, MO | | | Find me this bass...
It sounds like a Ric, has the comfort of a Fender Jazz and the smooth playability of a Music Man.
What is it?
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03-05-2012, 10:49 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Humboldt County | | | It's a Ric, they have all three requirements: tone, comfort and playability. |
03-05-2012, 11:02 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Spartanburg, SC | | | Doesn't really sound too much like a Rick but I'd say a Gibson Ripper would cover all three of those bases fairly well. |
03-06-2012, 04:00 AM
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03-06-2012, 04:18 AM
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Originally Posted by tsverrir  | Have you (or anyone else here) tried one of those? Looks cool, but I'm skeptical of the build quality at that price... |
03-06-2012, 04:24 AM
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03-06-2012, 04:27 AM
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03-07-2012, 12:17 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Kópavogur, Iceland | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Knettgummi Have you (or anyone else here) tried one of those? Looks cool, but I'm skeptical of the build quality at that price... | Don't know anyone that has tried it. it's fairly new, but looks interesting. And yeah, the price raises some concerns, but if the body is properly built, one can switch out the electronics for this price. |
03-07-2012, 12:20 PM
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Originally Posted by tsverrir | Cool bass, but .....
That won't SOUND like a Rickenbacker OR a Jazz Bass. I'm sure it's a fine bass, but the Rick-ish shape is cosmetic, and the pickup configuration won;t allow it to sound like either. It will sound like....well, a Retrovibe Vantage Bass ! Of course you could mod it somewhat, but even then it will be missing some of the key elements to Rickenbacker tone.
For Rick tone you need .... maple body ... thick RW fretboard...rick pickups ...multiple truss rods... etc .... 
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Originally Posted by kingbiscuitpant Dude, you are cooler than 2 Fonzis tied together with a snake. | |
03-07-2012, 12:40 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: The Dirty Dirty South | | This one in the middle. I bought it, plays great. Boggles bassists at every gig.   |
03-07-2012, 12:45 PM
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03-07-2012, 01:29 PM
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Originally Posted by themacinator This one in the middle. I bought it, plays great. Boggles bassists at every gig. | Hahaha... That thing's amazing!!!!!!!! Great find!
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03-10-2012, 03:05 PM
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Originally Posted by themacinator I bought it, plays great. Boggles bassists at every gig. | Ha. Now you're just fuggin wid me. 
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03-10-2012, 03:59 PM
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Originally Posted by themacinator This one in the middle. I bought it, plays great. Boggles bassists at every gig. | That right there is a stroke of genius. If someone started making that as a custom build, I bet there'd be bassists lined up for it.
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03-10-2012, 04:05 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: The Dirty Dirty South | | | So the RickenFender or FenderBacker started it's life as a 60th Anniversary MIM P-bass. All the electronics came from Pick of the Rick's. All 4003 parts including the toggle and the push/pull pot. Routing and build completed with a Babicz bridge. So I have the sound and versatility of a Rick with the ergonomics of a Precision. And like I have said, bassist's in the crowd ALL look at with boggled minds. |
03-10-2012, 04:16 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Below Ground, Detroit area | | | That Precision's got my attention.
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03-10-2012, 04:20 PM
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03-10-2012, 04:46 PM
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Originally Posted by hifibass | How does that "sound like a Ric and has the comfort of a Jazz" ?
More likely it "feels like a Ric and sounds like a Jazz". 
Cool bass though ...I like it.
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Originally Posted by kingbiscuitpant Dude, you are cooler than 2 Fonzis tied together with a snake. | |
03-10-2012, 06:12 PM
|  | Mediocre User | | Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Manchester, Connecticut | | | Okay...okay...stop this before...before I spend lots of money making a Fenderbacker...
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03-10-2012, 06:18 PM
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Originally Posted by themacinator | ONE DAY I'm getting Fender to make me one of those but with a neck-through Ricklike design... 
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