You clicked here because you know exactly what this is! It’s the Jim Mouradian bass designed for Chris Squire, the one featured in the “Owner of a Lonely Heart” music video and used live until Squire’s passing in 2015. This bass is #12 of the 25-piece run. A lot of skill went into making these...
No one saw this coming, and it was certainly polarizing for a number of camps(as was Drama, which preceded it), but considering the times, and the potent impact of MTV and technology in that moment and how other acts of a certain age were adapting, in the end it was not that surprising. It’s not...
Just unboxed this during our move to a new house. Anyone else still have a copy of this VHS?? My dad (a huge Yes fan) bought me this not long after I got my first bass in 1999. Chris Squire is definitely one of my bass heroes, and the way he talked about his playing has left a lasting impact on...
I'm going to presume most folk on here know of the two two different versions of the V63. RIC didn't even get it right with the first run, but with the second run, they fattened the neck out and shortened the headstock and cresting wave. I never found out why RIC did this, nor why they applied...
The latest my prog-related collection quest a converted Rickenbacker 4001S/8 Prototype replica restomodded by the fantastic Chris Capozza of Famous Guitar Replicas from a late 80s 4003!
Received from CME is this DOPE 8 String Tobias that was allegedly the top half of a custom doubleneck. If ANYONE here has previously owned it, knows more of the story, has pics in its original state, PLEASE share them! I reached out to Mike, he thinks MAYBE it was one he built in the late 70s...
I've seen lots of people talking about him using his thumb and the pick to do a sort of artificial harmonic sound but in pretty much every song he plays on he does not use this, (he uses it to accentuate a few notes on The Remembering.) In the Live at QPR footage he has his pinky on the bridge...
how on earth does chris squire get that sound on ritual, from tales from topographical oceans? It sounds like a fuzz, but it almost sounds it was recorded with the mic facing away from the amp. Anyone have ideas?
My humble submission of Yes, "Hold On", presented to the TB brethren and sistern. I don't think Chris Squire played a lot of 5 string basses, but I'm definitely hearing a few select notes below a low 'E', so the tab/notation is written for a 5 string.
Our band is covering this, and in trying...
Big fan of Geddy Lee and Chris Squire here. Their punchy, mid-heavy, badass tone has got me wondering if I can get something sounding like a Ric without a Ric - the price tag seems much too high. If any of you have got amp settings or technique tips to get a good tone, please put them down...
he got his bass refinished in 1970, but through all of these years it almost seems like the finish is still exactly the same. little to no wear, no discoloration, no checking… what did they use to refinish it with? poly? conversion varnish? i know for sure it’s not nitrocellulose.
it’s pretty...
why do i currently find myself chasing the tone of geddy lee and chris squire and the like?!?!
when i first started playing bass on a crusty old white precision about a year and a half ago, chris squire and geddy lee were my main inspiration. somehow, even on those cruddy 20 year old...
This a a 2001 4001 V63 that has been custom painted and modified to be like Chris Squires RM 1999. Started off as a mapleglo and was actually for the Japanese market, the original Japanese paperwork is with the instrument. My friend at Famous Guitar Replicas custom painted the bass in an exact...
This a a 2001 4001 V63 that has been custom painted and modified to be like Chris Squires RM 1999. Started off as a mapleglo and was actually for the Japanese market, the original Japanese paperwork is with the instrument. My friend at Famous Guitar Replicas custom painted the bass in an exact...
Dear friends,
I teach musicology at a university and I will soon be starting a new course:
The evolution of the bass guitar's "language" during the seventy years of its existence.
Topics discussed: the conception and development of the instrument; the evolution of the techniques (fingers...
I posted this on other forum but i think it should be posted here, chris squire bass tone on close to the edge it's one of the best i ever heard in my life! Do you know what gear he used back then? THere's some threads about it but it don't focus that much on the close to the edge period...
Hello folks,
Newbie to the Talkbass forum here, I've been reading a lot of very good posts and gain tons of info and hope you all can assist me with your experience since I am a guitarist bitten by the Chris Squire sound bug.
I've read that Chris used a mid 60s Marshall JTM for years and was...
Hi everyone
I recently created a Chris Squire fan club on Reddit, wondering if anyone on here is active on Reddit who may want to join?
Just search r/ChrisSquireFanClub on Reddit
Thanks
I searched but didn't find any threads pertaining to this. I was actually looking at Paul Boyer's Rickenbacker book on Amazon and saw this.
"2018 collection, a heartfelt and masterful musical salute to the longtime bassist of prog rock legends Yes, Chris Squire! Produced by Squire's friend and...
First off, if you're allergic to anything in the realm of avant-garde, experimental jazz like Coltrane, Coleman, or what Miles Davis was doing from '69-'72, don't bother with this. It is also not necessarily Squire's most compelling riffing, but it's interesting to hear him stretching out in an...
Just gotta post this here, I love Rick's videos where he breaks down classic songs using the studio tracks. Chris Squire's bass tone is amazing, of course, but this whole lineup of Yes was killer!
I am planning to have my 4001v63 refinished as its current jetglo finish keeps being sticky and attracting a lot of dirt. In fact it is so sticky I don't play it anymore (there's also a 4003JG here, but the v63 sounds much better/stronger/deeper/growlier)
Does anyone here know the exact color...
This is a Chris Squire Rickenbacker 4001CS Limited Edition Bass. It’s number 756 of 1000 produced and was built in September, 1998. The bass has been in my private collection since new and the certificate of authenticity bears the signature/autograph of the late Chris Squire.
The bass is in...
This is a Chris Squire Rickenbacker 4001CS Limited Edition Bass. It’s number 756 of 1000 produced and was built in September, 1998. The bass has been in my private collection since new and the certificate of authenticity bears the signature/autograph of the late Chris Squire.
The bass is in...
I've found a number of isolated Chris Squire bass tracks on Youtube. You can also hear Bill Bruford's parts on these, but that isn't a bad thing really! A rhythm section working together, unconventionally.
Close To The Edge:
Siberian Khatru:
South Side of the Sky:
Apparently he used...
I've always been intrigued by the Squire/Wakeman interplay on this song - finally got round to figuring both parts out. One of Squire's simplest bass parts, in one of his finest songs...
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The list is done for me folks - I've had a LOT of Rics and this one is the king!
Amazing neck, high output Toaster, long headstock, just-right neck width + the vermillion fingerboard and wings kill me it sounds perfect.
I told my gal if I ever tried to sell it she has to leave me and / or...