1968 Ric in action in 1978

[edencab]

Them chicks was down for you guys. Great pictures.

well that guitar player anyway
big wide shot of stage w/ audience...... all the ladies staring at the guitar player ......damn it!

 

[Ric5]

Cannot believe it, my old buddy Tony dug up these pics of me (we were a power trio in L.A.) playing my beloved eggplant-glo Ric 4001 at some whacky gig somewhere.

That Ric was SUPERB! Got ripped off by a famous person I'll not name...no proof...but I know the scumbag did it. :-(

Jeeeeezzzz

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It looks like that Ric was a repaint painted over the binding, and it looks like a p-bass pickup was added, and it looks like a very late 68 to me like November or December.

 

[FranF]

Bass is from '72-73, not 60s. Short headstock, second generation wavy Grover tuners.

 

[Ric5]

Bass is from '72-73, not 60s. Short headstock, second generation wavy Grover tuners.

I was wondering about the tuners as well and there is no horseshoe pickup ... the horseshoe pickup was discontinued about October 1968 ...

 

[TripleDouble]

Curse you Ron Carter.

 

[staurosjohn]

?

 

[higain617]

L. Ron Hubbard?

 

[staurosjohn]

L. Ron Hubbard?

 

[ebonalley]

Ron McGovney

 

[kobass]

well that guitar player anyway
big wide shot of stage w/ audience...... all the ladies staring at the guitar player ......damn it!

Ain't that always the way it goes...

 

[GesusBass]

I stole your bass like a rainbow in the dark

 

[higain617]

Ron Burgundy?

 

[electracoyote]

Chicks in the front row, hip huggers, and PUBES!

The 70's were the best.

 

[Ulf Buck]

Ron Jeremy

 

[BioWeapon]

Yeah, great times. The Ric had the standard Ric pups, no mods at all. And the heavy rock scene was going strong all over in L.A. despite the Punk scene.
Hearing is fine, btw! As to my personal amps, I was playing thru two Galion-Krueger folded horn bottoms (big, heavy and LOUD) powered by Crown 500w amps and with a Furman Parametric Equalizer. Great set-up and still cry about not having it today. The folded horn bottoms are considered passe nowadays. But I'll tell you they were VERY faithful in tone delivery and the sound itself just exploded out at about 20 feet and then went clear across town it seemed. Damn! I loved them.

That's because of how efficient a horn is! A well designed horn can have sensitivity above 110db/wm, whereas average bass cabs average below 100db/wm - it's a big difference.

 

[Ric5]

 

[TripleDouble]

View attachment 825785 I stole your bass like a rainbow in the dark

In one word, describe how you feel now that I stole your bass. What's that? Yes, lonely. Lonely is the word.

 

[kentiki]

The guitarist was a great guy named Larry Herrera. Gawd he could wail, both vocally and on his Strat. Never knew a better whammy bar user either---just magic. The drummer (that you cannot see) was Mark Herreras. Both from Sylmar while I was living out in Simi Valley. Band called Blazze.

OP, I lived in the SFV then. Do you know where those pictures were taken?

 

[jacolyte]

Cannot believe it, my old buddy Tony dug up these pics of me (we were a power trio in L.A.) playing my beloved eggplant-glo Ric 4001 at some whacky gig somewhere.

That Ric was SUPERB! Got ripped off by a famous person I'll not name...no proof...but I know the scumbag did it. :-(

Jeeeeezzzz

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hope the guitarist bought a shirt with the money from the gig.

 

[Slinger]

Ron Johnson? Da Doo Ron Ron?