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4003AC. OK.
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This is the most ridiculous thing I've read on Talkbass. And I remember the pedal box guy, as well as the oatmeal for breakfast guy.
Seriously?
This is real music.
If it isn't, I'd like to see what you consider real.
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TIL who Al Cisneros is. I’ll check out some Sleep music later this morning.
Lol, missed this gem the first time.
Spoken like a boomer. Google 'wilful ignorance' while you are at it.
The only good music is stuff I've already heard. Stellar logic!
I've also never heard of Al Cisneros (but that itself doesn't mean anything), and the green inlays are sacrilege IHMO.
Wouldn't it be nice if Rickenbacker adapted some of the specific features of this bass into their standard product line! For example - dump the dual-truss rod system for a single one (which would also allow them to shed a little of the neck mass/thickness), dump the out-dated bridge for the new design that allows for individual string adjustments and easier intonating. Perhaps this signature model is a field test for these changes?
I think anybody whose intonated a Ric more than once would appreciate a better bridge design, the AC version looks pretty good, old school look but easily adjustable. The mute still makes it hard to palm behind the bridge pup, but on the AC that’s impossible for pretty much the whole “sweet spot” of strings between the neck and bridge. I imagine most AC buyers will take the covers off immediately unless they only play like AC. Given that heavily distorted tone, I’m not sure what the purpose of three pups is anyway, you can get it from almost bass with a dirt pedal.
Ditto on the double rods, the loss of strength at the TRC pocket isn’t worth the dubious advantage of differing relief on both sides of the neck, otherwise known as “twist”, and avoided like the plague on most basses. I can see it being useful on a 6 string, but very few other manufactures use double rods on a 4 string, maybe Alembic? Can’t think of any others. I do like that the Ric rods can be easily replaced, Hope they retain that.
Ditto on the double rods, the loss of strength at the TRC pocket isn’t worth the dubious advantage of differing relief on both sides of the neck, otherwise known as “twist”, and avoided like the plague on most basses. I can see it being useful on a 6 string, but very few other manufactures use double rods on a 4 string, maybe Alembic? Can’t think of any others. I do like that the Ric rods can be easily replaced, Hope they retain that.
I can't imagine they'd tool up for a new truss rod and new bridge and then make only 420 of them.
I'm sure the 4003AC is fine for what it is, but it's definitely a niche market. I wish Ric would put some effort into making something useful with a broader-based appeal. I love my 4003 instruments, but I'd really love to see a 4004 fretless. They don't have any fretless instruments in their lineup now, and the 4004 is supposedly on hiatus, perhaps permanently according to some reports. I'm not a five-string player, but I'm happy they've finally made a fiver that works (the only complaints I've read were aimed at aesthetics). Now maybe put some more work on the 4004 line (make a 4004/5 and a 4004 FL) and make enough of them so players can get their hands on one. I've read a lot of comments from people saying they'd love to try one, but have never seen one in a shop.
I'm sure the 4003AC is fine for what it is, but it's definitely a niche market. I wish Ric would put some effort into making something useful with a broader-based appeal. I love my 4003 instruments, but I'd really love to see a 4004 fretless. They don't have any fretless instruments in their lineup now, and the 4004 is supposedly on hiatus, perhaps permanently according to some reports. I'm not a five-string player, but I'm happy they've finally made a fiver that works (the only complaints I've read were aimed at aesthetics). Now maybe put some more work on the 4004 line (make a 4004/5 and a 4004 FL) and make enough of them so players can get their hands on one. I've read a lot of comments from people saying they'd love to try one, but have never seen one in a shop.
My son sees more bands play out than I do. He told me 5 stringers are everywhere now (at least in my neck of the woods), I didn't know that. I had falsely assumed 5'ers were a fringe or novelty item and the fad would pass. Seems like Ric will gear their production to where the demand is.
I've not yet felt a need for a fifth string, but if I did, I'd be all over the new Ric fiver. I even don't mind the aesthetics; it's got a sort of Jetsons vibe going on, or a hint back to boomerang-patterned Formica.
And so far, in everything I've read, people are raving about the sound of the B string.
I'll be 50 soon and Sleep is one of my all time favorite bands. Al Cisneros is absolutely iconic in the Doom Metal universe, Sleep sells out 3k seat theaters, Rics are popular with Doom Metal bassists and they only need to sell 420 of them. I don't see anyway this can go wrong for Rickenbacker. The dusty tears of aged classic rockers are just Satan's bonus....
Have you seen @Aceonbass 5'er mod with his own pickguard design? Really cool!I've not yet felt a need for a fifth string, but if I did, I'd be all over the new Ric fiver. I even don't mind the aesthetics; it's got a sort of Jetsons vibe going on, or a hint back to boomerang-patterned Formica.
Oh, yes, I've seen that, and have been impressed. I just have no need for a fifth string at this point. Sometimes I'm not sure I need four!
(Remembering Tony Levin's old three-string Stingray; there was appeal to minimalism with that.) It could change someday, and I'll want the five lower notes.
Not sure if that's a typo. But he AC only has two pickups.
Which the neck pickup is now right in the P position, and yes it does sound like a P when soloed (more than my Jazz bass does with the neck pickup soloed).
Cave Puppy
"Humph Bo, he's wond!" - John Lennon
There's a LOT of that going on around TB. Not just with basses or artists. I, too, don't get the point of creating this kind of thread.
