4003AC. OK.

[br1qbat]

What a sales pitch! I've been looking for a bass that can do that BRRRRRRRRRROOOOOWWWWRRRRR MMMMMMNNNNNNNNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGH CLYNK CLUNK CLUNK ZZZZZZZZZZRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAOOOOOOOOOOWWWW MMMMMMRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHGGGGGG VVVVVVVVVVVVVUUUUUUUUUUUUURRRRRRRRRRRLLLLLLLLLMMMMMMMMMMMM GGGGGGGGGGPPPPPPPPPOOBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBLLLLLLTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT tone for years!

I know, right? Sounds bloody marvelous! Beats the heck out of that squirty Jaco tone.

Yes I am being serious. Yes, I know you were being snarky. I'll get off your lawn now.

 

[bassboysam]

I’m 58 and try to keep my ears open, it’s hard to veer my taste much from what I heard as a teenager. Today’s Doom fans may find themselves bemoaning whatever crap the kids are listening to in 2030, the inevitable Old Fart Effect. Still, why a Ric? I’m not hearing anything particularly Ric-like in that tone. With that amount of dirt, it could be virtually anything, I highly doubt a blind listening would be able to discern what bass was being played under that blanket of distortion. Or maybe I’m just an Old Fart chasing these crazy kids off my lawn.

it's mostly for the look. Really anyone that adds fuzz, does it really matter what bass you play? I guess there is a magical combination of bass, pickups and fuzz that people find and stick to, but you're never going to know what instrument someone is playing. throw in some drums and guitar and you have 0 chance of picking it out.

 

[br1qbat]

The amount of fuzz in that video from Chicago music exchange is not exactly Al's tone. He doesn't even have a fuzz on his board. An overdrive into overdriven SVTs [and an orange guitar head] yes, but not fuzz.

 

[bassboysam]

The amount of fuzz in that video from Chicago music exchange is not exactly Al's tone. He doesn't even have a fuzz on his board. An overdrive into overdriven SVTs [and an orange guitar head] yes, but not fuzz.

haha true. sounded more like the dopesmoker guitar tone than anything Al.
still no way to tell what kind of bass he is playing just by listening.

 

[non]

"the new bridge, intonatable."
welcome to the 21 century rickenbacker!

 

[Gilmourisgod]

Ok, OD through an overdriven amp = Dirt. The signal to noise ratio effectively erases any tone particular to a Ric. I get it, Ric has to court a new generation of bass players, and some will buy this bass for the look and association with the artist. Having $4k of disposable income limits that pool considerably, I suspect most will be snatched for collector resale value. People sure as hell snapped up the Squire sig basses back in the day!

 

[Gianni "Orlandez" Orlati]

I’ll gladly pass ... first time I see a bass which can’t be played unless removing its parts (for not to say about the green inlays ... OMG) ...

PS

I like Rics a lot but in this case the result is questionable

 

[Gilmourisgod]

The pup covers are no big deal, literally 5 mins each with a screwdriver to remove, with zero effect on tone....But that would spoil the look, which seems to be the primary appeal here.

 

[higain617]

I don’t really like the green inlays or the knobs. But aren’t those vintage style Ric knobs? I want to say from a semi-hollow guitar.

 

[Maynjo]

Man that is ugly.

 

[br1qbat]

Yeah, gotta agree that $3500 is a lot of money, and I wonder how easily they'll sell the 420 of 'em.

I love Al's playing, but I'm not a RIC fan. Even If I was, for $3500 I'd rather buy 2 4003s's!

 

[Skillet]

in action...

 

[higain617]

If I could justify it, I’d be down for one if they offered black or white inlays. Knobs are easy enough to change.

 

[pbass2]

One more covered pickup and you could avoid wrong notes, as....you wouldn't be able to actually touch the strings with your plucking hand. They're almost there.

Yeah, there's a lot of tonal real estate lurking under those things! I would definitely take at least one of them off, but it's actually kinda cool that you could choose which one to have a cover on. Actually, who am I kidding, the first thing I'd do is take them both off.

 

[mikeswals]

I’ll gladly pass ... first time I see a bass which can’t be played unless removing its parts (for not to say about the green inlays ... OMG) ...

Nearly all vintage Jazz Bass players have to take the covers off too.

 

[BurtMacklinFBI]

Interesting setup, especially from such a change-averse company as Rickenbacker. The walnut body wings look GORGEOUS. I'm not so sure about it packing two treble pickups though, not really my thing. Using a really trebly/high middy bass for doom metal always struck me as kind of peculiar, though Al's not the only one to do it.

 

[TolerancEJ]

What's the point of this thread? To criticize a bass you have never played, for an artist you've never heard of?

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.

TalkBass used to have a "There are no ugly basses" rule which seems to have been relaxed greatly. This thread should have been shut down on the first page.

 

[byoung93888]

TalkBass used to have a "There are no ugly basses" rule which seems to have been relaxed greatly. This thread should have been shut down on the first page.

If that were enforced everything with Tort would have to be thrown out.

 

[bassboysam]

Interesting setup, especially from such a change-averse company as Rickenbacker. The walnut body wings look GORGEOUS. I'm not so sure about it packing two treble pickups though, not really my thing. Using a really trebly/high middy bass for doom metal always struck me as kind of peculiar, though Al's not the only one to do it.

it's not any more trebly than any other passive bass i have tried. to my ears my Rics sound closer to my Ps than Js.

 

[Jeff Scott]

TalkBass used to have a "There are no ugly basses" rule...

I have noticed many times that it doesn't seem to apply threads about Rickenbacker, for some reason.