Active Rickenbacker?

[frozilla]

Does such a beast exist? If so, how does it affect that Rick growl?

 

[Thorsoundcore]

^i second this...

 

[frozilla]

I'm glad I'm not the only one. I'm really curious how a preamp would affect it's infamous growl.

 

[David Jayne]

It would probably ruin it.

 

[tomersg]

there is no such a thing exists, except some individually modded ricks.

there was the model 3001 which had knobs for volume, for bass boost and one for treble boost. but without battery, so i don't think that its considered as "active"

 

[frozilla]

there is no such a thing exists, except some individually modded ricks.

there was the model 3001 which had knobs for volume, for bass boost and one for treble boost. but without battery, so i don't think that its considered as "active"

Yeah I think that's what I'm trying to say. Is there anybody floating around on TB with one of those?

 

[Dave Bassincus]

Plug a Rick into an outboard preamp (Sadowsky, Aguilar, etc.), and there's your answer.

 

[Ric5]

I have 3 active Rickenbackers basses ...

http://www.3dentourage.com/425/93-4004L-5-2.htm

http://www.3dentourage.com/425/striped.htm

And a 1986 2030 ...

Now the question it do they still have the "Rickenbacker Growl" ... if you use Rickenbacker pickups then it will have a Rickenbacker growl. The sterile sound many active basses have is from the low impedance series humbucker pickups and a 2 band preamp. A bass like that will not have much if any growl. Rickenbacker pickups are either single coil or series humbuckers that gives the Rick its growl. Then if you use a 3 or 4 band preamp you will have growl.

 

[frozilla]

Thanks Ric5!

 

[Stickk]

 

[Ric5]

Rickenbacker never has and may never make an active bass in the factory ... if you want an active rickenbacker it is an after market job.

 

[Ric5]