Auditioning, Rehearsing and Gigging with RIC 4003

See, that right there is the problem with bands.

 

**** I'm thrilled when folks notice my sound enough to be disappointed when I change it. Sounds like your on the right track

 

tell them the Ric is in the shop

 

Bring one Ric and one Fender to each rehearsal and each show ...

 

Or just tell them you need to switch the basses out every once in a while because they all need some love and attention.

 

tell them its visa expired.

 

The Ric gets left behind sometimes. Mostly because I don't feel like playing it all the time.

 

I've never gigged my '82 4003. Picked it up after I left (what is so far) my last band...

 

Hah! that used to happen to me until my '71 Ric was stolen.

It is kinda cool though, sometimes after shows some kids will ask what happened to the Ric, or hey, last time you had a fancy black bass, and now you have this effed up one that sounds better?

 

Well, they look dman cool!

 

Tell the drummer, "Where's your set of ______ drums? Don't you get tired of playing the same set?"

 

I have a Fender P which my band favors, and I had a Hohner 5-string which they didn't like. They didn't send me packing when I brought the Hohner, they just said they didn't like it.
On the reverse side, I didn't tell them to stick it, I sold the Hohner. So we tell each other what we think, we respect each other's opinions, but in the end everybody's free to play whatever they like.

 

I have had the same thing happen to me.

 

tell them to turn around and then play both....see if they can hear the difference then

 

I'm sorry, is this a complaint or just statement of fact? If I had a real Ric I probably wouldn't play anything else either.

 

Had this happen before.
When my speccy new Ray5 arrived, I was stoked and so excited! I played it at rehearsal and the guys loved it too.
Couple of weeks later, I took my Jazz back to rehearsal, just for something different.
They all said "oh great! We all love the jazz!"