Cliff Burton pic

[jaybones]

Maybe I wan't aware of what he played, but I recently saw a pic of him playing a Rickenbacher, believe is was a 4001. Never noticed as I wasn't playing bass or guitar back then, but I would have thought he'd have used a solid body and a more metal type bass.

Always thought of Ricks as being more for late 60's British rock and pop, not mid 80's what we used to call thrash.

 

[scourgeofgod]

Maybe I wan't aware of what he played, but I recently saw a pic of him playing a Rickenbacher, believe is was a 4001. Never noticed as I wasn't playing bass or guitar back then, but I would have thought he'd have used a solid body and a more metal type bass.

Always thought of Ricks as being more for late 60's British rock and pop, not mid 80's what we used to call thrash.

He also played an Aria Pro II SB 1000. Rickenbacker 4001 are solid bodied btw.

 

[Jazz Ad]

Deep Purple, Manowar and Motorhead aren't metal enough for you?

 

[FC Bass]

He also played an Aria Pro II SB 1000. Rickenbacker 4001 are solid bodied btw.

+ Aria Pro II SB Black n Gold one (preferred over the SB1000) and a black Alembic Spoiler

 

[5string5fingers]

Cliff also still wore bell bottoms and listened to skynyrd and classical music. He did not fit your stereotypical metalhead profile.

 

[jazz Bass 74]

With a Gibson EB-0 pickup in the neck and a Jazz pickup at the bridge, Cliff's Rickenbacker was certainly unique.

 

[5string5fingers]

never noticed that before! I've seen that picture a hundred times, dang how'd did I ever miss that..great find

 

[Snakeman1066]

Lots of hardcore Metal guys use Ric's....me included

I love the way distortion and fuzz sound with a Ric!

Ever heard of Al Cisneros? Google Sleep!

also...these guys did or do plays Ric's as well

Steve Kille of Dead Meadow
Dan Maines of Clutch
Nick Oliveri of Queens of the Stone Age & Kyuss
Scott Reeder of Kyuss
Troy Sanders of Mastodon

 

[eightyearsapril]

Deep Purple, Manowar and Motorhead aren't metal enough for you?

And 1970's Rush?

 

[scourgeofgod]

I thought he played a Spoiler too but I wasn't sure, thought I might just be confusing that with Newsted's Alembics.

 

[scourgeofgod]

And 1970's Rush?

Love Rush, but they've never been metal.

 

[Mantis Tobaggan]

I play a RIC in a metal band and it works.

 

[FC Bass]

I thought he played a Spoiler too but I wasn't sure, thought I might just be confusing that with Newsted's Alembics.

Here's the Spoiler:

 

[MatronMother]

He had that Rickenbacker before he played in Metallica in Trauma & Agents of Misfortune. So could easily be he simply liked the bass.

I have played trash metal, stoner rock, doom, sludge, black metal, punk etc... all using a Rickenbacker. For me it just feels right. I could easily play almost any other bass too.

 

[MatronMother]

 

[FC Bass]

iirc he the Rickenbacker was the first bass he owned, he got it from his parents when he started playing bass (after his brother died)

The Gibson and Jazz bass pickups were added while recording Kill 'em all, the original electronics/pickups were too noisy to record with.
Apparently there was also a guitar pickup under the bridge...

 

[BassNoobSuomi]

iirc he the Rickenbacker was the first bass he owned, he got it from his parents when he started playing bass (after his brother died)

The Gibson and Jazz bass pickups were added while recording Kill 'em all, the original electronics/pickups were too noisy to record with.
Apparently there was also a guitar pickup under the bridge...

A dimarzio strat pickup, if memory serves.

 

[Teacher]

I am in love all over again.

 

[hintz]

The Gibson and Jazz bass pickups were added while recording Kill 'em all, the original electronics/pickups were too noisy to record with.
Apparently there was also a guitar pickup under the bridge...

IIRC, not only were the pickups noisy but they also picked up radio signals, so the stock pickups were totally unusable!!

 

[Deleted member 269102]

Damn, I saw Metallica just a couple of months before Cliff died (opening for Ozzy), and I since I wasn't playing yet, I didn't pay attention to what he brought out that night. I never mentally associated him with Rics

/fail