Fingerstyle Ric?

[prd004]

Any Ric guys out there play primarily fingerstyle??????? I'm aware of some great pic/Ric tones but can't think of any fingerstyle off the top of my head.

I've decided to get a new bass this year and a Ric has always been on my gas list. In fact of the four or five atop my gas list the Ric is one I could most afford.

I'm primarily a finger player though so how many fellow T'bassers out there have any input to share?

Thanks in advance

 

[Stealth]

Geddy Lee in Rush's early days (from Fly by Night to Moving Pictures) favored them. Personally, I always dug his tone.

 

[msb]

I do .

Works fine , sounds great . My right hand floats , I don't anchor it anywhere so I use the area from the bridge to well over the fingerboard depending on the tone I want . I'm more likely to use a pick on a Pbass than a Ric .

 

[incubus2432]

I've been playing Rics sans pick since about 1988. Works for me.

 

[steddy2112]

I play without a pick

Works a ton better fingerstyle without the pickup cover

 

[Jeff Scott]

Primarily fingerstyle over here with my Ricks.

 

[bigchiefbc]

Geddy Lee in Rush's early days (from Fly by Night to Moving Pictures) favored them. Personally, I always dug his tone.

Indeed, first one I thought of was Geddy. Cliff Burton played Rics a lot, as well.

 

[cassius987]

Here's me playing a Ric fingerstyle. It's 99% of what I do with them. For "Schism" I am "picking" with my fingernail though.

2010 Rickenbacker 4003 Demo - YouTube

 

[ric4682]

I play mine fingerstyle most of the time and I get a nice punchy, full sound. Rics can do a lot more than people give them credit for.
IT'S IN THE PLAYER, NOT THE BASS.

 

[prd004]

Thanks for the input. I knew Geddy Lee played a Ric fingerstyle back in the day, but I also heard him say that he grew out his fingernails to get more of a pick sound.

Keep it coming.............,,,.,...,...!

 

[Moe Monsarrat]

Yeah I agree w/ric4682. I had one for a long time & never used a pick. In fact I never use picks. My calluses on my plucking fingers are so hard they sound like a pick anyway in the studio. I end up using my thumb or sticking foam under the strings to deaden it.

 

[BAMonBASS]

I use my fingers mostly with my Ric and a pick when its called for.

 

[johnk_10]

i never use a pick on my rics and IMO, they sound great. i run TI flats on one of them and stainless rounds on the other.

 

[artdrtr]

"If you have a Ric, you must not use a pick"

Have never used a pick with my Ric. Took the PU cover off and installed the treble bezel to cover the hole. Thumb floats or rests against the front edge of the PU plate. Heaven!

 

[Baird6869]

I rarely used a pick with my RIC.

P.S. Rick James used to slap the hell out of his RIC!

 

[thisSNsucks]

I like the sound of my rickenbacker played fingerstyle more than with a pick.

The pick is cool when you're going for something bright, aggressive and overdriven though!

 

[mam1862]

Finger style all the way. I like the sound of the pick, I just don't like to play that way.

 

[BAMonBASS]

I use my fingers mostly with my Ric and a pick when its called for.

I say when its called for due to my own deficiencies. Meaning my fingers are slow at times.

 

[tomshad]

Noone has mentioned Paul McCartney during Wings era played a Rick sans pick I think ".... silly lovesongs"

 

[tomshad]

I have a Rick 4000 with one pickup... Fingerstyle... Very woofy