Is a Rick worth the money?

[cassius987]

Chris Squire is the bassist of Yes, the Syn, etc. Very talented singer also.

 

[Eric Albany]

Chris Squire is the bassist of Yes, the Syn, etc. Very talented singer also.

Wish I knew what kind of basses and guitars he played.

 

[jmattbassplaya]

Wish I knew what kind of basses and guitars he played.

A Ric......

 

[Eric Albany]

A Ric......

I know that he has a Ric, but I don't know if he has any other basses and what guitars he has.

 

[audiomitch]

Buy the CS for $2k immediately! Jeez... I wish I found a deal like that!

 

[Eric Albany]

Buy the CS for $2k immediately! Jeez... I wish I found a deal like that!

I don't have $2k.

 

[kcole4001]

It was schwartzbass who saw the CS for sale.

If anyone wonders what a CS can sound like on a recording, listen to Tool's Undertow album.
Paul D'Amour played a 4001CS.

 

[Dustin Teel]

Rickenbaker is only good if you are in a Motorhead cover band

 

[kcole4001]

I guess Tool is a Motorhead cover band then?

 

[the byronic man]

Rickenbaker is only good if you are in a Motorhead cover band

you are entitled to your opinion but the number of bands who use/have used them across various genres is a testament to the different sounds one can get with a Rick. Motorhead is not The Beatles, who weren't Yes, who isn't Metallica, who isn't Rick James, who wasn't Genesis, who weren't Rush, etc.

 

[kcole4001]

...or The Jam, Deep Purple, The Smithereens, ...you get the idea...

 

[superdick2112]

Rickenbaker is only good if you are in a Motorhead cover band

Rickenbaker, eh? Is that a Chinese import?
Good thing I play real-deal Rickenbackers. They work great for rock, jazz, country, metal, pop - the list goes on. Oh, and they can handle Motorhead covers too.

 

[Eric Albany]

Everyone can now vote on the poll.

 

[cassius987]

Finally!

/sarcasm

 

[Eric Albany]

Don't vote if youv'e never played a Ric.

 

[audiomitch]

These threads are hilarious. The premise is that a Ric is some insanely expensive bass, when in the real world they're pretty much in the middle of the pack. Try pricing a Fender Custom Shop, Sadowsky, Ken Smith, etc etc etc.

 

[Eric Albany]

I know where Rics stand in the pack. I've seen basses that cost from 6 figures up to 8 figures. Some basses cost more than they should.

 

[GreaserMatt]

Hey Eric. Don't worry, you're not trolling, and I wanna say props on taking some of the advice and critisms you've heard to heart.... this is the way it should be done.

The cool thing about Ric is that they don't compromise.... there is no "Squier" or "Epiphone" Ric, there is only the big momma itself. That being said, for me personally, I love the look and the tone from Ric's, but its not quite versatile enough for me to throw down the hard cash on. They can get the classic trebly grindy Ric tone for sure, or you can go neck pup and drop the tone to get deep low Beatle's sounding Ric tone. But outside of that, you're stuck in (in my opinion) a narrow EQ range, only 4 strings. I like the flexibility of a wide-range 3-band EQ pre-amps, mixed with blendable humbuckers, to get all sorts of sweet tones.

Also, I like very durable basses that can take a few knocks, and the reason I haven't reached above the $1000+ range of basses is because even though I TRY to take good care of them, they fall down from time to time, travel in various vehicles with band equipment, get sweat/beer/liquor dripped all over them, etc.

If I were to buy a Ric, it would be a very heavily used Ric that is structurally in great condition. IE, it has to have enough bumps and scratches in it to A. get the price down sub-$1000 and B. not be so pristine that I feel like a piece of s*** every time I give it a knock or two.

But ++++ on trying to play one.... admittably they're strangely hard to find, in Pittsburgh I've only found 2 music stores that carry them, and the one only keeps 1 in stock. They play and sound good to me, but I've never been able to give it a true test, being cranked through my own rig. Buying a new Ric is like buying a new car... its gonna depreciate in value immediately after it leaves the showroom. Buying a used Ric is a better value (especially in your situation), and theres a very good chance that any used Ric you find will be in great to good condition. I'm waiting for that "fair" condition Ric to hit the classifieds, so I can snag it up.

Thank you for posting this!

 

[Ric5]

I like Ricks a lot ... but I think they are over-rated and over-priced.

 

[Ric5]

Rickenbaker is only good if you are in a Motorhead cover band

Actually for that kind of music almost any bass would do.