Just got a rick, any suggestions?

[Morosini]

Really? nobody's asked for a picture yet?

Boomers rule.

OKAY BOOMER

 

[mc900ftj]

I recently bought a used 2011 4001 (not 4003, for some reason) Rickenbacker bass. I got it at norms, and I instantly fell in love with it. It recently arrived in the mail and I've been playing it to poopie. It's a great instrument, and probably already my favorite bass. Any suggestion on what pedals, amp settings, hell even mods (I know, heretical) that apply to a great rick sound? I'm going for a "Permanent Waves" tone, but I seem to lack the lower frequencies, but other than that it sounds like a million bucks.

Make with some photos of you "playing it to poopie" or it didn't happen. And photos in the store don't count. By the way, what are you playing it through? Also photos of the rig are...ummmm... de RIGueur.

 

[eriky4003]

Rotosound RS66LD 45-105
Two amps and run it in Ric-O-Sound.... It will sound like two million bucks then.

Geddy used the Ric for Jacob's Ladder and Natural Science on Permanent Waves... the rest was his 1972 Jazz Bass.

Nooooooooooo! First, Moving Pictures, now Permanent Waves! This forum is killing me with its truthes!

 

[dennis james]

Ok. Most likely a 4003, as I'm sure the store owner is too boomer to realize.

With age comes wisdom young Grasshopper.

 

[Bboopbennie]

If you ever want to sell that old lefty please let me know. I have a kidney available (who needs two?)

Here is that RICK recorded in 1977. Gosh I was 25yrs old. Not a great studio sound, but on a budget ??
Not for sale, but when I Die..... its yours !

 

[the harp unstrung]

Yep, that was the first thing I did when I played a Ric (way back when I was a young boomer ). Promptly lost it too, as does almost everyone. Put it somewhere that you can find it again!

...been right there for
46 years...

 

[red_rhino]

...been right there for
46 years...

I love it! Looks like it's affixed to be used as a handle for easy carrying!

That looks a lot like my old Ric; same color and all; except I think my neck pickup looked identical to the bridge pickup.

This whole thread is making me miss having a Ric. I didn't buy it to sound like Squire or Geddy. I bought it because I didn't like anything coming from Fender or Gibson at the time and wanted something more hi-fi. As I recall, it was an incredibly versatile instrument and my #1 for many years.

@Morosini , boomer, zoomer, or Riverdale dropout, a Ric is always a solid choice. You did great. Now post more pics!

 

[Davbassdude]

Yep, that was the first thing I did when I played a Ric (way back when I was a young boomer ). Promptly lost it too, as does almost everyone. Put it somewhere that you can find it again!

Naaah! I bought my 1980 4003 in 1981 (Boomer here, born in 1960!). Cheap (white metal) plastic POC pickup cover was trashed the first day I bought it (never to be heard from again). Meanwhile, the ashtrays for my 1974/75 Jazz bass I still have and for the late 60's Precision bass I no longer have (stolen in 1990) are saved in a box in my garage!

 

[Wilmingtonian]

Geddy Lee is a boomer, so that makes his Permanent Waves tone boomer too.

Yeah, but he doesn't have any 4003 basses (ok, I can look in the book but pretty sure he doesn't)

 

[john_g]

Didnt read all the posts so if its been mentioned, nevermind but, what input on the bass are you plugging your amp into? THere are two and if you plug into the Ric-O-Sound one, you will get no bottom end as its meant to have a stereo cable into two amps.

 

[Davbassdude]

I love it! Looks like it's affixed to be used as a handle for easy carrying!

That looks a lot like my old Ric; same color and all; except I think my neck pickup looked identical to the bridge pickup.

This whole thread is making me miss having a Ric. I didn't buy it to sound like Squire or Geddy. I bought it because I didn't like anything coming from Fender or Gibson at the time and wanted something more hi-fi. As I recall, it was an incredibly versatile instrument and my #1 for many years.

@Morosini , boomer, zoomer, or Riverdale dropout, a Ric is always a solid choice. You did great. Now post more pics!

Agreed! The Ric I currently have is my #1 for the past 39 years! Through the years, I've played many different styles of music and recorded many tracks with almost no complaints (one sound engineer complained about some clipping, when recording a demo in 1982)!

 

[red_rhino]

OKAY BOOMER

 

[red_rhino]

Agreed! The Ric I currently have is my #1 for the past 39 years! Through the years, I've played many different styles of music and recorded many tracks with almost no complaints (one sound engineer complained about some clipping, when recording a demo in 1982)!

One one occasion, an engineer actually had a P bass brought in because he was so nervous about recording my non-Fender bass. It took him all of 30 seconds to dial in a great sound, and then he promptly forgot all about it and went back to obsessing on the drum kit for the next few days.

 

[LowEndLobster]

Basses go boom boom. Doesn't that make us all boomers ;P?

As for the ric, enjoy it!

 

[monsterthompson]

No pics no bass

No pic, no Ric.

 

[Rolling Thunder]

too boomer to realize

Really?

 

[Manticore]

Suggestions? Enjoy your Ric. Refrain from posting until you acquire tact.

 

[SactoBass]

I'm sure the store owner is too boomer to realize.

 

[Element Zero]

My advice? Chop it up and throw it into your fireplace. That is, if your not too millennial to wield a hatchet.

 

[RissKippery]

The only suggestion I have is to be careful not to get stuck in the Ric Sound mode. Many people are attracted to Rickenbackers for the Chris Squire/Geddy Lee kind of trebly magic they're famous for, but they can be ballsy and bluesy as all hell, too. Because I'll take any chance I can get to post this , here's the kind of low end your bass is capable of...

Sounds awesome. And that song is a great one, so fun to play.