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Lakland or Rickenbacker

Trade Lakland for Rickenbacker

  • Trade Lakland for Rick

    Votes: 24 17.1%

  • Keep Lakland, save money for a Rick

    Votes: 116 82.9%
  • Total voters
    140
#42
I used to think a Hofner could not rock (in a modern way, not the Macca way). Then Chris Wood proved me wrong.

Limits you put on a bass are limits you've put on yourself. And I've yet to meet a bass that has one sound. I'd be curious to know how many people who say "X bass can only do X" have actually spent much time with one.
 
#44
bigfatbass said:
Both have the obvious plus and minus, but the Glaub is going to be a far more versatile axe. Rics are awesome, I am definitely a fanboy, but much like a Ripper or a one pup stingray, it only really makes one sound. There is some range of adjustment in that tone, but these basses have very specific voices. If that's the tone you want all the time, then do it. Otherwise save the pennies and keep the Lakie BG. If it were me, the Bob Glaub would be a "put it in the coffin with me" bass.
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I couldn't disagree more. The Glaub most certainly isn't the more versatile bass in this equation.

The Ric sounds like a bass, but it doesn't sound one dimensional at all. Solo the neck and you have a smooth hollowness well suited for lots of styles, solo the bridge and you have a great rock tone, combine them and you can go anywhere. You can also adjust the volume on either pickup and let a particular pickup take the lead, or adjust the tone and cover a lot of very different ground.

I can make my Ric sound like a lot of different things. It does have a signature sound and feel, but by no means is it a one trick pony.
 
#45
willsellout said:
I couldn't disagree more. The Glaub most certainly isn't the more versatile bass in this equation.

The Ric sounds like a bass, but it doesn't sound one dimensional at all. Solo the neck and you have a smooth hollowness well suited for lots of styles, solo the bridge and you have a great rock tone, combine them and you can go anywhere. You can also adjust the volume on either pickup and let a particular pickup take the lead, or adjust the tone and cover a lot of very different ground.

I can make my Ric sound like a lot of different things. It does have a signature sound and feel, but by no means is it a one trick pony.
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So true..I don't like the term one trick pony. not even for a p-bass..it's more like one trick player...
 
#46
I agree Rics have a signature feel, but I disagree that they have a signature sound. With some work, most basses can be made to sound any way you want.

The basic sounds of a Ric bass are these in my experience:
Neck pickup only- fat and warm, some crunch on top.
Bridge pickup only- burpy but deeper than a Jazz. More crunch.
Both pickups without the cap- like a Fender, scooped and a bit punchy.
Both pickups with the cap- Very mid-rangey and growly.

From there you can play with EQ and effects and get basically anything you could ever want.
 
#47
My bad, I wasn't clear, and you are all correct in questioning the way I said that. I didn't mean you can't use a rick on any gig, I was just trying to say that it has a VERY distinctive tone. I can usually tell when Paul is playing the Rick, and Geddy and Squire's sounds are also extremely rick-ish.

I bleeb they even have a name for it? ;)

A P style bass is simply a more forgiving/colorless tone in general, but as was posted earlier:

It's not the bass's fault, it's just a preference thing.
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