When will Scott Pilgrim step in and defend Rickenbacker?
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Playing a Rickenbacker made me hate Rickenbacker
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Congrats. You've offended a mass population of Rick users
Not really, that QC is horrible is no secret, bought my 4003 from Wildwood, couldn't be happier. As for "hating" Rics, well, it's kinda like spinach...either you like it or you don't.
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I might have a Ric in my avatar but that bass was a true pain the backside to setup and I'm 90% sure I was shadowbanned from the Rickenbacker forums for something I said on here. I've also played a few Rickenbackers which were total dogs. Then again, I've played Warwicks, Stingrays and Fenders to name a few which were just as bad.
Would I buy another Rickenbacker? Not in my lifetime. Would I sell my Rickenbacker? Not a chance.
I ate a sausage yesterday which tasted funky. I was going to post a thread on the internet about how I hate sausages but then I thought "why don't I make threads about all the nice sausages I've had?"
I might have a Ric in my avatar but that bass was a true pain the backside to setup and I'm 90% sure I was shadowbanned from the Rickenbacker forums for something I said on here. I've also played a few Rickenbackers which were total dogs. Then again, I've played Warwicks, Stingrays and Fenders to name a few which were just as bad.
Would I buy another Rickenbacker? Not in my lifetime. Would I sell my Rickenbacker? Not a chance.
I ate a sausage yesterday which tasted funky. I was going to post a thread on the internet about how I hate sausages but then I thought "why don't I make threads about all the nice sausages I've had?"
Can't say I've ever once disliked a Rickenbacker bass. Just the way some people play them. Rics need to be approached and played in a certain way to get the best they've got out of them.
Same goes for Fenders, Gibsons, Hofners, and just about any other brand or model bass you can name. It's more the player and the bass rather than just the bass by itself.
About the only possible exception might (just might mind you!) be an Alembic. I don't think it's physically possible to sound truly bad on one of those. They're just too forgiving a bass from my experience. YMMV.
Same goes for Fenders, Gibsons, Hofners, and just about any other brand or model bass you can name. It's more the player and the bass rather than just the bass by itself.
About the only possible exception might (just might mind you!) be an Alembic. I don't think it's physically possible to sound truly bad on one of those. They're just too forgiving a bass from my experience. YMMV.
Rehearsal was cancelled so now I have time for personal practice - and making popcorn.
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Not every player is fit for playing something as awesome as a Ric.
Especially when they love the way it plays and sounds but hate those damn bindings.
Do buy a Squier instead. I read somewhere (must have been TB or?) they are MORE AWESOMER!
Especially when they love the way it plays and sounds but hate those damn bindings.
Do buy a Squier instead. I read somewhere (must have been TB or?) they are MORE AWESOMER!
Well done, now we can all go back to playing our basses.
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Generally speaking, there are players who look at basses as tools and consumers who look at basses as objects. I don't mean to imply a value judgment, just an observation.
I'm thinking of starting a thread entitled 'Reading Rickenbacker Threads Made Me Hate Talkbass".
Thoughts?
Thoughts?
I started that thread but was distracted by my Hate for Squier.
Damn!
I think JMac is the new Nobody!
(sorry Nobody!)
I'm not sure how to take this......
You know, with the power of the internet, you would think we would achieve world peace, end hunger and disease........you know, important stuff.
Instead, we do this.
And look at porn.
Instead, we do this.
And look at porn.
Can we discuss what is really important? You know what it: How Chevy sucks. I hate Chevy. Ford rules.
Well, Nobody hasn't been all that active lately (banned again?) and you've really stepped up and filled the gap...
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How about, "Reading Rickenbacker threads made me hate myself because I love Rickenbackers".
So we're back to:
Chev = Fender
Ford = Gibson
Chrysler = Rickenbacker
Oh yeah,
HondaToyotaKiaHyundaiMitsubishi = Ibanez
