Ric for soul/funk/jazz???

[drTSTingray]

I never realised but Leon Silvers 111, who played bass on Shalamar, The Whispers and other classic work from the 70s and 80s, used a Rickenbacker with flatwounds. This is a nice tribute/top 10 bass parts.



You shouldn’t believe the hype about one make of bass being used on everything - for instance the majority (but not all) of the British Invasion groups used Gibson basses - as did Glen Cornich of Jethro Tull, Andy Fraser of Free and Jack Bruce, of course.

Another point - although the posts referencing Ric James are 13 yrs old, it’s still worth pointing out he was a Stingray player.

 

[blacktocomm]

I funk out on my ‘77 Ibanez lawsuit Ric with flats. Sits in the mix just right.

 

[mikeswals]

Ron Carter

how about Stanley Clarke

 

[bass12]

Richard Searle with Corduroy:

 

[teleharmonium]

Jamaaladeen Tacuma played one with Ornette's Prime Time, Walt Dickerson, and probably on some session work

 

[shojii]

Richard Searle with Corduroy:

Oh yeah, Richard Searle...totally British badassness

 

[willsellout]

The only people who say Ric’s can’t do funk or Motown are people who haven’t laid hand on a Ric. Thread is old, granted, but Ric’s often get pigeon-holed unnecessarily, even today. Definitely not one trick ponies in my opinion.