Ric sound

[Gordo350]

This, IMO, is THE Ric sound.

I think the Ashdown content also helps

 

[luciens]

I tried for many years to learn how to play with a pick and I just can't figure it out. The Rick sounds great regardless, but truth is, I think when played with a pick is where the Rick really shines....

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[bobyoung53]

This, IMO, is THE Ric sound.

I think the Ashdown content also helps

He's playing very hard but it does sound good.

 

[Gordo350]

I don't think I've ever seen him play with a pick before. He doesn't look comfortable

 

[bobyoung53]

I don't think I've ever seen him play with a pick before. He doesn't look comfortable

You're probably right, I'm not that great with a pick either. He changed a lot from the original brought it down a lot lower, I think he said that in the video, that accent is too thick for me

 

[Gordo350]

He hasn't got an accent. You have

 

[bobyoung53]

He hasn't got an accent. You have

That means you must have one too.

 

[80jazz]

I saw Nick Mason in concert last year and did not realize until seeing this video that the bassline for See Emily Play was this involved.

Thanks for posting!

 

[Gilmourisgod]

Love Guy Pratt, but THE Ric tone will always be Chris Squire’s classic Yes tone to me, and few have nailed it better than this:

 

[REV]

I do think Chris Squire's playing defines the classic Ric tone but what I don't think people consider is how smooth his playing was. The way he attacks the strings and probably his string height has a lot to do with his sound. Even when Geddy played Roundabout with the other guys in Yes at the RNRHOF awards it wasn't quite the same. Geddy and Squire are both great players but they have different techniques.

 

[lug]

This is what a Ric should sound like.

https://app.box.com/shared/static/g00yy3u3d5.mp3

 

[TinyE]

I do think Chris Squire's playing defines the classic Ric tone but what I don't think people consider is how smooth his playing was. The way he attacks the strings and probably his string height has a lot to do with his sound. Even when Geddy played Roundabout with the other guys in Yes at the RNRHOF awards it wasn't quite the same. Geddy and Squire are both great players but they have different techniques.

I read somewhere that it was HOW Squire held his pick that caused part of his sound.

 

[sotua]

I do think Chris Squire's playing defines the classic Ric tone but what I don't think people consider is how smooth his playing was. The way he attacks the strings and probably his string height has a lot to do with his sound. Even when Geddy played Roundabout with the other guys in Yes at the RNRHOF awards it wasn't quite the same. Geddy and Squire are both great players but they have different techniques.

Of course it wasn't the same - not the same player, not the same bass (Geddy used a JBass, not Ric) played with different technique (fingers vs pick), not the same rig.

 

[Killed_by_Death]

no thanks, but I do love this:

 

[FranF]

Love Guy Pratt, but THE Ric tone will always be Chris Squire’s classic Yes tone to me, and few have nailed it better than this:

Yep, that's my pal Mark Walker. Indeed, the best early CS tone by far. I'd seen Yes 15 times between '74 and '08, and even Squire wasn't getting that tone as good as Mark, lol.

 

[Gilmourisgod]

This is worth watching for the Epic Mullets alone, but Squire also goes into his picking technique. He says he chokes up on the pick to hit a false harmonic with his thumb, but I can’t really hear it in his playing. If you listen to bass isolated recordings, his playing is just immaculate, except when he wants it to clank and grind. He allows a fair amount of fret buzz, which almost sounds like a light distortion, but usually isn’t.

 

[Gilmourisgod]

Does anyone know what Mark Walker used for amp and signal chain? I’ve pursued that tone for years and never quite got there.

 

[bobyoung53]

Rics are very versatile sounding, check out this, same bass, there really is no certain "Ric" sound, there are certain players' sounds. Certain players are very closely identified with certain basses but the good ones usually have a very identifiable sound that gets transferred to whatever bass they play. That being said Rics do have an identifiable sound that comes through no matter how they are played but none of them are "the" sound. That is the sound of the player you are hearing.