RickenBACKer 4030S

[Aceonbass]

Thanks for sharing - had no idea. It was a great idea except it appears all they did was move the bridge forward and use two high gain pickups. I would have liked to see mods to the body size slightly and the neck pickup closer to the fingerboard for some wider separation, but it is what it is. Looks overpriced as well, but glad to see Ric doing something different.

By keeping the same neck, they were able to have a 24 fret fingerboard, which I really like. Doing the new model this way saves a bunch on retooling new body wings, neck, fretboard, and stocking a new case.

 

[seang15]

These reviews are laughable. The playing is sloppy and only disfavours the bass. The setup sounds like it’sbadly done. The dude is not a bassist, or at least he should practice more before posting.

So many stores do this. Can’t they hear themselves?

Glad you said it! So often, I bite my tongue, as I don't want to come off as some arrogant "hater" or some such. "If you don't have nice things to say, don't say them at all" springs to mind. BUT: We are being demonstrated a multi-thousand dollar instrument, that many or most of us can take a $100 First Act bass guitar and sound better than this. It really blows my mind how prevalent this problem is.

Thanks for your post.

 

[lastminute]

Anyone know when they’re making another run of these??

 

[bobyoung53]

Regardless of whether I like the the playing or not they sound pretty good.

 

[Arrow]

I like the sound in this vid. I also like the 2 toaster pickups; now I can play comfy resting my thumb on the bridge pickup. I will try one out in the store nearby and share my thoughts.

 

[Mister_GothFrak]

This is really cool. I have a few gripes / things I'd do differently after obtaining one.

1) it's gotta have stereo out for that Ric-O-Sound
2) neck pickup should be as close to the fingerboard as possible
3) I'd much prefer 5-strings and a wider neck, however that could be done.
4) I'd have a new pickguard made with a nice wood + finger rest

5) If those are "guitar" pickups, I'd throw EMG Super77's (active) or G&L MFD Jazz or humbuckers in it. Make sure I get proper lows out of the thing and possbily switch the pots to vol/bal & stacked tone of some sort.

I prefer short scales that are not much smaller than 34-35" scale length basses.

I'd try out DR Strings: Dragon Skins+ and BEAD(G) tuning one octave up like a piccolo. This works great on a G&L Fallout with that MFD humbucker and OMG Mode so, I'd be curious how it compares with some EQing.

 

[Aceonbass]

This is really cool. I have a few gripes / things I'd do differently after obtaining one.

1) it's gotta have stereo out for that Ric-O-Sound
2) neck pickup should be as close to the fingerboard as possible
3) I'd much prefer 5-strings and a wider neck, however that could be done.
4) I'd have a new pickguard made with a nice wood + finger rest

5) If those are "guitar" pickups, I'd throw EMG Super77's (active) or G&L MFD Jazz or humbuckers in it. Make sure I get proper lows out of the thing and possbily switch the pots to vol/bal & stacked tone of some sort.

I prefer short scales that are not much smaller than 34-35" scale length basses.

I'd try out DR Strings: Dragon Skins+ and BEAD(G) tuning one octave up like a piccolo. This works great on a G&L Fallout with that MFD humbucker and OMG Mode so, I'd be curious how it compares with some EQing.

All RIC Toasters have six poles. The bass has plenty of proper bottom end, although I’m gonna move the neck pickup closer to the neck on mine. These can easily be made ROS capable with the push-pull mono/stereo wiring harnesses I build. RIC makes a humbucking pickup that fits, so there’s no need to route the bass for other pickups. Every time someone puts EMG’s, Barts, or whatever in a RIC, it changes the character of the tone.

 

[Jeff Scott]

All RIC Toasters have six poles.

Six magnet slugs to be exact.

 

[sleddogn]

whoa, thats a lot of poles..