Rickenbacker and Precision Club

[mapleglo]

Club members so far:

1. mapleglo
2. Mantis Toboggan
3. Wolfenstein666
4. fourlow
5. byoung93888
6. superdick2112
7. franvarin

Ampeg amp pics get extra cookies

 

[franvarin]

Club members so far:

1. mapleglo
2. Mantis Toboggan
3. Wolfenstein666
4. fourlow
5. byoung93888
6. superdick2112
7. franvarin

Ampeg amp pics get extra cookies

Hey! ... Where's the love for us Mesa/Boogie folks? ...

 

[Son of Wobble]

 

[Gizmot]

I'm out - I got rid of my P bass and got a Ric back in '79.

 

[JaseyT]

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!!!!!!!

 

[Bikeguy57]

I'm in!

 

[farace]

Ampeg amp pics get extra cookies

We'll, I can offer the seldom-seen SVR-215 cab with an SVT-III in the rackmount section.

 

[kdn1]

Shopping for an Ampeg rig. For now, I have these:

 

[shadven]

I'll be in as soon I take a picture, 2006 4003 and 1965 P (and a 1952 P).

 

[hypercarrots]

I've got 2 rickenbackers, 2 fender precisions and an ampeg combo

 

[GIBrat51]

Well, OK...if you insist. "01 COY 4003; '73 4001; and '78 P-Bass with "A"width neck....

 

[Mantis Tobaggan]

I love both of these basses and couldn't imagine not having either one. My next gig isn't until the end of May and I should probably play my Rick because it has been a while since I gigged it

 

[southgabass]

The RickenPee club right here, just stating a name as I have no affiliation with either instrument.

 

[callofcthulhu]

This is all well and good, but where are the Rickenmods? I know someone out there has put a P pickup or two into their Rick.

Anyone stuck a Rick bridge pup onto a P bass?

 

[ispunk]

Here's my Ric and one P. Have another P bass in the process of being rehabbed and upgraded

 

[M-rek]

Hey guys, I'm not asking for a number, 'cause I cannot afford "the real deal" - I'd like to share my basses anyway
So here's my Ibanez Ric copy bass from 1977. I made a custom truss rod cover which says "Rückenbrecher", it's German and translates into something like back breaker.


And yesterday I finished my homemade P-Bass! It has no headstock decal at all...

 

[superdick2112]

Well, OK...if you insist. "01 COY 4003; '73 4001; and '78 P-Bass with "A"width neck....

Love the Desert Gold!
They can't have made more than a handful of them as lefties.

 

[jobbermania]

Cool club, mapleglo! Great idea and I'm surprised it took so long for someone to start this club.
Actually, Mantis Toboggan raised the issue a few months ago.
He posted a thread describing the Ric/Precision topic when he added a 63 reissue Precision to his arsenal.
The guys I have been jamming and occasionally gigging (classic rock) with have said many times,
"Yeah, your Rics are cool and all that, but that Precision sound is what we prefer."
So here are my favorites of each make.

 

[fourlow]

Cool club, mapleglo! Great idea and I'm surprised it took so long for someone to start this club.
Actually, Mantis Toboggan raised the issue a few months ago.
He posted a thread describing the Ric/Precision topic when he added a 63 reissue Precision to his arsenal.
The guys I have been jamming and occasionally gigging (classic rock) with have said many times,
"Yeah, your Rics are cool and all that, but that Precision sound is what we prefer."
So here are my favorites of each make.


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Oh hells yes!
1. Best avatar ever
2. Wicked stable of axes! That last P and Ric tho.... drool

 

[mapleglo]

Cool club, mapleglo! Great idea and I'm surprised it took so long for someone to start this club.
Actually, Mantis Toboggan raised the issue a few months ago.
He posted a thread describing the Ric/Precision topic when he added a 63 reissue Precision to his arsenal.
The guys I have been jamming and occasionally gigging (classic rock) with have said many times,
"Yeah, your Rics are cool and all that, but that Precision sound is what we prefer."
So here are my favorites of each make.


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Thanks! There aren't too many clubs here that encompass more than one instrument or brand. Maybe not any clubs like that. So when we were talking about Precisions in the Ric club, I thought why not start a club? So here we are. It makes sense to me that people who like Rics would also like Precisions. They are both iconic instruments with a long and strong history, and they have similar neck profiles, wider at the nut with less of a taper than, say, a Jazz bass. And they both have their signature sound.

My first real bass was a Precision, and a few years later, a Ric. So I grew up on these two basses. And while I play a few different basses, if I could only choose two, they would be a Ric and a Precision.

Funny thing, I play some guitar also. Favorite guitars? A Strat and a Ric