Rickenbacker bass on jazz/funk gig, check this out!

[Michael Schreiber]

worships a pagan sun god!

Pagan Sun... would be a cool band name. Funk band, of course - would be too cliche for metal

@bobyoung53 and the others: Thanks for sharing the videos! Really enjoyed them \m/

 

[Watchootognbout]

We used to go to some great free concerts sponsored by KKGO, at the Wadsworth Theatre.

Folks like The Turtle Island Quartet, Brian Bromberg, Tuck & Patty, Andy Narell, Montreux, and lots of others.

So Cal!

 

[Chico Ruger]

Here he is. I never get tired of this great performance video. Pickups aren't stock me-thinks.

CB has got some chops.

 

[Korladis]

Wasn't as into it as I'd thought I'd be. Either I don't know what a Ric is supposed to sound like or it was trying to sound like something it isn't-- a Ray.

2:48-3:00 was really tasty, however. Loved those long notes. Playing and band were fine, just wasn't in love with that bass tone.

In my experience, Rickenbackers and MM Stingrays don't sound that far apart.

 

[Ric5]

I apologize if any of you have already seen this but this guy can really play, all around excellent band but I did post this here because how often do you get to hear someone funking up a Rick bass?.

Somebody tell that guy ...

YOU CAN'T SLAP A RIC

 

[Michael Schreiber]

Somebody tell that guy ...

YOU CAN'T SLAP A RIC

"No no, you got it wrong, was no slapping, all I did was a bit thumpin' and pluckin', I swear!"

@Ric5: You did mean it as fun, right? ^^

 

[Ric5]

"No no, you got it wrong, was no slapping, all I did was a bit thumpin' and pluckin', I swear!"

@Ric5: You did mean it as fun, right? ^^

well ya

 

[B-line]

Well, there was NEVER any doubt in my mind!
( I play MOSTLY- but not exclusively- Funk/ R&B/Soul

I've had (2)- A FG 4003 and a MP Laredo. I found the switching on the 4003- (including the oft ignored Ric-O-Sound) to be so:

...that whenever I read a thread/post bashing Rics, I shake my head in wonderment!
I LOVED the funky tones from that bass. It totally delivered.

And I'm going to toot my own horn in that I went up to Mr. John Hall at NAMM several years back to tell him that I thought that the Laredo was one of the most under-rated, under-the-radar basses for Funk on the market, period!

He replied that it was the instrument that he chose to play for that type of music, and that he wished more players were as astute as I!
So there!

 

[Michael Schreiber]

Well, there was NEVER any doubt in my mind!

Same for me - only problem is, I can't... bring myself to pluck (tear / pull) a string on my Ric, as Larry Graham does, for example. Slapping is fine, though, followed by gentle strokes. Guess, I'm too romantic for funk

 

[J-Bassomatic]

I apologize if any of you have already seen this but this guy can really play, all around excellent band but I did post this here because how often do you get to hear someone funking up a Rick bass?.

God bless musicians man.

 

[stingray69]

 

[TrustRod]

And of course there's MarloweDK

 

[bobyoung53]

Well I invited the man over, let's see if he comes.