Rickenbacker question....

[Jim Campbell]

recently i saw a pic of chris squire with 2 separate 1/4 jacks/cables coming out of his bass,one from the normal,and one from the ric-o-sound .....i was under the impression that the ric-o-sound jack was stereo wired and am wondering what the second jack would do....

 

[Ric5]

Chris Squire's bass was a 60s 4001 "S" model. It came from the factory mono. Somewhere along the line he had it modified. I think it is back to mono these days.

 

[Jim Campbell]

Chris Squire's bass was a 60s 4001 "S" model. It came from the factory mono. Somewhere along the line he had it modified. I think it is back to mono these days.

thanx.... i plan to pick up a box from butch at bayou for my 74 4001 and run 2 separate head/cab configurations

 

[waleross]

I have played my 4003 (2010) through (2) tube heads and (2) 810 cabs with a stereo ricky sound box. It does sound great but for me it is not practical. All in all being a new Rick owner, I am blown away at how great the bass is. I did some modest recording ( a Zoom HD4n) and it sounded fine. While the stereo aspect of the Ric is great to have on a day to day basis, just plugging in into the standard input is enough for me.

 

[Ric5]

You can get just as good results by simply splitting the mono signal. Geddy splits his mono signal 3 ways. I split mine 4 ways. By running amps and or effects parallel instead of series you can blend different sounds together.

None of my Rics have Ric-o-sound. But if I were to use it I would run the neck pickup into a claen amp with a good low end, and I would run the bridge pickup into a dirty amp for a distorted mid and high end.

But having to bring 2 amps can be cumbersome. So I run parallel effects and blend that into one signal and one amp.

 

[Jim Campbell]

You can get just as good results by simply splitting the mono signal. Geddy splits his mono signal 3 ways. I split mine 4 ways. By running amps and or effects parallel instead of series you can blend different sounds together.

None of my Rics have Ric-o-sound. But if I were to use it I would run the neck pickup into a claen amp with a good low end, and I would run the bridge pickup into a dirty amp for a distorted mid and high end.

But having to bring 2 amps can be cumbersome. So I run parallel effects and blend that into one signal and one amp.

i already have all i need to try the split mono method,but i have to go extreme loud to get the dirt....at some point i was going to pick up a lower watt geetar amp so i can get drive without so much volume...../

 

[Ric5]

This is how I split my signal.

http://www.3dentourage.com/425/effects.htm