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Rickenbacker stereotypes ??
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Stoners.
Old guys that miss shag carpet, wood paneling, and VW buses.
Old guys that miss shag carpet, wood paneling, and VW buses.
News to me that there are stereotypes surrounding Ric players.
Strange the 2 main stereotypes seem to be that a Rick only sounds like a Chris Squire/Geddy Lee sound-OR a Macca sound.
2 polar opposites in a one trick pony.
2 polar opposites in a one trick pony.
I've found I've found the Rickeratti to be a fairly diverse bunch . The odds may be good , but the goods are odd .
I put flats on both of mine .
I put flats on both of mine .
The one I seem to hear most about Ric owners?
They comb their hair with forks.
They comb their hair with forks.
Ric players are either prog rockers or stoners. Those are the two that get thrown my way when I take mine out in public. Which one depends on whether I wear a cape that day I guess.
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I'm putting a 4004 on my gas-list, just to screw with the stereotype. Wait... 4004 didn't come with stereo output... did it? 
I thought Rics were the only stereotype basses available.
The stuff I see on the net is usually typed, not spoken, but there was that infamous video from Dave's World of Fun Stuff that got passed around here like it was confetti at 00:00 on 01-Jan
It's the connotation that you're different if you enjoy playing them, which is supposed to be an insult, but I think it's a compliment. Why conform?
It's the connotation that you're different if you enjoy playing them, which is supposed to be an insult, but I think it's a compliment. Why conform?
Randy Meisner played a Ric on Hotel California. Pete Quaife played a Ric in the Kinks for awhile.
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Stereotypes eh... wondering now if I should have ordered that fretless violin bass that is somewhere in a queue of trucks near Calais. I guess I'd better only play Beatles songs with it.
I stereotype Ric owners/players as unconventional, in a positive way. Not an insult really 
Not just here, but that video does seem to pop up in a lot of bass forums whenever someone is asking about ricks, and it seems like it is usually posted by people who have never played/owned one. Maybe I'm the one stereotyping now, but that's the kind of stuff that annoys me, that and the fact that that stuff annoys me enough to post about/respond to it.
I have a 4001. I appreciate it for what it is, not what the internet tells me it should be. I'll leave it at that.
There is this completely insane anime/manga called FLCL (said Fooley Cooley) where the wacky character Haruko Haruhara wields a blue Rickenbacker as a weapon.
So there's that unique perception of Rickenbacker wielders as well.
I had an opportunity to try a Rickenbacker in recent years... I didn't like it at all. Its ergonomics felt all wrong and it was just a very uncomfortable bass to strap on and play. I appreciate that they're totally unique. There is nothing out there like a Rickenbacker. But they're not for me.
So there's that unique perception of Rickenbacker wielders as well.
I had an opportunity to try a Rickenbacker in recent years... I didn't like it at all. Its ergonomics felt all wrong and it was just a very uncomfortable bass to strap on and play. I appreciate that they're totally unique. There is nothing out there like a Rickenbacker. But they're not for me.
If I played my Ric like Chris Squire or Geddy Lee, I would love to be stereotyped.
