The Rickenbacker Club! Part trees!

[d of the wes]

Ok...... Oh and lol the Sam ash 12 mi from me has ALOT of them went to play... And they had a jetglo 09 which I love... Too bad Im broke! Lol and the thing that cuts the bass is awesome! I hope to be a member of this club someday XD

 

[d of the wes]

Oh and do any of ou get a squier tone out of your ricks? Does the c63 sound like him? Because once I get enough money one of them will be miiiine

 

[Turlu]

Chris Squire is responsible for me spending tons of money on Ric basses in the past !!!!

Although you can sense the Squire tone with a Ric a la base, there are lots of other aspects to consider in order to get this monster tone of his, which is awesome !!!!

But, definitely to get a Ric is a good start !!!

 

[d of the wes]

Cool cuz I'm not sure about their overall sound... Like into emulating lee or squier, but otherwise that jetglo is the best bass I've played

 

[Mike19]

Laura Balance of indie rock band Superchunk (Chapel Hill, SC) playing either a 4001 or a 4003 w/ pup guard removed.

 

[Gibenbackerbass]

Oh and do any of ou get a squier tone out of your ricks? Does the c63 sound like him? Because once I get enough money one of them will be miiiine

The new Ric 4003 will get you most of the way there. The rest is in the fingers, amps, speakers, and most of all, heart!

 

[Turlu]

The new Ric 4003 will get you most of the way there. The rest is in the fingers, amps, speakers, and most of all, heart!

++++++1 on Gibenbackerbass comments !

 

[Shawn Luckman]

Chris Squire was the reason I wanted to become a bassist & wanting a Rickenbacker bass. Now if Icould just get his sound I would be a happy man.

 

[Gelfin]

Chris Squire was the reason I wanted to become a bassist & wanting a Rickenbacker bass. Now if Icould just get his sound I would be a happy man.

Chris appeared on a "Star Licks" interview video. Where he described how he uses the pick very close to his thumb so that his thumb hits the string just after the pick giving a slight harmonic to the note. That and all the backline kit he uses. Last few times I've seen him play he has been using a Marshall head,4X12 cab? plus others I couldn't identify.

He is also the reason I got into Ric basses. A 4003 and a CS Ltd edition.

 

[Mike19]

Julia Ruzicka with London punk band Million Dead playing her 4003 c. 2005:

 

[julieslick]

Squire, McCartney, Entwistle... all great reasons to own a Ric (and why I do). Though my 4003 doesn't see nearly as much action as my Laklands, I still love it... I'd have rocked that live before I got those, but "Thela" just didn't work on it...

 

[ricca]

4 years ago my girlfriend gave me as a birthday present a 1976 4001 natural.
Great sounding bass!!!!
Thank you darling.

 

[Gibenbackerbass]

4 years ago my girlfriend gave me as a birthday present a 1976 4001 natural.
Great sounding bass!!!!
Thank you darling.

Take good care of her, beauties like that don't come around too often!!

The same goes for your girlfriend too!!

 

[Btone]

Hi all!!!

Just got my sticky hands on an '09 4003 FG, I've previously owned an '05 4003 MG, an '03 4003 FG and a '01 4001v63. Hard to compare those basses when they're no longer here, but RIC sure have some good things going on lately. The fireglo finish is so nice, they've gotten rid of much of the pink that my '03 had, the '09 is darker, more like montezuma brown, although not that dark. Maybe more like Autumnglo? Fretboard is definitely darker, looking MUCH better IMO. The neck is so sweet, mine don't have the new thinner two-piece laminated neck, but I wouldn't want it any skinnier. Anyway, just wanted to share, enjoy the (bad) pic, although it don't do justice.

And BTW, it sounds killer with Chromes Had to adjust the nut a bit, it was way too high on the D and G. D was also too narrow, the stock D string is obviously narrower than the Chromes .065.

 

[SJLee]

Nice specimen. I like that Rickenbacker has improved the FG paint jobs from the 03 models, and have gone back to making the inlays go all the way across the fretboard. Smart move IMO.

Hi all!!!

Just got my sticky hands on an '09 4003 FG, I've previously owned an '05 4003 MG, an '03 4003 FG and a '01 4001v63. Hard to compare those basses when they're no longer here, but RIC sure have some good things going on lately. The fireglo finish is so nice, they've gotten rid of much of the pink that my '03 had, the '09 is darker, more like montezuma brown, although not that dark. Maybe more like Autumnglo? Fretboard is definitely darker, looking MUCH better IMO. The neck is so sweet, mine don't have the new thinner two-piece laminated neck, but I wouldn't want it any skinnier. Anyway, just wanted to share, enjoy the (bad) pic, although it don't do justice.

And BTW, it sounds killer with Chromes

 

[2nd Wind]

Btone - beautiful FG! Enjoy that puppy!

 

[baba]

Finally got a good pic of my '87 4003S rockin the black hardware!

 

[Tarrbot]

Love the 4003S. Goes even better with black hardware.

 

[2nd Wind]

Finally got a good pic of my '87 4003S rockin the black hardware!

I've got a '91 that used to look just like that. Currently it is my goto bass.

Yours is a beaut!

 

[Mike19]

Heini from all femme Finnish rock band Indica: