Ultimate Rickenbacker Playlist?

[Debased]

John Camp of Renaissance has a great Ric sound. Check out "Renaissance Live at Carnegie Hall" for a good example. If I had to pick one representative song, I'd go with "Can You Understand?"

I think the quintessential Chris Squire/Ric song is "Close to the Edge." Yes' finest moment.

Michael Rutherford's Ric sound on Genesis' "Foxtrot" is great too, particularly "Get Em Out By Friday."

 

[Kink Rimson]

John Camp of Renaissance has a great Ric sound. Check out "Renaissance Live at Carnegie Hall" for a good example. If I had to pick one representative song, I'd go with "Can You Understand?"

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And Ashes Are Burning, with the monster phasey solo.

 

[Rezdog]

Greetings from the North,

Steppenwolf with Rushton Moreve's Ric 4005 on 'Magic Carpet Ride' & 'Born To Be Wild'.

Rezdog

 

[Bassgrinder77]

I worked making Rickenbackers for almost two years at their factory in Santa Ana, CA.
There's is NO sound difference between the 4001S and the 4001/4003, from the same periods.
The only differences are the 4001S has no binding, dot markers rather than triangles and no rosewood stripe down the middle (but neither do the 4003).

Let me add, that tossing in Sir Paul is a little off the mark for most Ric users. He used an "S" series, which in my opinion sounds quite different.

 

[Dan B]

A 4001CS if I recall correctly. He sure gets some badass tone through it.

It was indeed a CS, judging by this (famous) video of Sober in 1993:


I'd say the whole album (minus Disgustipated; despite being a good song it doesn't have any bass I don't think) is good for a Rick.

 

[dannybuoy]

Wolfmother - Dimension

I've not got a Ric, but have been having a blast playing this track through a Peavey T-40 -> Humphrey Badder Monkey -> VT Bass and it gets pretty close.

 

[rick4001s]

Hey how's about Roger Glover (deep Purple's Machine Head), track - Pictures of Home
Bachman Turner Overdrive too

 

[Bubba Ghanoosh]

The Hives - Hate to Say I Told You So

 

[bggeezer]

how about Mickey Bradley and his famous blue rick?

 

[dannybuoy]

The Hives - Hate to Say I Told You So

Yeah! Love that tone on the bass solo!

 

[pringlw]

Hey how's about Roger Glover (deep Purple's Machine Head), track - Pictures of Home
Bachman Turner Overdrive too

BTO Played a Rick? I didn't know that.

takin' care of business....

 

[mccartneyman]

Anyone know if the bassist from New Pornographers is using a Rick on "Use It" from "Twin Cinemas?"

 

[jp8848]

Paul Goddard - Angel, Another Mans Woman, Georgia Rhythm and Champagne Jam

 

[Korladis]

Blackwitch Pudding - anything they do, really. Both the guitarist and the bassist use Rickenbackers.

Yob - Catharsis, The Illusion of Motion, and The Unreal Never Lived albums. Especially "Catharsis," "Ball of Molten Lead," "Grasping Air," and "Kosmos."

Church of Misery - "El Padrino."

Ufomammut - the Oro album. Pretty sure it's all one song.

Primordial - "No Grave Deep Enough," and basically everything off Redemption at the Puritan's Hand... in fact, everything from that album and To the Nameless Dead, and Where Greater Men Have Fallen.

Solstafir - "Fjara" especially.

 

[JMacBass65]

According to the book Trouble Boys, the Rick is on Tim. Not sure about Let it Be, as I am skipping around the book and didn't read that part yet.

 

[GIBrat51]

For something that lets the Rick stand out; Steppenwolf's the Pusher...

 

[Korladis]

Everything the band Sleep has released.