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Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2009 5:05 pm
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guymanndude1 wrote:
So here's my take, anyone on here that tells you that Ricks have no bottom end, they don't know what they are talking about.


I agree 100%. When people think rick, they think Chris Squire and Geddy Lee. It can cover a much wider range of tones than that.

In most 2 pickup basses the bridge and neck PUs are fairly similar to each other. This is not the case in a rick. The Neck pickup is very bassy and has a strong low end, whereas the bridge pickup has a lot of high mids and trebble. It is quite easy to get a basy and tight sound out of a Rick. It's not gonna sound like a P bass, but it has a similar vibe.


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Post subject: Re: Why get a p bass when i could get say... a rickenbacker?
Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2009 8:37 pm
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Why get a p bass when i could get say... a rickenbacker? why buy the simple p bass when someone could buy another bass that is more versatile or easier to play? what makes the p bass so good?

Umm, cause you can get a nice P bass for $299 to $1199 new - you can't touch a Rick for less than a grand
Thats Why.......


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Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2009 8:59 pm
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I believe that there is a consensus that Ricks are a "love them or hate them" bass. They are good looking basses that hypnotize people into buying them. However, after they finally buy one, they are often disappointed because they can't get a tone they like.

My recommendation is to play any Rick before you buy it. Make sure you love it before you buy it.


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Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2009 9:22 am
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I haven't tried a rick... but they do have that biting sound

however why a P bass? simple coz it sits in the mix better.. more like a supportive bass.. whereas jazz bass are a little more upfront...


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Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2009 12:46 pm
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And rickenbackers just dont have the bottom end like p basses do. Look at bassists like roger waters and paul simonon all switched to p bass. Coz its the best!!![/quote]

yea man!.my deluxe p bass has the best bottom end tone ive ever herd!...a rick doesnt come close 2 it!...rock a fender brother!


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The Rick can produce "near P Bass" botton end. It will still sound different though. I've always compared the Rick's range more to the J Bass. Mike Mills (REM) switched from a Ricky to P Bass after the Reckoning album, but I liked the Rick bass tone on those early REM recordings. I only own one bass (Am Strd Pbass), but If I were to own a second it would no doubt be a Rick over anything else (I am curious about the old Ibanez Musician basses).


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Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2009 2:51 pm
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Somebody wrote "Get a J Bass if you want to be heard; get a P Bass if you want to be felt."

I agree.


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If you like the look of a rick buy a used schecter 004 and what you have left get a pbass. :D


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warnergt wrote:
Somebody wrote "Get a J Bass if you want to be heard; get a P Bass if you want to be felt."

I agree.


i thaught this was so anazing abd true that i needed to repost this


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warnergt wrote:
Somebody wrote "Get a J Bass if you want to be heard; get a P Bass if you want to be felt."

I agree.


You can be "felt" on a J bass and "heard" on a P bass. Just throwing that out there.


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p bass are a lot aggressive sounding than the Js..

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after hearing a lot of Ricks... well IMO, i didn't like it unless I'd be playing with a pick.. well its just me...


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"yea man!.my deluxe p bass has the best bottom end tone ive ever herd!...a rick doesnt come close 2 it!...rock a fender brother!"

Brilliant comment, except for one thing, any of the Deluxe P series are active pickups, of course they have more bottom. They can have more of everything, your powering your tone with an outside power source, a battery. Passive pickups can only work by some combination of resistance, capacitance, or inductance, i.e. pots, fixed resistors, caps, and coils. When you build active tone circuits and build a power source into them you can, boost the entire signal as well as any part of it you tune your tone centers to.
It seems passive to passive comparison is a more direct argument.

"Umm, cause you can get a nice P bass for $299 to $1199 new - you can't touch a Rick for less than a grand. Thats Why......."

Fair enough, although he didn't bring up price, that is always a fair statement of fact. There is always a budget consideration, even in the collectors market, it boils down to how much you're willing to spend at the time and how much is it worth to get something else. I agree, that has caused me to change my mind at times. The P-bass is a really good deal, for what you get.

"I believe that there is a consensus that Ricks are a "love them or hate them" bass. They are good looking basses that hypnotize people into buying them. However, after they finally buy one, they are often disappointed because they can't get a tone they like."

Wow! Where to start here? Who's consensus? I don't remember that poll. I don't think I've ever seen that one, and further more hypnotized, that is your own desires you have to deal with and learn to control. That's what usually leads to the last statement in the comment, about total disappointment with said guitar.

Here's a little platitude, "It's a poor workman, who blames his tools." I will agree that you should know the product before you buy it, and also, try to learn more about yourself and what you are looking for as well.


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Because Sid Vicious, Dee Dee Ramone, Paul Simonon, Gene Simmons, Jesus, Geddy Lee, John Entwistle and many more played one as their main at one point and time. It is complicated in it's simplisity. It's the only bass where you are determened that being 1 decimeter off on the position of your tone knob can ruin your sound, it's that can make you crazy. And the only bass that sounds good without a tone knob. You hate it or it's your favorite hands down... no in-between.

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You know, a lot of people are commenting on these basses without really ever playing them. I've played many ricks, and they really are not as different as people say they are. They have a distinct tone, yes. Their most well known tone involves a heavy use of the bridge pickup, which results in a very trebly and bright tone. But you can get WAY more than just that out of the bass.

As I said earlier, the bridge pickup is very bright and the neck pickup very dark. When soloing the neck, it sounds nothing like the "signature" rick tone. When the pickups are combined, it sounds more like a 70's jazz bass (of course not completely identical, but similar).

Like many basses it has a reputation. However I don't think the rick is as "love it or hate it" as people think it is.


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I've got 3 Rickenbacker basses and 2 P-Basses, but if I could only have 1 I'd go for a Rickenbacker.


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