Rickenbacker tone?

[jameschez]

is it possible to get the growl and harshness of a rickenbacker bass using a fender jazz through a laney R4 amp? iv tried fiddling around with settings but i cant seem to get it right. i just love chris squires (from yes) sound.

[Thunder Fingers]

After what Geddy says, yes, get a sansamp.

[kilian]

^^Disagree. I can't really get the Rickenbacker tone with a Sansamp. Geddy might get the part of it that he likes, but I don't. So in the end: buy one. Everybody needs one.. Well atleast, at some point in the future I will certainly own one.

Wait..

Reminds me that I dreamed about having one tonight :amaze:

[Thunder Fingers]

do you play a geddy jazz?

[kilian]

No, but he said Fender Jazz. Not really a Geddy Jazz :)

[Thunder Fingers]

aha.. get some powerful pickups in that jazz and turn up the treble and the drive. :p

but ultimately get a Rick.

[kilian]

Yeah I thought I could get a bit of a Rick sound with my Jazz. Listen to Sacrifice Spring for Summer on http://www.sellaband.com/4for1

Harsh sounding, but still fat and a certain kind of growl in it. I recorded it with a condenser mic, bass scooped a lot & treble boosted a lot. :amaze:

[ChimPz]

IMO getting Rick tone requires more than just shaping a different instruments tone with a pre-amp or modding it. You'd need something that can completely duplicate all of a Rics specs and characteristics.

I'm not saying you can't get a similar tone, but hitting it spot on won't happen.

[Thunder Fingers]

Well, a Rickenbacker is incredible punchy realy, so they have growl, and they have the ability to hit you pretty hard in the chest while still being very trebly.

i dunno, i have just heard them being played, never actually played one through a amp myself.

[jollygiantchris]

get a rick theres no substitute for the real thing

[DBoons Ghost]

I've tried everything with Jazz basses to make them sound like Rics. I can get my Jazz to sound like Geddy Lee, but I can't get them to sound like a Ric. I did find a solution to that problem though. I bought a Ric.

:)

[museic]

i would really like a rickenbacker. in maple glow! yummmm

[AcerbicCunnt77]

can someone tell me offhand if rickenbackers are heavy compared to alder jazz?

[m-dirnt_fan101]

i think i remember seeing a picture of a pbass with ric electronics on it, called it "fendenbacker"

[peeted]

powerfull pickups, shitloads of mids and a slightley overdriven amp should get fairley close.

I always know wen my battery needs changing, because my bass starts to sound like a rick.

[jollygiantchris]

can someone tell me offhand if rickenbackers are heavy compared to alder jazz?

uh i dont know how much an alder jazz weighs but my rick weighs so little i dont even feel it i used to have a G&L L-2000 and that weighed a lot more i really wouldnt worry about weight on a rick unless you are a really tiny person remember its alder AND its short scale

[AcerbicCunnt77]

i had no idea ricks were shortscale.. :?

[fortyseven]

i think i remember seeing a picture of a pbass with ric electronics on it, called it "fendenbacker"

I've seen it the other way round too... Most confusing.

[Az_Holl]

i had no idea ricks were shortscale.. :?
I think there like 33 1/4".

Slightly shorter, but not actaully a short scale.

[jollygiantchris]

I think there like 33 1/4".

Slightly shorter, but not actaully a short scale.

think youre right either or my rick weighs almost nothing =x

[jameschez]

thanks people, yeah i think i may have to use my student loan on purchasing a rick..i just dont want to stop using my precious jazz though!

[thelowsoundofbass]

uh i dont know how much an alder jazz weighs but my rick weighs so little i dont even feel it i used to have a G&L L-2000 and that weighed a lot more i really wouldnt worry about weight on a rick unless you are a really tiny person remember its alder AND its short scale

Rics are made out of maple.

lowsound

[Shinobi_sniper]

I've seen it the other way round too... Most confusing.

Rickenfender sounds better anyways

[Thunder Fingers]

Rickenfender sounds better anyways

some guitar dude is looking for you in the casual..

[Shinobi_sniper]

Uh oh....

[jollygiantchris]

Rics are made out of maple.

lowsound

http://www.rickenbacker.com/model.asp?model=4003
^^^
i stand corrected

either or....it weighs absolutely nothing (9lbs) if u think thats heavy u might be one of those "professional" gamers that open their mice to remove excess parts in the interior because the mouse is "too heavy"