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| Sorry for this posting before hand, it is not an Ovation question.
I was wondering if anyone here could recomend me to a good rickenbacker site? or perhaps an experienced guitar customizing shop?
I have found my Acoustic guitar skills are good enough to play most of the Acoustic parts for the Yes & Floyd songs I am working on? ( Still working on The Clap) NO I don't need penecilin! My electric guitar skills (Steve Howe, & Dave) are another thing. I am finding this much more of a challenge. So I have fallen back to the Bass and will rely on another guitarist to work out these problems.
I am finding I am having a great time working on the Rickenbacker Bass once again! My guitar experience has proven helpful in obtaining the picking and finger speed needed for some of these songs. I am going to use the bass from now on as my main weapon of choice. Keeping my new 4003 like it is--- I would like to convert an older 4 string Rick to a 5 or perhaps an 8? Does anyone here have any experience with this or, again, know who may?
I have found a few Rickenbacker web sites, but to plug this site once again,
"They do not have the experienced musicians and guitar NUTS this site has"
All I get out of some of these are arguments as to which color Rick was the best!! or who was better Steve Howe or Trevor Rabin? Etc. I need real answers and sources for real parts? Figured you guy's may be able to steer me in the right direction! Thanks again Coming around the learning curve! Randy |
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Location: Charlotte NC | As a bass player myself, I'd recommend you check in at my main hangout, www.talkbass.com They have a forum called "Luthier's Corner" which is where all the bass craftsmen hang out. There may be some Rickenbacker gurus there. |
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Location: Las Cruces, NM | Randy and LoJoe
I suspect my reaction is similar to many here who have played in a band. Bass players IMHO are more than welcome and are a vital component to playing any kind of music. Probably some will secretly contact you and try to get you to play with them as bass players are always in short supply. I'm no expert on Ovation basses but I recall seeing an acoustic Ovation bass somewhere and they made electric basses in the 70's or 80's.
Give us some inside bass info, it will be a welcome diversion from all these stories of 10,000 ways to use a capo.
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| Bailey; I am fairly new to the Bass I played a little in the past but never quite got the bug like I have now!
I am taking Paul's suggestion about buying an amp, and I am looking into buying a good quality 400w head and, 2, dual 10" cabinets I can stack. This way I can transport this and use one or both. I am also trading the acoustic amp (Peavey 110) I bought with no loss of money for an upgrade to a Peavey 112. Much better Amp and still transportable. My Bass rig will cost me almost to the dollar (If I buy it new) as much as the Rickenbacker did.
Experience! You gotta pay attention when those who know speak!
Now as for a discussion about Basses; This is an Ovation site so I would love to here about those rare Adamas Bass Guitars but I am not qualified to speak of any Bass guitar experience yet. I am only barely tollerated on this site as it is! I got to say though Rickenbacker is another USA made instrument at least the one I have is! You can Hear Feel and See the quality and like the good Ovations the resale value on these is as good as it gets. I did try a Fender Jass "Aerodyne" Bass. Again it was top notch had that same light weight and playable feel, I just did not like the sound as much as the Rick! Besides I think that Squire guy from "Yes" plays a Rick! Well Back to the learning curve.
Ohh.. by the way I don't think I have ever used a capo on a bass? Have to try it? I'll try and see how many ways I can do it and post a message! Randy |
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Location: Las Cruces, NM | Randy
Keep in mind the bass is just a guitar that is tuned extremely low, so you shouldn't be out of place on this board.
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Location: Georgia USA | We still haven't addressed the main issue here... which color of Rick is the best? I say sunburst! |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | I like the black Chris Squire model. Are Rick's US made? For some reason I thought they came from the UK. |
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| OK Lets get this over with! My personal choice was a 4003 Rick in Black. In Rickenbacker talk this is "Jetglo". The chris Squire model only comes in the color he had painted on his bass 35 years ago, and that was cream and red strips on the headstock. He also has a dot inlay neck that I do not like at all? Most Rick Bass's you will see have triangular inlay's In the neck, in Rickenbacker talk that is "Sharktooth" inlay's.
Man I am going to get beat up for so much talk about Rickenbackers on an Ovation site!
I am not an expert AT ALL on these but I can tell you the factory is in California. In Rickenbacker talk that is "The West Coast Dude" Although I do see the Rickenbacker Strap I bought was made in Canada?
I found a web site if any of you are interested called the Rickenbacker Forum. Found a bunch of guy's very much like this site. They Know there stuff! But perhaps just not quite as NUTS! And they have a guy like our Adamas Guru, Al Pep. Mike is the Gugu for finding all the rare and wonderfull Rickenbackers around!
I was and still am working out a conversion too a 5 string Rick out of a 4! I went to the site to see if there were any of the Rickenbacker nut's (Like me) who had done this. Wow There are guy's on there who have done it already and I am telling you these guy's are top notch. They could sell these on Ebay! and make a bundle! Anyway Enough I am gonna catch hell for starting this posting!
Just so some of you who don't know me at all from my previous posts, I do own two very nice ovations and I am working out what songs I will be using them for when I put down the Bass! Ohh by the way I think Steve Howe and Trever Rabin are impossible to compare. It is Apples and Oranges. My personal preference is Steve on any day and Twice on Sunday's but that is my age showing.
While Trying to learn some of Steve Howes Stuff, I found I am having fun going back to some of that Great! Great! "Les Paul" Music (I had forgotten I ever heard) to help me learn more of Steve Howes style! I think we should all go back and look at the roots of modern Music! No matter what musical preference you have you will find the wisdom in those old Country, Jazz, Rocabilly, and Blues pioneers! and there styles are in the pudding! OK Im done Randy still can't quite see around the learning curve! |
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Location: Tennessee | The Rickenbacker factory is in Santa Ana (Southern California). I am also a Ric fan, and I do see some 5-string basses on eBay on a fairly frequent basis. Both the 5 strings and the 8 strings were both factory models (although now discontinued). While a conversion might be a fun project, you might save a bunch of time and heartache by searching out what you want. You might find one on gbase.com or just keep trolling eBay.
McCartney played a Ric when he wasn't playing the Hofner. The new vintage series is based on his '64 model with the reverse headstock, but unfortunately only dot inlays on the neck. So you're in good company with Ovation acoustics and a Ric bass!
I will say that now that I've had a chance to get the action right and install flatwounds on my '96 Ovation Viper bass, I'm finding it more and more addicting and I find myself playing more bass than guitar. If you get a chance to play one, check it out. It is a fine instrument! |
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Bass conversion? Off topic?
