I broke a string on my Ibanez bass during a church and rehearsal and the band leader casually pulled out a 1974 Rick and said “I guess you can play this.” I plugged it in to the sound system that was EQ’d for the Ibanez. I nearly blew the sound system up when I plucked the low E. So much power.
@vladimirerfan77216 ай бұрын
Good times! 🤘
@Bitterstone38495 ай бұрын
Praise the Lord 🙏 & God bless Rickenbacker's.
@The_Copper_Element_Itself5 ай бұрын
Same thing happens when you plug an active bass on the amp input for a passive lmfao (Totally not from experience)
@RoderikvanReekum4 ай бұрын
I had somewhat the same experience. We where jamming somewhere and I brought no bass with me. So I could play on the Bass guitar of the father of a friend, with permission. I did not know rickenbacker Basses... I just thought it was a funny old bass... On a Yamaha 8x10"... 70's stack.. Turns out it was a 70's rickenbacker, played great with impressive sound.
@curtisy62343 ай бұрын
You made the Church Rock out.That's awesome
@nolanneals25689 ай бұрын
Cliff is the man that made me get a bass. Cliff is the man that inspired me to keep practicing no matter how much I didn’t want to. His music his style all of it magnificent. He was a virtuoso lost too soon. R.I.P. Cliff Burton
@misterhutch20539 ай бұрын
What’s your practice routine to be more like him? I need a routine to use :/
@gnutard17359 ай бұрын
@@misterhutch2053 if you need a routine to keep playing, then you aren't enjoying it. you should just feel inspiration and want to pick it up. 1-2 hours later, your fingers hurt.
@misterhutch20539 ай бұрын
@@gnutard1735 I think you missed my point, I want to play so much that I always pick it up but I’m just noodling around and not making any progress I feel like I wanna get better and better but I can’t if I just keep playing the same Metallica songs and shit that I know you know? I’ve never had formal musical training or no Regimen so to say that an instructor teacher taught me so I just want to have a routine that I go by every time I pick it up so I know I’m getting better and not just a glorified cover band artist
@i2ottenBannana9 ай бұрын
@@misterhutch2053don’t play covers and you won’t be a glorified cover artist. Learn things in your own unique way instead of looking them up and also take that guys advice
@Smothzilla9 ай бұрын
RIP Cliff Burton 🙏💙❤️🔥🫂👑😊🕊️
@CommonsenseMK9 ай бұрын
I've owned one for 45 years. Thanks to Geddy Lee and Chris Squire.
@nilsen5898 ай бұрын
Me too. And because of Mike Rutherford.
@autk8 ай бұрын
Chris and Geddy, very tall cotton.
@louisb55638 ай бұрын
Nothing like Classical Prog!!! 41yrs for me, similar influences...but I have to add Paul McCartney as my initial influence👍🏻
@wonkastudio-johnny8 ай бұрын
exactly !! I couldn't have put it better myself.....
@Marshblocker8 ай бұрын
This guy bass
@allanr91638 ай бұрын
Paul McCartney also used a Ric towards the end of the Beatles and extensively while with Wings. IIRC, it sounds particularly good on the Wings at the Speed of Sound album
@italozanoti71808 ай бұрын
yes but with flats and neck pickup, total different sound
@ericjsmoczynski43748 ай бұрын
Bruce Foxton of The Jam used a Rick 4000 series bass. The characteristic tone is prominent on the early Jam records.
@user-rm8lr3tt7m8 ай бұрын
@@ymck7246he changed back when doing Get Back. But for Abbey Road he used his Rickenbacker. That was his bass from The Beatles Rubber Soul until Wings London Town. He used different basses here and there. An example is the white album. He used a J-Bass on 3 songs for the album. But aside from Get Back, McCartney never used another bass for an album.
@snarkywisecrack8 ай бұрын
I read somewhere he used the Hoffner because its shape was good for left-handed players. Is the Rickenbacker good for left-handed people?
@user-rm8lr3tt7m8 ай бұрын
@@snarkywisecrack he made many alterations to make it comfortable. His Rickenbacker became a signature during the 90's or 2000's.
@daisuke_thrasher70329 ай бұрын
Burton changed the bridge PUp for a Jazz bass one. It’s also in the photo lol
@sysiphuspeart90129 ай бұрын
Isn't that a sidewinder (eb-0) in the neck too?
@discoreposession9 ай бұрын
@@sysiphuspeart9012and a stacked strat literally wedged in the bridge! welding wizard cliff burton was a real one
@sysiphuspeart90129 ай бұрын
@@discoreposession ?! I'm guessing to kill hum from the jazz?
@discoreposession9 ай бұрын
@@sysiphuspeart9012 im not sure (i dont know anything about wiring or hum haha) but search up cliff’s frankenbacker. he was a beast at wiring
@Blyegh9 ай бұрын
@@sysiphuspeart9012Yeah, but it died on him, and he eventually settled for an Aria bass, with his signature model being the Black ‘n Gold Aria. I can’t remember, but I wanna say Aria made the bass to Cliff’s usual specs, like on the “Frankenbacker”.
@kristofsznida7249 ай бұрын
Jazz bass 30% bridge pickup, 70% neck pickup, same EQ settings. Geddy said he switched to a jazz bass because he could get a better low end, but tweak the treble to match the Ricky.
@mrebear97589 ай бұрын
I think Geddy plays the Jazz wide open
@Farewelltokingz9 ай бұрын
@@mrebear9758He plays on just the neck pickup pretty much. His main Kalamazoo 72 black J bass had a bad bridge pickup in it which had really low output.
@mrebear97589 ай бұрын
@@Farewelltokingz That was true, but the bridge pick-up was rewound by Tom Brantley. I have a pair of the replica pick-ups from Tom and the balance is pretty typical now for a 70s Jazz Bass. From what I can see, the only thing Geddy fiddles with now is the Samsamp settings and everything is wide open on the Jazz.
@monty20059 ай бұрын
I am the proud owner of a Ricky and and wouldn’t ever swap it
@stanleybroniszewsky85388 ай бұрын
Even so, his Rick, along with Cliff, Lemmy, Chris Squire, and others faced a major problem with their Ricks. The problem? Double truss rods. Try adjusting both to get the neck straight. No picnic. I'll stick with a Fender P-Bass; and not the stupid new ones that feature both a P-Bass and J-Bass pickups. What a terrible joke!
@user-cg7dg7uv8f9 ай бұрын
Those Rickenbackers are amazing sounding basses and add a very unique quality to the music they are in
@stanleybroniszewsky85388 ай бұрын
But a PITA to work on. Those Ricks had two truss rods. No easy task for people with no prior experience.
@anomaliesandtherealdeal8 ай бұрын
Always a snappy and chunky sound with Rickenbacker. Got to love the craftsmanship.
@Ohnoitsthatguy-6209 ай бұрын
My dad passed away in 2020 and recently I got a hold of his jetglo 4001 from my brother. It was almost like finding Excalibur.
@hartleyw63238 ай бұрын
Were ye worthy?
@bryanchandler34868 ай бұрын
I'm sorry about your dad but what a cool piece of his life to acquire!
@LordHolley8 ай бұрын
I am not a musician, but man, the difference between those guitars is unbelievable. That deep, soulful bass that just hits, it feels so good!
@CSBourne7 ай бұрын
Deep soulful bass ? yep you're not a musician.
@zeandiaz17918 ай бұрын
Mike Rutherford deserves a lot of credit for his playing too. The prog era of Genesis had some of the best music to ever be recorded.
@jgttmv8 ай бұрын
it sucks that despite the increasing popularity of prog bands like king crimson you still dont hear much from prog era genesis, I listened to those albums a ton during middle school and the bass and drums on those songs are infinitely better than everything that came out during the phil collins era
@jonathanmitchell35458 ай бұрын
@@jgttmvcuz Genesis is fruity as hell. KC is cold and edgy. Fripponomics ftw
@giantclaw1388 ай бұрын
Trespass and Selling England by the Pound are two of my all-time favorite albums. They're so freaking good!
@bryanchandler34868 ай бұрын
What the fuck is wrong with being fruity? @@jonathanmitchell3545
@danielpalmersofficial9 ай бұрын
Rest in peace Cliff and Lemmy, God rest to the best bass players ever. 😇👍
@Rowebot158 ай бұрын
Lemmy don't rest. He just changed his address
@danielpalmersofficial8 ай бұрын
@@Rowebot15 Oh, okay. 😂😅
@andrew97908 ай бұрын
Cliff Burton was never even close to the best bass player ever just because he was in Metallica,fan boys😂. He weren't even in the top 20 bass greats
@danielpalmersofficial8 ай бұрын
@@andrew9790 He’s not my favourite, however I do respect him a lot. 😀👍
@atomdecay8 ай бұрын
@@andrew9790This is some little kid mindset bullshit. People don't like Cliff because he was in Metallica. People liked old Metallica BECAUSE Cliff was part of the group. He wrote a ton of really great bass parts that weren't just emulating Dave Mustaine's riffs (all songs up to Ride the Lightning were written by Mustaine & Burton), they were unique bass parts that stood out from the crowd & weren't as easy as you'd think. Especially versatile for an early Thrash band. I bet you're going through that "nothing is good enough for me" phase. I went through that phase around 21 or so, when I started to think my childhood heroes Stevie Ray Vaughan & Dimebag Darrell weren't good guitarists because I'd discovered John Petrucci & Guthrie Govan & thought Prog Jazz was the hardest genre to play. I've grown out of that now, but I get it. If it ain't John Myung or Les Claypool then it "sucks", right? Maybe pick up a bass, look up "From Who the Bell Tolls Live With Cliff Burton", you'll know the vid when you see it, He's wearing a Misfits shirt), & just try to follow along with what Cliff is playing. Then come back & reread your extremely uninformed comment. Again, you got it backwards. People don't say "Oh, I love Cliff because he was in Metallica & I'm a Metallica fanboy!" It's the other way around. People only like that Era of Metallica because of Cliff's insane writing & playing skills, especially in a genre where bass players were usually setting up water bottles lol. Cliff is definitely one of the best to ever step on stage with a bass. & that's OBJECTIVE.
@freddiesoverbite61629 ай бұрын
I love Rickenbackers. It was my first bass. Chris squire is the reason I started playing bass. Having said that over the years I’ve discovered that the P-bass just has a superior tone. It retains the treble of the Rick but is much thicker.
@justinkennedy47689 ай бұрын
I love the band yes, I think he's one of the best bassists ever
@Jeremya749 ай бұрын
That depends on were on the neck your playing
@stanleybroniszewsky85388 ай бұрын
I owned a P-Bass. Sorry to say but the worst bass I've owned. I loved the tone, but felt it was too bulky and trouble with my hand on the neck. I traded it in for a Kramer bass. It became my all-time favorite. It's a great bass, but not everyone can manage it.
@scottreday93778 ай бұрын
Chris quire.Bass. Howe. Anderson. White. And wakeman. My favorite line up. Although relayer was favorite album. I met John Anderson and Rick wakeman in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. I snuck down to the dressing room at break. 2 security guards, each had one side of jon, while he was in a trance. I did not talk to Jon, had my 2011 es 175 with, me hoping to see Howe, and humbly ask him to sign it. Even if he would have signed my guitar with a child-like mess, I would have held it up in an offering to god, the 90 miles home. So cooool.
@siriuskontent68008 ай бұрын
No you didn t own one
@jamesmichaelfrank9 ай бұрын
McCartney's tune "Coming Up" was played on a Rickenbacker and is an amazing bass sound and great bass line as well .
@jacoboreyes31609 ай бұрын
Horrible song, thou
@rudygracia55739 ай бұрын
So was Silly Love songs.
@binxbolling3 ай бұрын
I think his playing his younger self in that video made him realize how iconic his Hofner was. That's around the time he switched back.
@SouthoftheHill8 ай бұрын
Some Italian bassist that sees the pick would scream ILLEGAL!
@enigmatmz8 ай бұрын
Oh, I'm not Italian but definitely thought "a pick on a bass!? Tf" 😂 To each their own though. Music is art and there are no rules. Just odd for me personally
@your_local_seagull8 ай бұрын
Thought the exact same
@FoghornLeghorn-fn4gd8 ай бұрын
@SouthoftheHill You mean that Sacha Baron Cohen look-alike, right? I forgot all about him--the algorithm took him out of my feed. Yo, foweeo.
@queuedjar45788 ай бұрын
S L A P P
@SetiSupreme8 ай бұрын
He's Italian? Never knew
@mikehuff97938 ай бұрын
Except for the fact that Cliff’s Rickenbacker was completely taken apart and put back together. Cliff liked the look and playable fretboard with low frets. Beyond that all the electronics and pickups were hodgepodged together….by a genius
@emersonmello56638 ай бұрын
And about Chris Squire and Roger Glover? Both guys make history with Rickenbacker too.
@duhsixsixsix8 ай бұрын
Touche'!
@scottgalloway3458 ай бұрын
Glenn Hughes played a Ricky too
@JeniOnly9 ай бұрын
Another Ric player who uses the Ric-O-sound is Al Cisneros from the band Sleep!!! Heavy BEHS playing! ❤
@jpettltd9 ай бұрын
Al is underrated. His work with om is great
@JeniOnly9 ай бұрын
@@jpettltd Totally agree, Om is an experience!
@bitchpilled9 ай бұрын
Love cisneros!!!
@lordrathut9 ай бұрын
Sleep is amazing
@christiantuttle5449 ай бұрын
ive literally been asking for his tone forever dude
@dave1986R6 ай бұрын
Geddy Lee said himself once that when he got his first Fender bass he could easily shape the top end to sound like a Rickenbacker top end but he was getting more punch in the low end. Kind of like what can be heard in this video.
@uremawifenowdave4 ай бұрын
The Rickenbacker always sounds like it’s in the front on the mix. It cuts through beautifully without dominating the sound. Love em!
@Mr.Peggle9 ай бұрын
You should do Robert Sledge from Ben Folds Five, his tone is badass.
@HANNIBALBARCA2479 ай бұрын
Yea ok👌
@tsurc10909 ай бұрын
The fart tone
@jeredalmeida18808 ай бұрын
When I saw them in 96, Rob was playing an Epiphone Les Paul bass through a pair of Marshall stacks for the whole set.
@gabrielcornea91198 ай бұрын
They both sound awesome
@MrDaraghkinch8 ай бұрын
Chris Squire of Yes had the body of his Rick cut super thin, for weight, on account of back problems. Along with his pinching picking technique, it brought out those growly high mids even more. Check out Roundabout by Yes for a taste.
@1199ccttv8 ай бұрын
that’s false, he said in an interview that his rick got super thin because before forming Yes he covered the whole body with thinfoil first then asked a luthier to remove it, after that he painted it a different color then asked the luthier to remove that also and when he got it back the guy painted it olympic white-ish and told him he would not be able to scrap another finish from it without making the bass too thin to properly work.
@MrDaraghkinch8 ай бұрын
@@1199ccttv Cool, I never heard that, thanks.
@luvyesmusici48866 ай бұрын
@@1199ccttvYup, that is the truth. Rick Wakeman gave him the three neck bass that he played on Awaken. There was a copy of that made later on. That one was a bit heavy. Near the end, it was certainly a chore for Chris to play an entire show. I was right up front in front of Chris, and he nearly fell over trying to take that bass and strap off him to his tech. Chris was not only a stellar bass player, and had such a great laugh, he really loved his kids.
@nickphaux9 ай бұрын
Haha i love the way you say "Rickenbacker Bridge Pickup" 😅
@the.bloodless.one13129 ай бұрын
RICK FOR LIFE!!!! Just finally got myself one this year and it absolutely changed my life! Never turning back!
@baconbitz79379 ай бұрын
the rick is the bass of the bourgeois
@baconbitz79379 ай бұрын
p-bass is proletariat
@the.bloodless.one13129 ай бұрын
@@baconbitz7937 lol never really been a big fender fan tbh. Neither for guitars nor basses. None of my instruments are fender. I’ve played a P bass in the past for years in my old band (was my keyboardists bass) but never owned one nor have I felt the desire to get myself one.. But last I checked I am a prol, and I saved up money for over a year to buy that bass, working at my crusty ass prol job. Sounds like my Rick is a prol bass, to me.. 😹😝
@subtletyandnuancerules9 ай бұрын
The dilettante’s bass is a Donner P-Bass copy. Built well-downright sturdy!, plays fine even though the straight neck is a mile below the new set of regular 50-105 Slinkies that btw, sound really good with lots of tonal range from what I consider a really good pickup! Hey, I’m a guitarist on a budget that needed a bass for recording and inspiration for grooves and fingerpicking practice. That being said, regardless of who (Having their own individual tone requirements for various reasons-hey, different people in different bands with different styles!) is using what pups on their Ricks, I particularly like the Lemmy-like tone in this demo and WANT THAT SOUND! I don’t even have to plug in to know I’m not going to get it with my dilettante bass. I’ll have to get real Ricko for that.
@the.bloodless.one13129 ай бұрын
@@subtletyandnuancerules Lemmy actually swapped out his pups for I think Gibson humbuckers. But when Rick build him his signature Rick (which is GOD DAMN fucking gorgeous may I add 🤤) they equipped it with their humbucking pickup. Rickenbacker 4001/4003 comes with single coils. So technically Lemmy’s tone isn’t even the traditional Rickenbacker tone. Altho yes there’s more than just pickups that affect the tone but I’m sure those humbuckers change it up quite a bit.
@michaelallen32079 ай бұрын
They do sound awesome Lemmy's bass playing would not be the same without the ricky 😊😊😊
@Fireglo9 ай бұрын
Except he literally changed the pickups lmao
@peterwible9 ай бұрын
@fireglo he used Thunderbird pickups I think.
@stanleybroniszewsky85388 ай бұрын
Don't forget Lemmy played through a Marshall. That was a factor as well. I've never seen anyone else play bass through a Marshall before or since.
@viciousattackvideo8 ай бұрын
@@stanleybroniszewsky8538Jack Bruce would like a word
@stanleybroniszewsky85388 ай бұрын
@@viciousattackvideo - I'm sure he would. I just never followed him to know his equipment.
@areneesouder8 ай бұрын
Those were absolutely some of the best bass players ever. Much Love to Geddy Lee! 💜😎👍
@V.G.F.8 ай бұрын
Geddy Lee is a LEGEND! along live RUSH!
@houseofsolomon24408 ай бұрын
He started with Fender ---> moved to rickenbacker ---> back to fender. I guess he had a steinberger phase, in there, too.
@panbaiye8 ай бұрын
By far the best bassist shown. The rest are on much lower levels.
@DizzyDez6138 ай бұрын
Ricky’s just have that magic
@RaymoneyPennysworth8 ай бұрын
This guy just always looks so happy
@Tedris48 ай бұрын
Lemmy modded his Rics with Thunderbird pickups cause he loved the looks and hated the sound, Cliff used a Mudbucker and a jazz bass pickup (and a stacked single coil for solos), and Geddy eventually swapped to Jazz basses Im not shitting on the Ric, I just find it hilarious that none of the examples he gave used stock basses or stayed with them
@geraldfriend2564 ай бұрын
Yeah the stock pickups are low output which is just their sound. People tend to love it a lot or hate it completely
@Bobby_Uterus9 ай бұрын
I enjoyed that precision bass tone the most.
@DougHell5 ай бұрын
Agreed. P for the win. All day.
@paulpennington-mv7rt9 ай бұрын
Ricky 4000 - 4001 models, i love those. And Jazz Bass is close 2nd. Precisions dont move me at all.
@thejudgefrom698 ай бұрын
Yeah something bout them Rickenbackers. The look, the sound, everything!
@kjaze7 ай бұрын
To each their own. I love Matsumoku Japanese basses. If someone gave me a Fender or a Rick, I would just keep it in the case until I could sell for a profit.
@paulpennington-mv7rt7 ай бұрын
@@kjaze I used to have an Ibanez bolt neck 4001 copy, that I copied it was so good. Mine was okay. Also a St. George copper colour with a handle in the body. Scary cool bass, fattest neck in the universe. Pickups distorted awesomely, whenever they wanted to.
@thepotatotaxi24305 ай бұрын
I like Ricks but Dingwall exists yk
@blackenedmagic8888 ай бұрын
Although Cliff Burton did play a modified (different pickups) Ricky 4001 when he first started in Metallica, he was much more known for using Aria Pro basses - specifically an SB1000, followed by a custom SB Black 'n' Gold.
@kjaze7 ай бұрын
Love the Matsumoku basses!
@Dungeon_of_Regret8 ай бұрын
Rick James could show you how to play that thing. Y’all are putzin’ here.
@nooneatallish42919 ай бұрын
Tom Arya's bass tone 🥺🥺🥺🙏🙏🙏🥺🥺🥺
@nooneatallish42919 ай бұрын
@@TheaDoesStuffWow true true he's a bit more in tie with his vocals but still would be kinda cool to see Danny play some slayer not to mention his tone in the seasons of the abyss album was pretty cool
@WilDBeestMF9 ай бұрын
@@nooneatallish4291 I have always liked his tone on that record the best. I mean it's nothing groundbreaking, it's just NICE.
@markdaniels71742 ай бұрын
It’s absolutely a unique and awesome tone. I sometimes think of a Rick as “not a bass” exactly, but a different class of instrument on its own. In the hands of Chris Squire or Geddy Lee… whoa!
@robertbarwick61978 ай бұрын
Both of those Basses are awesome. Can't go wrong with either one of them.
@tylerremley-osbourn56749 ай бұрын
Day 52 of asking for Robert Trujillos behs tone
@lastfirst35129 ай бұрын
Bez tun
@samuelfierro82059 ай бұрын
no one cares about trujillo
@tylerremley-osbourn56749 ай бұрын
@@samuelfierro8205 megadeth fan?
@raptorrsr58179 ай бұрын
@@tylerremley-osbourn5674both bands are great
@tylerremley-osbourn56749 ай бұрын
@@raptorrsr5817 I agree, I was just joking💀
@madhatter78629 ай бұрын
Chris Squire and the Rickenbacker! Day 14 of Chris Squire Behs tone!
@brianesbaugh68978 ай бұрын
Geddy Lee’s Rickenbacker from the 70s had the greatest sound ever
@CharleyRobertson-bt4kl7 ай бұрын
With Geddy Lee, that Bass was all right but I prefer to 72 fender jazz Bass and all the other jazz basses that he has sounds a lot more better, especially that transparent Bing Cherry fender jazz with the maple fretboard , that motha is cold-blooded tight
@notreallydavid3 ай бұрын
'Most distinctive' - can't be 'most unique' Great sounds - both of them!
@Anythingidontreallycare9 ай бұрын
Victor Wootens first fodera is a sound I haven’t heard come from another bass. It’s so clear and sweet sounding
@jamesmichaelfrank9 ай бұрын
Fodera bass are on another level .
@The66Leadfoot8 ай бұрын
Chris Squire and Roger Glover as well
@TomRyanMKE8 ай бұрын
Chris Squire is the most iconic Ric bassist for my money. The 4001’s most unique quality is its Ric-O-Sound stereo output, and he put it to its best use.
@PuffyOne18988 ай бұрын
Cliff’s an inspiration for all aspiring bassists
@Tschuschka_Ichwillitsch9 ай бұрын
Day 6 of asking for Paul Gray’s behs tone and song Iowa
@mattacostaguitar40489 ай бұрын
Yeeeeeee
@adamsBASSCOVERS9 ай бұрын
Phil Lynott had a very interesting sound....day 11,011
@scottgalloway3458 ай бұрын
He swapped to a Schecter bass ,a much overlooked bass player
@samhaines82283 ай бұрын
Lovely! and Brutal...and kinda crunchy (yet smooth)
@VeganGorilla5553 ай бұрын
I've always loved the Rickenbacker bass!
@charliegglines39659 ай бұрын
AYO where is Chris squire?????
@lightandthesungod9 ай бұрын
I’ve been asking for the last 42 days (what I’ve been counting at least) and still no squire
@russslagel5148 ай бұрын
Oh geez. I thought "this guy" number 2 was Chris Squire. That's why I didn't mention him. If That's not him he needs to be on here for sure.
@charliegglines39658 ай бұрын
@@russslagel514number 2 is Geddy lee of Rush. Who said on many occasions that hearing Chris squire’s bass line on “no opportunity neccecary no experience needed” was his instant wanting for a rickenbacker bass
@atypicalgump64728 ай бұрын
Chris Squire died around the 27th of June , 2015. A form of Leukemia took him out for a walk with John Entwhistle.
@russslagel5148 ай бұрын
@charliegglines3965 Thank you! The hair was very Chris Squire-esque. So it threw me off. I also always associate Geddy with the Steinbergers and Fenders even though I know damn well he played a Rick back in the day.
@davsunvile9 ай бұрын
Warwick thumb: Hold my beer
@MarkusSellmann8 ай бұрын
I got one from 1978 until 2010. The secret of the sound of this beauty lies in the sustain. Still regret that I sold it.
@sydknee6048 ай бұрын
Fun fact, a lot of people attribute geddy lees bass tone to the rickenbaker, but in almost all of the Rush records he used his Fender Jazz Bass, the rickenbaker was mostly used live
@JKeltTV9 ай бұрын
Day 24 of asking for Geddy Lee's behs tone
@mrebear97589 ай бұрын
Buy a Samsamp YYZ and a 70s Jazz Bass. Done. The YYZ even comes with his personal settings
@JKeltTV9 ай бұрын
@@mrebear9758 I really want one, but I always wondered if it would be more worth it to get the 2112 preamp instead. Thoughts?
@mrebear97589 ай бұрын
@@JKeltTV Not in my view, unless you're going to run it as always on. I like to be able to switch the pedal on and off, which you can't do with the 2112. The 2112 is only really useful in recording or professional situations where you can blend the two channels in a mixer.
@tallskinnybassist87169 ай бұрын
@@JKeltTVif you have one amp- get the 2112 di; two amps- get the rack. Add more mids and treble, behs at 12.o'clock everything on a J bass cranked with a compressor at a 4:1 compression. Play around and make killer riffs.
@auberjean68738 ай бұрын
@@mrebear9758 2112. I like that album! 😉 Nice of you to give out that kind of info, Mr. E. Bear, E-🐻 or Mystery Bear. Respect.
@MachineGunAustin9 ай бұрын
Lorna doom bass tone!
@luvyesmusici48866 ай бұрын
You missed the ultimate Rick man, of course, Chris Squire. He sanded it down, made it lighter and turned it into a stereo sound. The man who started lead bass, so many iconic sounds and compositions. A man like no other.
@thereallincolntakanashi9 ай бұрын
Day 59 asking for David Hungate's behs tone.
@fletcherjohnson14849 ай бұрын
Day 82 of asking for Tim Commerfords behs tone
@damianscahill23609 ай бұрын
jesus 82 days-
@fletcherjohnson14849 ай бұрын
42! I meant 42
@intensifiednonchalance67709 ай бұрын
I love these basses. Very good for melodic players. You can play guitar on those things.
@andrewlindenfeld62228 ай бұрын
We all know Geddy is the real master here... yet somehow the most humble and last one to admit it.
@f1_29_fan9 ай бұрын
Day 10 of asking for Victor Wootens tone
@vincebagadonis80162 ай бұрын
Please note NONE of those guys used the stock Ric bridge pickup. Cliff had a J pickup AND a guitar pickup underneath the bridge if you can imagine that! Also, Cliff only used that Ric on the first album. You can see him use his otherwise famous Aria Pro bass from Ride and Master, also you must take into account his Mesa amp and speakers
@janmajer46628 ай бұрын
Now that was funky and I love it
@freakensweet10199 ай бұрын
Day 10 of asking for John Paul Jones behs tone
@alfonsoroneras78219 ай бұрын
peter hooks bass tone? (He plays a rickenbacker) Edit: First!!!!!!
@ej87369 ай бұрын
On some but if we are talking disorder then totally
@Fireglo9 ай бұрын
It was actually a counterfeit.
@krzysiu40039 ай бұрын
He had a copy.
@Bananeurysm8 ай бұрын
Rickenbackers sound amazing, but I’m a sucker for the Warwick tone. There’s just something so alien about how they sound.
@RossBayCult9 ай бұрын
Both basses sound good. It’s all subjective in the end.
@nathanbohn10788 ай бұрын
rickenbacher had that high end clarity. what a nice guitar.
@johnvrabec97474 ай бұрын
I love my '77 4001. Plays like a dream.
@dianawatton75708 ай бұрын
Beautiful and amazing!
@stanlee-eq7lu8 ай бұрын
True, the Fender can never sound like a Rick. But what also helps is using a pick when playing. I was stubborn just using my fingers to play. But once I grabbed a thick pick for playing (2.00/3.00 mm), everything changed. More attack and distinct sound.
@SmoKyBruceLee8 ай бұрын
I can listen to that riff all day
@TheVanderbone8 ай бұрын
Man I was in band in middle school and learned to play sheet music with a saxophone, and for my age was pretty decent as my teacher and older students let me in on more important parts. That being said trying to learn guitar or bass after that was so wildly different and I felt like I had no ear for what I was playing. I always admire musicians because I understand it takes an extreme amount of repetition and learning your own instrument to be even tolerable.
@DonTerhune1200cc8 ай бұрын
Played both Fender P & Rick. Used to say, "Rick for the pick, Fender for the fingers".
@frmrchristian84888 ай бұрын
The Rickenbacker sounds like a really clean acoustic bass, that when amplified is still clean but just louder. Whereas the Fender sounds "electrified" and not as clean.
@nintzelj8 ай бұрын
what a fun video! loved it and all the great comments. I am a die hard Rickie fan, but was impressed on the sound you got on the P-bass.
@bondingwithunclebenny8 ай бұрын
Rip Cliff, you were a God at bass and that sweet Bass solo in Am I evil
@FloridaMan05618 ай бұрын
Sounds great!
@babyjesuslovesme12198 ай бұрын
sounds like magic
@colinsmith44535 ай бұрын
I bought my Rick in 1969, they are the best sounding bass ever. Listen to Chris Squire on the yessongs album, live version of heart of the sunrise. Thanx for recognizing the beautiful sound of RICKENBACHER BASSES
@MZ-tm1tw8 ай бұрын
The Rickenbacker Hollow Body is a big part of that sound. You get feedback resonance from the resonant body giving the strings more sustain and bigger tone in all registers. The headstock and bridge is also a part of that sound. Electro acoustic instrument is never only the pick up of the magnetic induction from the metal strings.
@palerider9648 ай бұрын
Sounds like a 70's Dirty Harry movie.
@ZurlHammerdoom8 ай бұрын
The clarity and damping of low end buzz is remarkable. A whole different ball game.
@lex00058 ай бұрын
BEHS had me in stitches. Awesome short.😂
@umbluegray17 ай бұрын
I'm a huge Rush fan. I love Geddy's Rickenbacker era, but that P bass sounds pretty good, too.
@allenpeter41558 ай бұрын
That was truly bass
@microproducer8 ай бұрын
My old Guild Pilot had this exact sound. Loved it
@_hybrid_moments_8 ай бұрын
That’s the Geddy Lee sound! Absolute legend
@cqbjd869 ай бұрын
No the most incredible sounding bass is what Mike Inez is playing when Alice In Chains did the mtv unplugged gig. The tone of it when they did Nutshell is the most haunting bass I’ve ever heard in a song.
@azzalghul18288 ай бұрын
Absolutely, I started playing bass 30 years ago because I watched Cliff’em All and fell in love with that Cliff Burton Ric and now I have a 78 Fireglo and cherish it
@Gitfiddle9 ай бұрын
The Ricki has a thick distorted upper mid-range which is very distinctive. Sounds awesome!!!
@brysonwood83568 ай бұрын
People can say what they want… In my humble opinion, the Rickenbacker bass was one of the absolute best ever made. You captured the reason in your video…
@axlent1238 ай бұрын
Love them both!
@Lithybelle9 ай бұрын
My first behs was an Epiphone EB-3 that has VERY similar same specs as Rickenbacker basses because the mudbucker pickup and mini humbucker and whatnot. I learned to play on it without knowing what a "normal " behs soundes like for almost a decade! I heard somebody say that these basses sound so powerful, yet so opaque and ominous that they describe them as "Hearing Godzilla roar from the other end of the city" I live by those words! And that's why I named my EB-3 "Kaiju" lol
@superiorsoldier578 ай бұрын
Man, that sounds good
@tommyblackwell37603 ай бұрын
My '82 4001 is my #1, my Fender & Yamaha are both great but it's really no competition. It's not just the punchy growl, but absolutely the slickest neck I've ever played. (YMMV though....there was a lot of variation in neck thickness until they started using CNC machines in the mid 90s.)
@user-wp4cs6eg8q7 ай бұрын
A Rick sounds like the the love child of a Precision and a Jazz.
@MisfitOutfit8 ай бұрын
It's like your Walmart skateboard you buy and then you finally have enough to purchase an actual pro model.