Rickresource Rickenbacker Forum

Saw the Groovies earlier this year, no Rics in sight, unfortunately. George was playing a really modern bass, bright green IIRC, with a very small, deeply contoured body. Nothing special going on tone-wise there. Chris had a Tele, but at least Cyril was still playing the same Dan Armstrong as back i...

Great band, and Brian puts that 8 string to excellent use, as there's no guitar accompanying when he plays it.
Also a plus, I was running sound at a venue they were playing, and when I got there to set up, the band was doing yoga in the middle of the room. Now THAT'S my kind of touring!

Hi, new here. I just picked up a 66 450/12. It has a very simple, I assume stock, floating bridge. I say simple meaning no moving parts, though it does look carefully engineered. I'm wondering if a tunematic bridge might help with resonance and sustain. Anyone have thoughts on this? Probably will ra...