Ric's Always Deliver

steverok · Post by **steverok** » Fri Mar 10, 2006 4:37 am

We need to wake up this topic! Anyway, I am back into recording guitar again. On my current project, I had already laid down a bunch of guitar, almost all of the vocals, and then drums, for 11 songs. My bass player friends could not give me any time, but one gave me a Ric 4001 (what a friend!), and now I play bass ! It's fun !! So, after weeks of laying down bass, I had to face more work, adding guitar layers. At this point, I started to wonder if I was getting burned out on these songs, losing interest, getting tired of all of this work, etc. Then, I busted out my Ric guitars, started recording them in stereo, by mic'ing two amps, fed from a series of pedals. Get some nice compression from the JangleBox, dial in minimum distortion on the Ibanez Tube Screamer, add a tad bit of chorus, get some stereo delay going, feed output #1 into Fender tube amp, set for clean channel, feed output #2 into Line 6 Flextone III on Matchless Chieftan setting, roll back the output of the my 360JG, to get it more clean, roll back the bridge pick-up a little bit more, start playing to the music. Instant chime, sparkle - a full, wonderful, mystic sound. We're back on !! I can see the finish line !! Rickenbackers rule !!!

tony_carey · Post by **tony_carey** » Fri Mar 10, 2006 1:36 pm

"Rickenbackers rule".

How right you are Steve. They are my constant inspiration & nearly all my songwriting is solely based on the sound of my Rics.

I'm glad that the recording is going well for you. You seem to be experimenting a bit, which is always good & with the Rickenbacker sound, you really can't go wrong!

jdogric12 · Post by **jdogric12** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 11:29 am

Steve, I'm just starting to mess with Ric-o-sound after about nine years of playing Ricks. Live and recording. Any tips? Anything weird to expect? FYI I am using a 620 with a Fender Cyber Twin, Fender Princeton Chorus, and a Roland JC77. I'm thinking maybe use the CTwin and JC77? Thoughts? -Jason

steverok · Post by **steverok** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 5:00 am

Hey guys, I'm back, after the birthday hang-over ... 39, and loving it !! Tony, right you are !! Like you, I write many a song based on the Ric jangle, it feels right at home. Unlike you, however, I do mix the ocassional growl of an SG or screaming Tele into the mix, but I'm a frickin' amateur. Sometime later, I will post these tunes, they're pretty sweet. It's hard to make a Ric sound bad, in my opinion. When I listen back to what I have done, it's inspiring. All I have on there are bass, drums, acoustic guitar, single lead vocal, and the Ric 6-er, recorded in stereo. It doesn't need anything else !! That wonderful Ric chime is all that is required. Jason, I actually don't use Ric-o-sound. My effects pedals only have mono inputs, so I just plug into those. I would like to experiment with it, but I never have.

steverok · Post by **steverok** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 10:58 am

BTW, Anthony, I never got my CD that you promised !!

tony_carey · Post by **tony_carey** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 12:11 pm

Happy belated birthday Steve.

I know, I haven't sent any out & I promised I would....please accept my apologies. I will see to it by the weekend.

I've been playing Rics for 28 years now & have NEVER used ric o sound. My favourite gtrs are 330's though & they don't have it, but I'm just starting work on the new Carnivores album, so perhaps it is time I used it on my 360...just for one song.

steverok · Post by **steverok** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 1:25 pm

That would be great, I'll send one of mine when finished, it's kind of groovy. I'll even subject myself to your acute ear and unflagging commitment to professional recordings.