squirebass wrote:Well, then the tone you are getting is what I'm interested in, metal. My v63 used to get well past halfway down the road to that tone, but it didn't nail it like a real horsey, and it didn't have the Dane harness or cap... You have exactly what I'm considering for my 4003 right down to the stereo jack. Please tell more about it!
Do you mean you want to hear me prattle on and on about my awesome Rickenbacker bass tone?! If you were a woman, I would marry you!
I have a 2002 4001V63 with stock pickups. It went from sitting under my bed in the case to overtaking my '86 4003 as being my favorite bass when I put a Dane harness in it. The harness has the C3 .0047ųf cap push/pull switch (I leave the it in the "pulled" position, meaning the capacitor is engaged) with,
most importantly, a stereo jack. I don't know what values he used for the volume and tone pots, but both volume pots are full on. The tone pots are at 9 o'clock, supposing 12 o'clock is full on. Meaning, if you are playing the bass and looking towards the floor is 100% on, rotate them 90 degrees.
I use Rotosound Swing '66 45s.
You will need a stereo to mono Y cable, a Line 6 Bass Pod XT, and a Line 6 Pod X3. These are legacy products now, so the can be had pretty cheap.
Set your Line 6 Bass Pod XT to the following settings:
Amp: Amp 12: Rock Classic
EQ (controlled by knobs on front):
•Output: 8
•Drive: 2
•Bass: 6
•Lo: 7
•Hi: 10
•Treb: 9
•Chan Vol: 5 (7 for Toaster)
Compress: 0
Cab: Cab 22: 8x10 Classic
Mic: Mic 2: Tube 47 Far
Room: 0%
6-band EQ:
•Gain +3.0, Freq 75
•Gain Flat, Freq 155
•Gain Flat, Freq 185
•Gain +10.2, Freq 300
•Gain +12.6, Freq 1.6k
•Gain +12.6, Freq 2.2k
Config: Pre
Stomp:
•Model: Classic Dist
•Drive: 10%
•Gain: 49%
•Tone: 95%
Mod: Off
Delay/Verb: Off
Wah: Off
Volume: Volume, Post (I don't think this matters)
FX Tweak: Stomp Tone (I don't think this matters)
Tempo: (Any value; it doesn't matter)
Gate: Off
D.I. Settings: Off
Step 2: Set your Line 6 Pod X3 to the following settings:
Gate: Off
Wah: Off
Stomp:
•Distortion: Classic Distortion
•Drive: 20%
•Gain: 29%
•Tone: 100%
Mod: Sine Chorus
•Speed: 0.16Hz
•Tap: Off
•Tempo: 118.0 BPM
•Mix: 51%
•Depth: 19%
•Bass: 50%
•Treble: 79%
•Config: PRE
Amp: 1968 Plexi Jump Lead
•Byp Vol: 56%
•Room 0%
Cab: 4x12 78 Brit Celest T-75's
Mic: 421 Dynamic Mic
Amp Eq (controlled by knobs on front. After selecting amp, cab and mic, press right arrow on directional pad to see % values):
•Drive: 79%
•Bass: 65%
•Middle: 0%
•Treble: 100%
•Presence: 77%
•Reverb: 0%
•Tone Volume: 55%
•Master Volume: 50%
COMP: Off
EQ:
•Lo Gn: +12.6dB
•Lm Gn: +12.6dB
•Hm Gn: +12.6dB
•Hi Gn: +12.6dB
•Lo Fq: 555
•Lm Fq: 1.10k
•Hm Fq: 1.65k
•Hi Fq: 2.15k
Vol:
•Min: 0%
•Max: 100%
•Config: Post
Delay: Off
Verb: Off
Connect the red mono end of the stereo cable (or adapter) to Input 1 of the Bass Pod XT. If neither mono end is colored red, it will be marked "R" or "Right" or "Ring". Plug the other mono end, which should be colored white or black, or marked "T" or "Tip" or "L" or "Left" into the input of the Pod X3. Plug the stereo end of your stereo-to-mono-y cable into the "Rick-o-Sound" jack of the Rickenbacker bass.
I run the two outputs into a mixer with equal volume and no extra equalization, and listen through headphones. Amplifiers are not conducive to single-bedroom apartments
. So, if you use an amp, some EQ tweaking may be necessary.
If you
really want to get down to the knitty-gritty, I use extra-heavy picks, and I pick
just behind the bridge pickip cover. I favor the A string from frets 0 to 9 and the D string from frets 5 to 9, but not if it makes a passage more difficult to play.
Here are some bits of songs I have recorded if you would like to hear this setup in action. I have myself panned to one channel, and the actual recording to another:
Classic - Yours is no Disgrace:
https://soundcloud.com/conley-flake/you ... o-disgrace
A little more modern: - Bulls on Parade by Rage Against the Machine:
https://soundcloud.com/conley-flake/bulls-on-parade
I have a few others (Thunder Kiss '65, Freewill etc.) but I am having trouble getting them uploaded because of copyrights or something. Let me know if you have any other questions! And I am always glad to hear comments and feedback from anyone! The pursuit of perfect tone never ends!