Rickresource Rickenbacker Forum

Hello,
I have tried several strings too at the moment I am very happy with the Ernie Ball string Coated that I paid about a million $ (edit : very expensive I think it really was nearly 100$ for 4string) at my local guitar shop (in France). I did use previously the Earnie ball super slinky (not ...

Thanks for the advice I have checked the frets on the rickenbacker although I have some little issues with some bit not being perfect on it things like fret are perfectly straight and very well done .
I am posting because I have just found something rather interesting . I use to play with a 0.88mm ...

I barely get any buzz when playing with fingers even hard.
With a pick I get buzzes especialy the two middle strings. I have to play really soft not to get any buzzes

Hello everybody,
The first tone problem was totaly solved with a genz benz that I absolutely love with the rick :)
Recently I have changed the strings to put the cover back on as i nearly play on the neck itself with the pick (no need to take it off) . I had the original rickenbacker's (1 year old ...

Hi and thank you again
I'll try to sumarize what I have done so far to discover things .

Basicaly I have bypassed the Tecamp cab on my Rotel Ra-01 (hifi amp) and the sound is just perfect , meaning it is hifi standard I put any bass music cd's on it and it just reproduces it as it is .
I even ran ...

Yes thank you .
I think the ABM 500 is perfect but I do believe that all my disapointement comes from the tecamp cabinet . It's a huge thing I play it in my bedroom (wich is 7m by 4m) and it's 180 liters .
When I got it I had the idea of taking it out sometimes outside ,with the idea of "if it can ...

Thanks Joey

I have a new factor I have discovered in my music chain !
I have a Line 6 Toneport UX1 that I use to use with my guitar ... but it also accepts basses , so I gave it a try .I have several model and tested them and put a good headphone and upped the volume ... and to my big suprise the ...

Thanks :)

Very good idea I will try to reverse the pickup :)

Off topic but I need a little help (and by the way off forum )
I have found somebody that sell a MM stingray 5 lefty from 1998 superb condition black
I has got a single HB and a mapple freetboard in europe the cheapest on stock new ...

Thanks for the replies

At the moment I am keeping it I think . I really love it's tone but only with a pick , then it's just brilliant . I tend not to use pick a lot and more my fingers it's there where really I don't like the tone . Guess that I'll probably end up with two basses one day one for ...

Thanks You also remark that the screws on the neck pickup are nearly white it's curious but that's where I play nearly on the fretboard always forced myself to play on the bridge but my left hand naturaly goes on the neck :(
At the moment i'm still in dream mode i wouldn't be scared to remove the ...

leftyguitars wrote:My brother-in-law is actually in France now, he could pick it up and pay you cash on my behalf.

Thank for the proposition it's very kind
I'm not quite fixed yet on what i'm going to do

kiramdear wrote:Gee, it must get dark late in the day in Paris. It's about 20:30 PM there and the sun is still high.

Yes sunset is at about 10h30 pm I still have 2h of sun to go and will apear around 4h30 am

Sure
So that's the offset I thought was normal

And here's the actual bass taken 5min ago with my ashdown and my tecamp cabinet (the cab itself is homade)

Thanks for the reply
Well iv'e just discovered that the neck pickup poles are offset by 3-4mm to the string and so does the bridge pickup but by about 2mm will that affect my tone ?

Hi thank you for the grettings :)

I live not very far from paris in the north west area of ile-de-france .

unfortunaly I don't play in a band I don't know a lot of people and also don't really like people much (although i am a teacher lol). I'm no where near a good player unfortunaly .
I play a ...