Rickresource Rickenbacker Forum

I love my Ric 4003 and am not too bothered by the crease on my arm from the binding, but I get unusually warm when I play, and I am a sweater, so I am intrigued about the wristband/armband suggestion. BTW, my forearm routinely stick to my Fenders, but not my Ric.

Now if I only can stop scratching ...

I'm still in search of the perfect tone. I have a '78 Fender Twin Reverb & w/ all of the tubes it gets pretty warm actually hot.

Anyway as an experiment, I plugged the Fender tube guitar amp to my ampeg svt410he (I disconnected the Fender's guitar speakers) and it wasn't loud enough, but it did ...

Anyone have an opinion whether this DI pedal w/ a tube will warm up my sound? I'm playing a 2005 Ric 4003 through an ampeg b2re (solid state) & svt 410he.

I do not usually play bass w/ any pedals.

I think I have tube envy.

I love that bass and I've played at least 3 different jetglo 4001c64s' at the Music Zoo in Little Neck (Queens, NY but they're on the web) within the past year so perhaps it's not so rare. BTW, i believe they all sold for just under 2K.

It sounded incredible w/ a $3000 amp (divided by 13) and and ...

This forum is absolutely terrific. I really appreciate everyone's input. I followed Charly's formula and so far everything sounds pretty good.

I fell into the trap of thinking more was more (instead of less being more) as I moved the bass up on both the equalizer and the tone controls which as I ...

Thanks Charlyg. I'll try those settings later tonight.

I found that my 100 watt Ampeg BA115 sounded great with my Ric 4003 but I felt a little underpowered as when the lead guitarist on a puny little amp would seemingly overpower me on certain songs. Hence, I purchased an Ampeg B2RE & Ampeg SVT 410HE on craigslist. [I just couldn't afford MesaBoogie ...

In 1978 I bought a used Telecaster('72 or '73) and it came in a case that looks exactly like Andrew Winter's Ric case w/ that orange/red interior but w/ a Fender Badge on the outside. The Tele always bounced around too much - making me think that the case was purchased separately. I usually shove a ...

Francesco:

Great Job. I've loved your videos. I especially loved your rendition of Something. That 4001v63 is gorgeous.

I have a request. I know that "Silly Love Songs" is a pretty lame tune, but I just love the bass line - which I'm having a difficult time figuring out. Do you play that tune ...

- with Central Beat, Middle Bay Country Club, Oceanside, NY 10/06.

I'm one of those hybrid players - using a pick and fingers at the same time.