Rick-o-Sound, or alternatives to "the grey box"

green_us90 · Post by **green_us90** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 3:07 pm

Thanks for the heads up John, I'll have to get some extra money together to get one soon.

greg_mitchell · Post by **greg_mitchell** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 3:28 pm

Okay, John Hall just made my mind up for me. Gotta have it.

Again Dave, sorry for the temporary albeit unintended hijack. See you at that "other" forum.
Greg

green_us90 · Post by **green_us90** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 4:09 pm

Not a prob. ALways great to share ideas.

rictified · Post by **rictified** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 7:08 pm

Well I ordered mine tonight, I think I'll buy a hundred so when everyone starts complaining in a few years about how much they miss the Ric-o-sound boxes I'll corner the market, haha!

nobody_blues · Post by **nobody_blues** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 9:36 pm

That's Not A Half Bad Idea

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00soul · Post by **00soul** » Fri Mar 18, 2005 12:01 pm

i wonder how many kits are left. hundreds? thousands?

leftyguitars · Post by **leftyguitars** » Fri Mar 18, 2005 12:49 pm

"i wonder how many kits are left. hundreds? thousands?"

I wonder how many kits are left handed!

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Fri Mar 18, 2005 1:21 pm

GRINDING DISTORTION-GOOD
DULL THUD-BAD

I agree with that 100% !!!!!

scanman17 · Post by **scanman17** » Sat Mar 19, 2005 3:26 am

hello everyone. yes, im a newbie and am only two long days away from receiving my still brand new turquoise 4003 from mike parks. i'm quite confused about the ric-o-sound feature and have zero technical expertise. i play through a bassman 135. would i be able to use ric-o-sound even if im only using one head. i know there's more than one input in the bassman but that's about all i know about these things. if this is something i can do and is worth doing in your estimation, what should i purchase? thank you all for your patience and i apologize for my technilogical ignorance. i just love to play

ken_j · Post by **ken_j** » Sat Mar 19, 2005 3:59 am

It will only help if the amp has 2 separately adjustable channels, vol and tone for each channel. If not there is no point in separating the signal to blend it back at the amp input. You can just use a quality stereo guitar cord if you don't has a Rick-O-Sound box.

brett_bottomley · Post by **brett_bottomley** » Sat Mar 19, 2005 4:06 am

Hi Guys I play Chapman stick. Same concept as Ric o sound a stereo split instrument. They have specially designed cables for less than you might think at Stick.com, planet waves Etc. you might try these. also how about Rickenbacker doing the same thing or at least stocking these type of split cables?

Brett Bottomley

rictified · Post by **rictified** » Sat Mar 19, 2005 6:23 am

Hi Joseph, yes just put each pickup in it's own channel in your Fender. I used to do that with an SVT, any amp that has two channels can use Ric-o-sound, or in other words most of the old tube amps, it works better with two amps though. I don't use it anymore I get a good sound mono, it's good for using effects on one channel and running the other clean such as with a fuzz box, you don't lose the bottom that way.

scanman17 · Post by **scanman17** » Sat Mar 19, 2005 6:56 am

thanks bob. i think i got that part. now the final stupid question. what kind of cable/cables do i need to make that happen? i like the idea of not losing bottom end with an effects pedal. would come in handy while recording. my guitar player has a ric 12 string and could probably put my amp to good use too with that feature. thanks again for your help. i love this site and it was very helpful in assuring me that mike parks at the-music-connection in north carolina was a good and reputable man to deal with. he was extremely friendly and very helpful. look forward to having many many more stupid questions for all of you

paul_yan · Post by **paul_yan** » Sat Mar 19, 2005 10:48 am

Welcome aboard, Joseph.

No questions are stupid! Not asking them is stupid.

You need a high-quality, shielded, Y cable that has a stereo front end (tip-ring-sleeve, just like normal 1/4" stereo headphone jacks, to plug into your ROS socket), with 2 mono jacks (tip-sleeve, like on all normal guitar cables) to plug into your amps/effects.

If you have someone make the cable for you, have him label "Teble/Bridge (PU)" on the mono end that receives the signal from the tip of the "source" jack, and "Bass/Neck (PU)" on the other which receives the signal from the ring of the source jack.

As for pedals, make sure you get pedals designed for bass (eg. Bass Overdrive, Bass Chorus, Bass Wah, etc.) so that you don't lose any low end. Also, pedals with the 'direct bypass' feature are recommended as they don't "suck tone" when not in use.

scanman17 · Post by **scanman17** » Sat Mar 19, 2005 11:49 am

thanks a lot paul. i appreciate your help