Did Steve Howe ever use a Ric (on a recording)?

leftybass · Post by **leftybass** » Thu Aug 04, 2005 11:50 am

Yes, I am thinking a Rickenbacker 12-string was used when tracking "Starship Trooper" from The Yes Album...

jps · Post by **jps** » Thu Aug 04, 2005 12:13 pm

According to Steve, the first time he used a RIC 12 string was on Awaken. The guitar pictured above is the one used, but it has since been stolen from him!

longhouse · Post by **longhouse** » Thu Aug 04, 2005 1:52 pm

'the key to my technique lies somewhere between the tight string spacing and the tight pants....'

atomic_punk · Post by **atomic_punk** » Thu Aug 04, 2005 2:32 pm

"the women run in fear, really, we've got armadillos in our trousers..."

leftybass · Post by **leftybass** » Thu Aug 04, 2005 2:38 pm

I was way off, this was what I was thinking of:

http://www.rickbeat.com/photofeatures/pauldavid/pauldavid.htm

dswp · Post by **dswp** » Thu Aug 04, 2005 2:57 pm

wints · Post by **wints** » Thu Aug 04, 2005 2:58 pm

Follow the link to his home page and read about his 1993 which was one of Pete Townsend's...
The one that got away....

pekka · Post by **pekka** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 10:02 am

"the women run in fear, really, we've got armadillos in our trousers..."

Except those prog rockers have "tarkuses"...

rickcrazy · Post by **rickcrazy** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 1:36 pm

I believe Steve even used Rick basses on some of his solo albums.

jps · Post by **jps** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 3:26 pm

Steve used his FG '74 4001 S/N NJ6074 on most of "Beginnings", "Never Say No" on GTR, "While Rome's Burning" and the title track of Turbulence", and "Desire Comes First" from "The Grand Scheme Of Things".

wayang · Post by **wayang** » Tue Aug 09, 2005 8:38 am

Pekka...not all of us: I've got a lark's tongue in my aspic...

jojo99 · Post by **jojo99** » Tue Jan 24, 2006 4:54 pm

Howe's fireglo 4001 interestingly has no mute, and is not routed for one...you can see the fireglo finish beneath the "teeth" on the tailpiece. Why can't a person order one this way nowadays?
That GTR track...I read an interview where he said he played it because the bass player "didn't like Rickenbackers". I wonder if this meant the bassist simply refused to do a Squire imitation, or if Howe just plain didn't want him on the track. The bassist was a hired gun, after all, you'd think he would have played the Rick if his bosses wanted it...but Howe is notorious for replacing possibly unpleasant facts with something more diplomatic in interviews.

iamthebassman · Post by **iamthebassman** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 4:11 am

It has no mute because he removed it.

bobcat · Post by **bobcat** » Sun Jan 29, 2006 5:40 pm

"Except those prog rockers have "tarkuses"...

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HAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAAHAHAHA!!! I almost died laughing from that . . .

"Pekka...not all of us: I've got a lark's tongue in my aspic..."

Thanks a lot. Now I really DID die laughing! Hehehehe . . .

As for Steve Howe, I only have five words: favorite guitarist of all time.

This applies no matter what guitar he's using, but especially so with that Gibson archtop . . .