What are your favorite recordings with a Ric bass?
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What are your favorite recordings with a Ric bass?
I thought that this might be an interesting topic, a Ric bass always catches my ear (and always has, even before I knew they existed) and I always scan everything I read about music for Ric basses. First of all, most of my bass influences are from the 60's and early 70's so obviously the songs I like are maybe older than many peoples' are here.
McCartney was my first and biggest influence, I can remember playing along with late Beatles albums with my 71 P bass wondering why I couldn't get that great sound he had, I found out later: Ric bass. I do not know if a definitive compilation of Beatles songs and the instruments used on so and so track exists so I will have to use my ears for this one, but two of my favorite Ric bass songs are: Helter Skelter, and The Ballad of John and Yoko, both by The Beatles. As I said before I cannot prove that McCartney used his Ric on these but I think anyone familiar with the various sounds you can get from a Rickenbacker bass will agree that these are Ric bass songs. I also like the whole Deep Purple Machine head album for it's bass sound. There many others that I like but that's it for now. Oh yeah, Roundabout (Yes) really caught my ear also, that is when I first heard about Ric basses.
McCartney was my first and biggest influence, I can remember playing along with late Beatles albums with my 71 P bass wondering why I couldn't get that great sound he had, I found out later: Ric bass. I do not know if a definitive compilation of Beatles songs and the instruments used on so and so track exists so I will have to use my ears for this one, but two of my favorite Ric bass songs are: Helter Skelter, and The Ballad of John and Yoko, both by The Beatles. As I said before I cannot prove that McCartney used his Ric on these but I think anyone familiar with the various sounds you can get from a Rickenbacker bass will agree that these are Ric bass songs. I also like the whole Deep Purple Machine head album for it's bass sound. There many others that I like but that's it for now. Oh yeah, Roundabout (Yes) really caught my ear also, that is when I first heard about Ric basses.
I just happen to be listening to Tales From Topographic Oceans as I read your message. What a great bass sound. What a great bass player. Yes!
They're on tour pretty soon, in fact maybe they are at the moment, but they're in England pretty soon I think. Not only with Chris Squire but with all the original line up. I hope to get to hear that bass in Nottingham. I don't suppose they'll be playing Tales From Topographic Oceans though. It's not everybody's favourite!
They're on tour pretty soon, in fact maybe they are at the moment, but they're in England pretty soon I think. Not only with Chris Squire but with all the original line up. I hope to get to hear that bass in Nottingham. I don't suppose they'll be playing Tales From Topographic Oceans though. It's not everybody's favourite!
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Pushing a Rick thru stage tube amplification always does it for me. That known, my top three recorded Rick bass sounds would be:
1) Yes - BBC Sessions
2) RUSH - Different Stages @ Hammersmith Odeon 1978
3) RUSH - Exit, Stage Left
Garry
1) Yes - BBC Sessions
2) RUSH - Different Stages @ Hammersmith Odeon 1978
3) RUSH - Exit, Stage Left
Garry
The ideal mix leaves the bass player louder than the rest of the band put together!
Chris Squire 'Fish Out of Water', great bass leads on that one, no guitar. 'Fragile' of course. Glenn Hughes used a Ric when I saw Trapeze back in the mid '70s, but I don't know what studio albums he used it on.
Oh yea, John played the bass on 'Ballad of John and Yoko', plus all the guitars. Paul played the drums.
Randy.
Oh yea, John played the bass on 'Ballad of John and Yoko', plus all the guitars. Paul played the drums.
Randy.
Is everybody ready?
How about Red Barchetta ... Geddy seems to sound his best with a Ric ... but then again he sounds good playing anything ...
a great Chris Squire early Yes track ... Astral traveler ... listen to the tone as he goes up the neck .... pure Rickenbacker tone ... I think he may have been using a Ric amp back then ...
a great Chris Squire early Yes track ... Astral traveler ... listen to the tone as he goes up the neck .... pure Rickenbacker tone ... I think he may have been using a Ric amp back then ...