Rickenbacker...over-rated?

Lost Coyotes · Post by **Lost Coyotes** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 2:09 pm

Victory shall be mine!

j_gary · Post by **j_gary** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 5:36 pm

Dane, at my age I need a fast set up due to heavy sleep requirements.

I don't care how many people may clinch, I shall continue to refer to my bass as a lady till I start buying Gomer Pyle records.

Golly, not that there is anything wrong with that.

alan · Post by **alan** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 5:56 am

Yous guys is funny. For some odd reason, I refer to my basses as "the boys". I'm rethinking that logic after reading this thread, but it's always been, G=girl/guitar, and B=boy/bass. Simple minded, well yes, I am, but now, maybe a change is in order....

charlyg · Post by **charlyg** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 6:04 am

A 4004 has ba**s!

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 6:53 am

As close as I am to guitars and basses on a daily basis, I don't find myself having the need to anthromorphosize them.

They are things to me: beautiful, especially Ricks, but in the end, still things.

I don't need any more "shes" in my life at present, I guess!

Lost Coyotes · Post by **Lost Coyotes** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 6:58 am

I agree with Paul.
It's a bass, and I call them by the "Ric" or the "Jazz" or the "P".

Our guitar player named his Les Paul "Suzanne", in honor of a shapely barmaid who gave him $20 towards the purchase of the guitar.

Different strokes, as they say.

wayang · Post by **wayang** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 8:12 am

I'm with Paul on this one as well...things are not women, women are not things. If you have enough genuine female company, you don't really need to 'feminize' the objects around you...

For example, in my early years on the Ice, there was such a dearth of females that the boys on the crew began (pretty unconsciously, really) to refer to anything and everything as feminine...

"She's a cold one today."

"She's frozen solid...I can't get her to turn over."

"Let's knock off for today...we'll hit 'er hard in the morning."

Etc., etc...

thx1955 · Post by **thx1955** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 9:26 am

I disagree with you both, so there, I've more than one "Ric", so calling them the Ric doesn't work, using the model number for me doesn't work either.

There's life and spirit in most things, just on different levels.

My Ric's are not feminine due to a lack of feminine company in my life, they've always been this way since I held my first in the early 70's, they always will be.

j_gary · Post by **j_gary** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 9:39 am

Anthrop................? (****!)

Anthromopo...................? (damn!)

Anthromorphosize? (whew!)

If that's what I'm doing, I shall stop immediately!

Dane, it's easy for you good looking rock stars to find genuine female company. For us who look like we were a little too close to the epicenter during the last nuclear test, it's a bass in the basement. I'm curious sir, on the ice? Sounds cool, (no pun intended), and scary at the same time.

ram · Post by **ram** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 4:11 am

Man you all have some big words...

No names here either. I'm kinda along the same ranks as Paul (things – very beautiful things) - but I have noticed that, along the lines of the original indigenous populatants’ dogma, some of them do seem to have a spirit...

ben_brown · Post by **ben_brown** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 5:03 am

This thread sure has taken a turn....

How's Jon doing with his bass?

Oh...by the way I call my basses by number. #1, #2, #3 etc.

peewee · Post by **peewee** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 5:08 am

Last I heard from Jon was that he'd tweeked the action and the rods a bit and that it was playing much better now. However, he's still having some issues with the 360/12V64.

beatlejon · Post by **beatlejon** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 6:49 am

Yeah, the V64 plays MUCH butter since I turned the rods but, the 360/12 V64 is the next project....what can I do to fix the inotation on this? I switched to Rick strings which helped a little...but still not good enough.

jaymi · Post by **jaymi** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 7:51 pm

ahhhhh, let's face it EVERY guitar/bass is not going to be perfect.. I have had many of these that I considered clunkers because of one reason or another...that is why I only regret giving up 2-3 of the 75 that I have had.....

lennon211 · Post by **lennon211** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 4:48 am

Jon, I still suggest taking it to a highly qualified luthier. The one that I suggested in Louisville is a very good one who has a great deal of experience, not to mention that they are a Ric dealer. If that's too far, I'd look for another one, but it's worth it. Good luck.