Why Does Bass Forum Traffic Dwarf All Others?

[charlyg]

Having heard Darren play the blues on a Rick, and seen Jerry doing some pretty good tricks with his 650, it is NOT a one trick pony! Guitarists don't have open minds. We may be Lemmy-like, but they are lemming-like!! {:^)

[VRICKY63]

I like the "open minded" theory . Hence we have more to share and digest . Guitar players have The Amp , The Guitar , and are done with it . Oh yeah .....Lemmy ( motorhead) is NOT a Bass player

[jdogric12]

I think Abbott hit the nail on the head. The average Rick guitarist I know has more instruments than the average Rick bassists I know. YMMV, but I'm convinced. That's the only way to explain the numbers.

[charlyg]

Oh yeah? Well, our instrument is bigger!

[bitzerguy]

+1 about guitarists generally not being open minded.

On this forum, every 6 string player KNOWS the Ric is far and away the most versatile guitar available (not to mention stylish). However, we RRF guitarists are only a minute sampling of the guitarists out there in the big bad world and, in my experience, the general guitarist perception of Ric 6 strings is they are one trick ponies.

We RRF guitarists are not in any hurry to enlighten the millions of non-Ric guitarists out there, as the demand for Rics is already too far ahead of the supply. Should the general masses of non-Ric guitarists ever come to the realization that we RRF guitarists have already experienced, there would be NO Ric 6 strings available to us-who-need-more. So there may be fewer guitarists on the forum because we are keeping it to ourselves!

Selfish? YES! But after all, we are guitarists

[phlemmy]

Lemmy has also had a role in making the RIC basses popular too

Lemmy has stuck with Ric much longer than CS and GL.

[admin]

Excellent point, Sean. It is always fascinating to see the impact of a famous artist on the promotion of a make and model of instrument. The extent to which fame rubs off seems to depend on many factors, longevity being one of them.

[rickaddict]

Q: Why Does Bass Forum Traffic Dwarf All Others?

A: Because Bass is HUGE!

[rikk]

I didn't even know Rickenbacker made guitars

[captsandwich]

I didn't even know Rickenbacker made guitars

Judging by your avatar, you can't decide between bass or guitar, so your opinion doesn't count.

[shamustwin]

As of last night, I have 3 Rick basses - a DCM (thanks Melibee!), V63 and a 4005 (plus one Alembic).

I have 6 Rick guitars (2-12's, 4-6er's).

I play lead in my band, but I prefer playing bass, and consider myself a better bassist than guitarist. I'll play bass on my recordings any chance I get.

But I don't know all the techie stuff, so I basically stay out of posting in the bass section so as not to lower the intellectual level of the forum!

[elysrand]

I didn't even know Rickenbacker made guitars

You are right, they don't make guitars, but they do make the world's best basses IMHO.

In fact, I have always heard they make really good 6-string basses too, in addition to 4-string, 5-string, and 8-string basses.

So I keep ordering them in long-scale in various colors and body styles. Problem is, every time a new one arrives and I open the case on what is supposed to be a new 6-string long scale bass, they instead have these really skinny little strings and short-scale necks...someday I am gonna figure this out...

[elysrand]

As of last night, I have 3 Rick basses - a DCM (thanks Melibee!), V63 and a 4005 (plus one Alembic).

Congratulations, Jerry! I bought five or six of those special six-string basses from Melibee myself - she and Marc are Good Folks indeed. I'd recommend them to anyone

[jdogric12]

Oh yeah? Well, our instrument is bigger!

So it's a compensation thing, is it?

[heinpete]

I fully aggree with Elys Rand (don't like these extremely short scale 6-string basses)and Rick Carlos (Lemmy is NOT a bass player) IMHO bass needs 5 strings in maximum to be simple enough to be played by simple minded people like me! I really admire those sweatting, headbanging, longhaired, noiseless-open-mouth screaming guitarists , but I have to concentrate on the coordination of my 10 fingers and to avoid upsetting the drummer
But I STILL HAVE FUN!!!