Gimme Five!

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Fri Mar 19, 2004 12:36 pm

Paul ... you will like the sound of that bass ... I generally open all the volume and tone to 10 ... then back down the neck volume to 9 or 7 ... also on mine the jazz pickup is a reverse wound 1/4 pound seymour duncan jazz pickup ... it is wired into the neck pickup volume control ... so when all the volumes are turned up to 10 it cancels the hum ... back it off a little and you have single coil scream ... or toggle to neck pickup and it sounds like an old 4005 ...

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Fri Mar 19, 2004 1:20 pm

your's should look like this ...

It took me a while to get used to the tighter strings ... but once I did I can play faster and cleaner on an s5 bass .... it sounds great with pick or fingers ... I like to do the Geddy or John Entwhistle typewriter hammer on style ... you get some nice overtones with that approach ... and a real tight focused bass sound with a pick ...

beatlefan · Post by **beatlefan** » Fri Mar 19, 2004 4:18 pm

Paul -

Congrats!! And THANKS for getting that thing out of my sight!! The pressure is off..... WHEW!!!

rickenbrother · Post by **rickenbrother** » Fri Mar 19, 2004 5:30 pm

My blue beast:

bottom4 · Post by **bottom4** » Sat Mar 20, 2004 2:50 am

My black beast and friends. The 4003 4 string may be up for sale.

pma · Post by **pma** » Sat Mar 20, 2004 8:33 am

Thanks everyone for the good wishes....can't wait to get this and start using it. If anyone out there has a red or black one and wants to trade.......

Regards,

Paul

jnbass · Post by **jnbass** » Sat Mar 20, 2004 8:34 am

what about the 4003S/5 JGBT?

That is one sweet collection!

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Sat Mar 20, 2004 8:44 am

red is cool ...

jnbass · Post by **jnbass** » Sat Mar 20, 2004 9:02 am

definately cool!

esp with that p'up in the mute cavity

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Sun Mar 21, 2004 12:06 pm

Well I took the red one out today ... it has a different character than the blue one ... a little nastier soundong ... it distorts a little more ... overall very cool and it looks good too ... the blue one produces some clean belltone harmonics that are different than the red one ...

Each Ric Bass seems to have its own unique sound and personality ... the difference is subtle but noticable ...

admin · Post by **admin** » Sun Mar 21, 2004 12:12 pm

Jeff: So when you play your Rickenbackers, do you play the red one last?

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Sun Mar 21, 2004 12:35 pm

When I said out ... I meant out of the house ... I have to make the tought decision ... What do I play today ... when I go out I usually take one or two basses ... so today I took the red one out ... it sounded good ...

I may get rid of some of my non-ric basses

ken_james · Post by **ken_james** » Sun Mar 21, 2004 12:59 pm

The red one looks great in the pics! You know if it ever needs a new home...

bottom4 · Post by **bottom4** » Mon Mar 22, 2004 1:10 pm

Thanks Jared! How much money do you have :-O

cheers

mikeyesfan · Post by **mikeyesfan** » Wed Mar 24, 2004 5:31 pm

Hey Paul ENJOY..