Post of picture of you PLAYING your ric

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Thu Sep 16, 2004 4:18 am

here's a link to my bio page on my band's web site ...

http://www.m2midnight.com/Jeff_bio_frames.htm

timenbacker · Post by **timenbacker** » Thu Sep 16, 2004 6:25 am

Jeff...our bands play a lot of similar stuff...here's ours: (not fully up to date...but it's on my list. I'm the web guy too)

http://www.furiousgeorgemusic.com/Music/music.html

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Thu Sep 16, 2004 7:22 am

nice site ... yep we play some of the same stuff ... my band has 75% of the playlist being songs from 1990 or later ... so we are more focused on modern rock ...

you should try playing come together on a 5 string and start that riff on the low D with a some treble and distortion ... it gives the song a heavier more modern feel ... and the green day song is cool played on a 4004 ...

timenbacker · Post by **timenbacker** » Fri Sep 17, 2004 1:27 am

we're trying to get more modern songs into our mix, but it's been rough. 2 of the guys are stuck in the 70s...hahaha!

as for come together...well, I don't own a 5 string....I guess I could tune down my other guitar and play it on that

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Fri Sep 17, 2004 2:57 am

yep ... 2 guys in my band like the 80's a little too much ... we are currently reforming the band ... we have 2 new members and we are dumping several older songs and learning some new stuff ... Away from the Sun - 3 doors down ... Feeling way too damn good - Nickelback ... Harder to Breathe - Maroon 5 ...

We dumped Johnny b Goode, Born to be Wild, Some kind of wonderful, Honkey tonk women, mustang Sally, Brown eyed girl,

Try a 5 string bass ... there is a mental adjustment you go through ...

I am hooked on the 5 string bass ... I have 2 really nice 4 string rics ... a '68 4001 and a brand new 4003 ... neither gets played ... I just gotta have a low B ...

jaymi · Post by **jaymi** » Fri Sep 17, 2004 3:01 am

I cannot find a good Rick 5 so I have a stingray 5.. sometimes, those extra 6 notes are ABSOLUTELY necessary and it rocks....I now have 5 Ricks. New pix shortly...

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Fri Sep 17, 2004 3:49 am

hey I got TWO 5 string Ric basses for sale right now ...

http://www.3dentourage.com/425/forsale.htm

The fireglo is a looker and it has a really nice neck and it sounds really good ...

the gothic black one has a little more clarity than most 4003 basses and the black on black is a nice look ...

Both have a wider bridge string spacing than the 4003s5 basses ...

there is NOTHING cooler than getting the low B and a Ric growl on the same bass

jaymi · Post by **jaymi** » Fri Sep 17, 2004 3:51 am

yeah but remember, I can't do the spacing....

philipharris · Post by **philipharris** » Fri Sep 17, 2004 4:34 am

Black on Black - it is pretty cool isn't it? Here's a fan shot showing my 4003jg at our Norwich, UK gig.

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Fri Sep 17, 2004 4:35 am

ya ... you are one of those guys with big Chris Squire hands ... I have guitarist sized hands so the 2 1/4" spacing at the bridge is no problem ...

Someday you will have to try a 4004CII5

jaymi · Post by **jaymi** » Fri Sep 17, 2004 4:38 am

I am making a bass right now just like philip's. I just acquired the 1980 4003 and I am blacking it out with the chrome trim....like that tailpiece Jeff?

jaymi · Post by **jaymi** » Fri Sep 17, 2004 4:40 am

Something about the almost all black treatment that cranks me up. On the 1991 MB w/BT that i just received, the bridge and pickup surrounds are now chrome. It looks better to me that way.

86kubicki · Post by **86kubicki** » Fri Sep 17, 2004 4:43 am

Ver nice pic Phillip - the lighting almost makes your bass look like it has a carved top (ala the 381).

beatlefan · Post by **beatlefan** » Fri Sep 17, 2004 6:17 am

....or the "dumpster" bass.....

;^)

bassman · Post by **bassman** » Sat Sep 18, 2004 5:16 am

Taken at a recent outdoor gig.