ric sustain question(s)

blue330 · Post by **blue330** » Wed Jun 01, 2011 1:21 am

I had to figure out how to play Rickenbackers! They forced me to be deliberate and really dig in. Eventually it all added up for me but, yeah, they really aren't all that sustainey. It's not like they have no sustain, but they have distinctive attack and decay characteristics which are unlike other guitars. I have no idea why!

AlohaT · Post by **AlohaT** » Wed Jun 01, 2011 5:33 am

ken_j wrote:A Rick 650 with its neck-through constrution and hardtail bridge has more sustain than their other models IMO.

I'm with you Ken, you can almost play a 650 acoustically it rings out so well.

doctorwho · Post by **doctorwho** » Wed Jun 01, 2011 7:03 am

jingle_jangle wrote:
doctorwho wrote:
Spike- wrote:Anyone who says "You can't play ___ with a ___" dosen't know what they're talking about.
+1!
Hmmm...you can't play bass on a mandolin...

"... You can't roller skate in a buffalo herd ..." - Roger Williams

captsandwich · Post by **captsandwich** » Wed Jun 01, 2011 8:20 am

jingle_jangle wrote: Hmmm...you can't play bass on a mandolin...

Sure you can, you just need really heavy strings.

Clint · Post by **Clint** » Wed Jun 01, 2011 10:36 am

And all the other mandolin players have to capo up.

jimk · Post by **jimk** » Wed Jun 01, 2011 11:36 am

doctorwho wrote:
Hmmm...you can't play bass on a mandolin...
"... You can't roller skate in a buffalo herd ..." - Roger Williams

Ummmm......no, Doc. It's Roger Miller. BTW, you can't pick peaches from a watermelon vine, either.
JimK

fabandgear · Post by **fabandgear** » Wed Jun 01, 2011 12:42 pm

Spike- wrote:Anyone who says "You can't play ___ with a ___" dosen't know what they're talking about.

Amen, brother, Amen! I used to use my Gretsch 6120 (Nashville) for surf rock leads. The Surf Police didn't ticket me because I wasn't playing a Jazzmaster or Mosrite Mk I. Same for a Rick. You can make great music with any type of guitar you want as long as it pleases YOU (and if they're paying you, your audience

!)

iiipopes · Post by **iiipopes** » Thu Jun 02, 2011 5:51 pm

blue330 wrote:I had to figure out how to play Rickenbackers! They forced me to be deliberate and really dig in. Eventually it all added up for me but, yeah, they really aren't all that sustainey. It's not like they have no sustain, but they have distinctive attack and decay characteristics which are unlike other guitars. I have no idea why!

Try a set of D'addario 11-49 with wound 3rd G string, or one of the TI sets, either 10's or 11's in the flat nickel wrap. I think you'll find that the tension is not that much more from a playing-feel perspective, and with greater mass, it will add to both tone and sustain. I also get better results through my POD 2.0 on the blackface deluxe setting with (7:00 is zero compression) the compression at @ 9 to 10:00 knob position.

IHeartRics · Post by **IHeartRics** » Mon Jun 06, 2011 9:48 pm

paologregorio wrote:If you're playing with 7.4K toasters you're not going to get as much sustain either. All of my Ricks have either 12K toasters or overwound 14K toaster p/ups in the bridge positions for better sustain.

Agreed. I do similar with a 12K in the bridge and a Ric HB in the neck position, then blend them to my liking. I also use GHS Boomers 10's and a Rat Distortion. Granted it's still not like my LP, but it takes a backseat to my Rics as its the TONE and the overtones of the Rics I love. From that perspective, there are things I do on a Ric that an LP doesn't do for me.

weemac · Post by **weemac** » Mon Jun 06, 2011 11:02 pm

jingle_jangle wrote:
doctorwho wrote:
Spike- wrote:Anyone who says "You can't play ___ with a ___" dosen't know what they're talking about.
+1!
Hmmm...you can't play bass on a mandolin...

What if its a Mandobass?

emac.

jps · Post by **jps** » Tue Jun 07, 2011 12:40 am

weemac wrote:What if its a Mandobass?

emac.

That's not a mandobass!

This is a mandobass!

weemac · Post by **weemac** » Tue Jun 07, 2011 1:39 am

Gulp! Yes it is.

emac.

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