Franz Ferdinand

dave4004 · Post by **dave4004** » Sun Oct 24, 2004 7:59 pm

The band, not the emperor: http://www.franzferdinand.co.uk/

They're from Scotland, despite the name. I saw them on Letterman about 3 weeks ago and just got around to locating their website. The bassist (Bob, according to the website) played a 4003BT or maybe it just had a black guard added. In the media section, it can be seen in a downloadable video of their tune "Michael", and the latest still pic is from the Letterman appearance.

Never heard of them before, but I liked the song they did.

shamustwin · Post by **shamustwin** » Tue Oct 26, 2004 5:45 am

they're big in England, just won some award
www.bbc.com go to music (obviously)

atomic_punk · Post by **atomic_punk** » Wed Oct 27, 2004 3:32 pm

I caught that too, Dave. I have seen them several times on live TV and the bassist is either playing the JG with black guard (NOT a Shadow) or a FG model. But always a Ric!

rickde · Post by **rickde** » Sat Nov 27, 2004 5:43 pm

They performed on the MTV Europe Music Awards and he was sporting the Ric.

rickinroma · Post by **rickinroma** » Sun Nov 28, 2004 9:23 pm

yes they played in rome at MTV...they're really cool.. I'd never heard them before

grayk · Post by **grayk** » Fri Jan 21, 2005 2:19 am

They are probably the the most popular new band in the UK at the moment. Bob the bass player has never been seen with any other bass than his JG 4003. He strangely seems to amplify it through an old Simms-Watts Mixer PA head. I reckon it was an experiment that worked out for him. Always sounds good though !

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Mon Oct 03, 2005 9:04 am

Franz Ferdinand has a new song and video and the bass player still uses a ric ... this time a jetglo with a black pickguard ...

iamthebassman · Post by **iamthebassman** » Mon Oct 03, 2005 10:49 am

That's what my wife said he had when she saw them at ACL Fest last week.

ben_hall · Post by **ben_hall** » Mon Oct 03, 2005 3:39 pm

Doo do do doo do doo

And that's the new song

alanz · Post by **alanz** » Mon Oct 03, 2005 6:14 pm

When I saw them here a year ago he had a JG with a white pickguard.

brianb · Post by **brianb** » Wed Mar 22, 2006 7:04 pm

Just spoke with Bob this afternoon at Old Town Music. He was looking at a "58" P Bass. He is a real Ric fan obviously..talented ..intelligent young man from Scotland. I wish I could see their show tonight.

bobcat · Post by **bobcat** » Sun Apr 02, 2006 7:04 pm

I read an interview with Bob in Bass Guitar Magazine, I believe, where he said that for their first album, he didn't actually own a Rickenbacker, so he borrowed a friend's Ric and also used a Jazz on a couple tracks (one of their music videos . . . I believe "Dark of the Matinee", has him with the Jazz). After that, though, he bought two of his own 4001 basses because he liked them so much.

leesh · Post by **leesh** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 8:46 pm

All of their videos are available on Launch or some similar sight....I thought I recognized a ric bass and kept watching it over and over again to see if I was right....he did some cools mods.

doctorwho · Post by **doctorwho** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 9:43 pm

When I saw them a while back on one of the late-night talk shows (Conan, I think), he was using a Rickenbacker, which caught my eye immediately.