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Re: Playing positions and pickup selection
Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2009 8:02 pm
by Prowl
Jeff I think you're except from this one because you have one of every Ric bass ever made in the history of ever making them
plus one.
Anywho it was a pretty generalized question I figure generalized answer shall ensue.
Re: Playing positions and pickup selection
Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2009 8:09 pm
by jps
Prowl wrote:Jeff I think you're except from this one because you have one of every Ric bass ever made in the history of ever making them
plus one.
Envious? 
Actually, I only have four:
'67 4005WB
'73 4001
'98 4001V63
'08 4003
See that's not every one!
Just a perfect selection!
I do also use my Zon, Rick Turner, Fender, Yamaha and Höfner basses, occasionally.
Re: Playing positions and pickup selection
Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2009 8:24 pm
by Prowl
If only you can hear the sobs I'm sobbing Jeffster.
That's quite the collection. Doesn't Andy Bell (I think thats his name), the bassist for Oasis play a 4005? I know Larry Grahm played one in the early days of Sly and the Family Stone
Re: Playing positions and pickup selection
Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2009 9:21 pm
by jps
I have seen vids of both using a 4005; Mani Of the Stone Roses also plays one. John Entwistle, and Nick St. Nick of Steppenwolf also played 4005s.
Re: Playing positions and pickup selection
Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2009 9:21 pm
by cjj
jps wrote:Prowl wrote:Jeff I think you're except from this one because you have one of every Ric bass ever made in the history of ever making them
plus one.
Envious?
Actually, I only have four:
'67 4005WB
'73 4001
'98 4001V63
'08 4003
See that's not every one!
Just a perfect selection!
I do also use my Zon, Rick Turner, Fender, Yamaha and Höfner basses, occasionally.
You
really need to pick up a 4004, then you'd have everything that really counts...
I'll trade you my 4004Cjj for your 4005WB...
Re: Playing positions and pickup selection
Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2009 9:23 pm
by jps
I used to have a 4004Cii, great bass but I wasn't getting along with the big neck on it. If the neck dimensions were the same as that on my thin neck 4001/3 basses I'd still have it. As it is, I have the odd number models.
Re: Playing positions and pickup selection
Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2009 10:09 pm
by windchimp
jps wrote: As it is, I have the odd number models.
How appropriate!!!
(running for the door)
Re: Playing positions and pickup selection
Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2009 10:12 pm
by Prowl
you still don't count cause you don't have a 4002
Re: Playing positions and pickup selection
Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2009 10:14 pm
by cassius987
cjj wrote:You really need to pick up a 4004, then you'd have everything that really counts...
Heresy! The 4002 is the Apollo of Ric basses!!
(The god, not that starship thingy.)
Re: Playing positions and pickup selection
Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2009 10:37 pm
by Prowl
you don't count either Mr. Silky Fingers Chandlah
Re: Playing positions and pickup selection
Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2009 10:43 pm
by jakeox
Whoa, I count? I had better learn how to play for real then.
Re: Playing positions and pickup selection
Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2009 10:45 pm
by cassius987
Prowl wrote: you don't count either Mr. Silky Fingers Chandlah
So true.
But at least my fingers are silky.
Re: Playing positions and pickup selection
Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2009 11:15 pm
by Prowl
After tonight my fingers aren't so silky. They hurt from repeating the same bassline 8 times until I got it right. Sounds good now though. For my recordings I run my bass plugged into an M Audio interface and go right into Ableton Lite 7 from there I use a custom EQ and some compression to achieve my sound. As I said before I play with my treble pickup only with the tone wide open. I use the stereo jack because for some reason it gives my bridge pickup more output. For live stuff depending on what I'm doing I have my bass in the same configuration, either going into my small Behriger combo amp ( for small jams,) or my protoype HiWATT Bass 100 head and Ampeg V4 cab with 4 Fender green back 12s. . . I'm a quarter English on my father's side. What can I say?
Re: Playing positions and pickup selection
Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2009 11:29 pm
by cassius987
Send me any tracks you want me to listen to, Miles.
Prowl wrote:I'm a quarter English on my father's side. What can I say?
Coming from a guy whose last name is English, I think you are probably allowed to say "fish and chips" at least once a day, and "pub" is permissible weekly. However my traceable background doesn't actually have any immediate English people in it, just Welsh and Scots-Irish, so my opinions on what you (as an English) can say are probably vulgar and foolish compared to those of the pure-bloods.
Re: Playing positions and pickup selection
Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2009 12:00 am
by Prowl
cassius987 wrote:Send me any tracks you want me to listen to, Miles.
Prowl wrote:I'm a quarter English on my father's side. What can I say?
Coming from a guy whose last name is English, I think you are probably allowed to say "fish and chips" at least once a day, and "pub" is permissible weekly. However my traceable background doesn't actually have any immediate English people in it, just Welsh and Scots-Irish, so my opinions on what you (as an English) can say are probably vulgar and foolish compared to those of the pure-bloods.
"Effing ****** (effing of course substituting F@#king)", calling my bosses "Beaters" or "*******", "pub", "mate" "Fish, chips and crisps" and even "take away" are said by me quite frequently . . . that's weird. I actually do have a new track for you to listen to Shua I'll send it your way right smartly gov'na