I can vouch for all of the stuff I've mentioned so far really being done with a Ric. I didn't list it because I saw a video--it really is what the songs were recorded with.
I kind of get irritated when a musician uses one thing for a video and records with something else, but whatever. A recent funny example of this is in the Scott Pilgrim movie, because apparently the vegan's bass recording was actually a Ric, and Scott's bass recording was actually a Mustang.
Re: Rick Bass Greatest Hits
Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2011 9:40 pm
by BAD RONBO, KiLLeR DWaRfS
are you implying that i'm irritating !
Re: Rick Bass Greatest Hits
Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2011 10:20 pm
by paologregorio
The entire "Never Mind the B*llocks. . . " album by the Sex Pistols. I don't think original and album bassist Glen Matlock played anything but a Rick 4001 back then.
Re: Rick Bass Greatest Hits
Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2011 11:22 pm
by cassius987
BAD RONBO, KiLLeR DWaRfS wrote:are you implying that i'm irritating !
Nah. No disrespect... I just don't understand why people do it. But then again a video is about looks, and maybe it's just that a certain bass is a better fit for the rest of the video than the recorded bass. Another phenomenon is a different bassist getting recorded in a video than the person who played on the track; I know a few people who've been on either side of this one. It was when filming happened somewhere one bassist couldn't/wouldn't travel to so the band hired someone else to look the part.
Back to the topic...
Re: Rick Bass Greatest Hits
Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2011 11:52 pm
by antipodean
paologregorio wrote:The entire "Never Mind the ********. . . " album by the Sex Pistols. I don't think original and album bassist Glen Matlock played anything but a Rick 4001 back then.
Glenn didn't play on the album tracks apart from Anarchy in the UK and No Feelings, which were taken from old sessions. Whilst there are rumours that he played as a session musician on NMTB after his departure in early '77, the most widely accepted story is that Jones played the bass parts.
Re: Rick Bass Greatest Hits
Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2011 12:05 am
by winston
antipodean wrote:
...........the most widely accepted story is that Jones played the bass parts.
Evan Jones?
Re: Rick Bass Greatest Hits
Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2011 12:08 am
by rickenbrother
winston wrote:
antipodean wrote:
...........the most widely accepted story is that Jones played the bass parts.
Evan Jones?
Absolutely!
Re: Rick Bass Greatest Hits
Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2011 12:20 am
by antipodean
rickenbrother wrote:
winston wrote:
antipodean wrote:
...........the most widely accepted story is that Jones played the bass parts.
Evan Jones?
Absolutely!
I wish!!!!!!!!!!
Re: Rick Bass Greatest Hits
Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2011 3:18 am
by fireglo
Wings Over America! When Paul is playing bass, he's using the Rickenbacker. When he's playing the piano, I think Denny plays a Fender.
Re: Rick Bass Greatest Hits
Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2011 8:37 am
by Lefty4003S8
Here are a few where it's DEFINITELY a Ric, and it is prominent in the mix...........
"Letter From Hiro" The Vapors------AWESOME (Lefty) Rick 4001 sound
"Trees" Rush
"Star Rider" Foreigner (Foreigner's original bass player was lefty, and used a Rick)
I just don't understand why people do it. But then again a video is about looks, and maybe it's just that a certain bass is a better fit for the rest of the video than the recorded bass. Another phenomenon is a different bassist getting recorded in a video than the person who played on the track; I know a few people who've been on either side of this one. It was when filming happened somewhere one bassist couldn't/wouldn't travel to so the band hired someone else to look the part.
