Rickresource Rickenbacker Forum

So, in the past few months I've REALLY become a Ric nut again. Who knows WHY it happens, but it does. :^>) I love my V63 and I think that it's forgiven me for not taking it out of its case for a few years as it's beginning to sound better again. My problem? I'm entertaining the thoughts of trying, yet again, to find a Ric 12! Ark!! It happens every time I watch an old Beatles film. Why can't I be happy with just Ric basses? Why do I continue to torture myself by purchasing an instrument that won't stay in tune and has a neck that's sooooo narrow that I can't get my tiny hands to form real chords with it? :^>) Is there a pill to make me immune?....I posted this here among my bass-playing, bottom dwellers as it's a well-known fact that we are the most wise and sensible of all musical creatures. I'm on bended knees. Does this disease afflict any of you?

Bass-ically Yours,
Rich Briere

No, not at all. Why do you ask?

Rich- buy the 12.

There IS no pill....only a credit card can help you now....

Someone told me once that with a 12'er you spend half your time tuning and the other half playing out of tune.

Look into a 660/12, it has a wider neck that I think will cure your problem...at least for a while!

I have considered the 660 myself. It has a nice wide fingerboard and is easy to play. The thought of getting a 12'er has entered my mind more than once. You are not alone.

Better yet, get a Hamer or Warrior 12 string bass.

Problem solved.

ya quit messing around with those guitars ...

those short necks and skinny strings ...

they are wimpy instruments ...

get a bass ...

then you can generate low notes that shake the ground ... and women and children will run for cover ... the bass is so profound you do not need to play chords ... on a bass single notes are awesome all by themselves ...

I could'nt have said it better myself !

Rath.. that's the best! Hahaha.

What about chords on a bass? Two note simple chords? What'll that do to the women and children?

Forgot to mention.

Ted, that's a nice house you have there. Just that room.. wow.. the rest of the place must be great.
And of the basses of yours that I want.. just the Blackstar, the Jetglo V63, and the 4004Ci.

Not the 4002 or 4080?

I'm starting to get serious RAS for a older Fireglo. In fact, if I didn't have this cold, I would go to Jammin Jersey's to check out that one with the finish cracks at the neck.

I posted my family portrait to demonstrate my level of Rick-impulse control, or lack thereof. The room in the picture is our library. It started off as two main floor bedrooms. The man who owned our house back in the 70's was a jesuit scholar who needed space for the order's library. He added 3 bedrooms in the second floor (formerly attic) and joined two of the first floor bedrooms to make the library. It is 33x14 and used to have free standing book shelves (removed by the previous owner) running nearly the width of the room from one end to the other. The house will be 90 years old in 2006.

Saved from what???? I don't understand??