I would like to know your opinion about the use of a Ric-O-Sound kits on Ric Basses.
It is unlikely that I will put my hands on two Amps at the same time for rehearsal or live situation. Therefore, what would the Ric-O-Sound be useful for ??? If I play through a PA system, how would it affect the tone ???
Let me know your thoughts about the use of such kit.
Ric-O-Sound and Basses ???
Moderators: rickenbrother, ajish4
Stefane....back in 60' when the ROS first came out, I changed the jack on my 58' 360 to a 'stereo' jack (tip, ring, sleeve), rewired each pickup to a separate shielded conductor inside the same cable which ran to a small box mounted inside the rear of the amp. This box had another stereo jack that the guitar plugged into. From there, I wired 2 cables that came over the top of the amp to plug into each channel. It could make some interesting sounds with vibrato or other affects on either the neck or bridge PUP, depending which amp channel the cables plugged into.
All I was trying to do was to electrically copy the ROS to see what it sounded like.
I didn't want to use ROS all the time so I put a switch on the box in the amp to combine the PUPS like the original wiring inside the 360...meaning, that I could flip the switch and change from ROS to normal without messing around.
For all I know, the present day ROS may be this way, as I have never played a real ROS.
Eventually somewhere over the last 42 years, I removed the box from the amp, went to a single conductor cord and rewired the guitar back to original. I think the guitar still has the stereo jack in it...of course now the PUPS are wired to the tip only and I am using a standard plug.
So to get around to trying to answer your question, I don't think you need to have 2 amps to use ROS...I never did.
The ROS in my experience with it did give a much wider array of tones & affects provided you set each amp channel tone & volume to taste.
One of the tones I liked was the neck pup set on full base and the bridge pup set on full treble, then adjust the volume on each pup to get close to the tone you want, then adjust the amp channels from there.
I don't have any experience with PA systems so I dunno what that would sound like.
Hope this helps a little!
Regards
Dave
All I was trying to do was to electrically copy the ROS to see what it sounded like.
I didn't want to use ROS all the time so I put a switch on the box in the amp to combine the PUPS like the original wiring inside the 360...meaning, that I could flip the switch and change from ROS to normal without messing around.
For all I know, the present day ROS may be this way, as I have never played a real ROS.
Eventually somewhere over the last 42 years, I removed the box from the amp, went to a single conductor cord and rewired the guitar back to original. I think the guitar still has the stereo jack in it...of course now the PUPS are wired to the tip only and I am using a standard plug.
So to get around to trying to answer your question, I don't think you need to have 2 amps to use ROS...I never did.
The ROS in my experience with it did give a much wider array of tones & affects provided you set each amp channel tone & volume to taste.
One of the tones I liked was the neck pup set on full base and the bridge pup set on full treble, then adjust the volume on each pup to get close to the tone you want, then adjust the amp channels from there.
I don't have any experience with PA systems so I dunno what that would sound like.
Hope this helps a little!
Regards
Dave
I've had 4 wives but I still have my 60' 360!
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surfrat
I bought the Ric-O-Sound kit and used it for a few months on stage. I used two amps, and it did give a little bit bigger sound. But it really wasn't that big of a difference, so I quit using it. I suppose you could run one output to your amp and one to the PA, or even run both outputs to the PA if you've got enough channels and have a great monitor system. But if you're thinking about running to the PA I'd get a Sansamp Bass Driver. Then you can fatten up your on-stage sound through your amp and have an XLR output to the PA. The Sansamp is a lot more expensive than the ROS kit, but also a lot more versatile and better sounding.
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jwr2
The Rick-o-sound was an interesting idea where you could send the output of each pickup to a seperate amp ... one clean on dirty ... one with effects one without ...
The reality is that almost no one uses it ... you can't go to the local music store and buy a stereo guitar cable that will go to 2 amps ... then you have to go to radio shack and buy a cheap adapter that is more likely to fail than an ordinary guitar cable ...
I rewired my stereo ric with 2 parallel mono outputs then if I want to send to 2 different amps I can ... the effect is just as good and it uses 2 ordinary cables
The reality is that almost no one uses it ... you can't go to the local music store and buy a stereo guitar cable that will go to 2 amps ... then you have to go to radio shack and buy a cheap adapter that is more likely to fail than an ordinary guitar cable ...
I rewired my stereo ric with 2 parallel mono outputs then if I want to send to 2 different amps I can ... the effect is just as good and it uses 2 ordinary cables