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I didn`t play the rick now for more than 25 years. Some weeks ago I tried to re-animate him , and it works. So maybe you`ll enjoy the playalongs.

http://www.youplayalong.com/watch_video ... 601029646f - I felt the love- Crusaders

http://www.youplayalong.com/watch_video ... 7051c315e6 - Love and emotion - Gino Vannelli

http://www.youplayalong.com/watch_video ... 8abde86615 - a remark you made - Weather report

http://www.youplayalong.com/watch_video ... 7a0a808be0 - As we speak - David Sanborn

Very nice, Hanno! Great sound from that bass!

Welcome, Hanno!

Very nice, you are doing great for not having played for so long.

Well done Hanno. Nice tone and btw welcome to the forum.

Thanx a lot, guys. So, I do not play the rick for so many years, but I do start playing (concerning a gig for my 50th birthday) with other basses after a pause of about 20-23 years..
I tried to sell the rick and I landed in a German Forum, where everybody told me not to sell, but to play. Therefore I start it again and now I´m quiet happy, because it`s a fine instrument with a lot of memories to the 70ies and starting 80ies (Yes, Genesis etc.)

Those two bands are major reasons I started playing a Rickenbacker bass, along with Renaissance and Deep Purple. The first Rick bass I saw in a concert performance was Genesis in April 1972.

Well, I guess, we had some similiar experiences: I do see all the bands you mentioned live in Europe. That was a great time, was`t it ?

My initial idea (???) to buy a 4001 was Chris Squier or Michael Rutherford ( I can`t remember, it`s a long time ago).

I think we must be brothers!

I´ve got no brother in real life, but Now I`m glad to find a bro by soul.

Did you also see PFM, Gentle Giant , Van der Graaf Generator, Earth & Fire and so on ? That was a great time, was`t it ?

Hey JPS,

if you are interested in: there are some recording from my old band (so from the 1970/1980ies). Live recording on stage and during rehearsal (what is out of tune is the mellotron !!)
I played my rick with a 100W Hiwatt and a bassreflex box with a 38 JBL. The link is www.mymusic.de/rikki4001
Hope you`ll enjoy it (the sound is awful)

Maybe you have to be a registered friend to listen to mymusic.. Other possibility: www.myspace.com/rikki4001 > some of my midi works (with good singers, I guess) and 4 former songs with the rick.

Hanno, I did see Gentle Giant, in 1975 when they were touring with Rick Wakeman during the King Arthur tour, and EW&F in 1973 opening for Stevie Wonder! Yeah, those were certainly the days for fantastic music. The first time I saw Yes, in 1974, they had Gryphon opening for them, what a special band they were. I have not heard any PFM in decades, a guy I knew in college had some of their music, He was a great keyboardist, himself.

I'm listening to your music now. Interesting diversity.

One thing I think you should modify on your myspace site is the grey text listing the bands you are influenced by, it is hard to read against the grey background. I see a lot of bands there I also like and or have seen in concert.

rikki wrote: I tried to sell the rick and I landed in a German Forum, where everybody told me not to sell, but to play.

Good advice! Stick to selling vacuum cleaners, Mr. Vorwerk!

JPs,
maybe you can remember the special bass sound of PFM ? He is playing a quiet rare Instrument, a EKO MB21 with mother-of-pearl inlay in the body. I have the luck to have one of these babies . Nice Instrument with a very, very long sustain. Incredible.
By the way: thanx for the advice concerning the text on my myspace site. It was a preset design, but I changed the colour.

And I didn`t mean Earth, wind and fire (they were also a great band), but I mean Earth + Fire, a symphonic rock group from the netherlands with a mellotron. Ever heard of them ??

And ricardo (vicente ((amigo)) - one of my favourite flamenco aficionados: would you like to get a vacuum cleaner ?? (Ha-ha, that was a joke) .
How is weather on las islas canarias ?