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Here's a short article and video on the teenage band that opened for Justin Bieber on his tour this year:

http://www.jsyk.com/2010/06/11/justin-b ... orld-tour/



I see hope for this new generation!

The forumites with no kids will have no idea who I'm talking about (which is just as well) but the videos for Big Time Rush have the bass actor using a 4003JG.

Hasnt every kid who ever played a Bass or Guitar always wanted a Rickenbacker.I know i did....i know i still do

I bought mine at 19 after saving up for a long time. My dad has played guitar for 30 years and had wanted one when he was younger. He got all jealous when I bought it.

I bought my first at 16 or 17, but that was over 40 years ago.

ken_j wrote:I bought my first at 16 or 17, but that was over 40 years ago.

I bought my first Rick when I was 17 as well; a JG 4001.

This trend will probably continue. I put a deposit on my first Ric (the Mapleglo 4003) at age 20. I had been chasing Paul d'Amour's tone for four or five years, and then one day browsing the web I realized I should probably get a Rickenbacker because it was listed as his bass on toolshed.down.net. Not able to stand the wait for the Ric on order I outright bought another, convinced I'd sell the one I liked less of the two once the first order came in. Well... I still have both of them.

Some way or other I think young people will keep bumping into Rics and having similar experiences of slight mystification at first... I know I was pretty enchanted with the whole thing after being frustrated with my Jazz and my Stingray for several years.

paologregorio wrote:

ken_j wrote:I bought my first at 16 or 17, but that was over 40 years ago.

I bought my first Rick when I was 17 as well; a JG 4001.

Same here, a JG 4005WB.

I was 15 when I bought my BG 4001. I washed alot of dishes that summer to pay for it!

It took me WAY too long (17 years) to get a Ric. I played Fenders for years and tried to convince myself that my hands would stretch over time to accomodate the neck. In the midst of this self-inflicted torture, I got thinking about all the bands I've liked over the years and realized that every bass player in these bands had a Ric at a pivotal time in their career. So, earlier this year, I sold the Fenders, got a '10 4003 JG and finally feel like the Ric is the right bass. I then sold the EBMM Sterling Classic and got a '08 4003FL MG. Now I have 2 Rics and nothing else and I feel like I have all I need for a long time to come.

LEL

I received my first Rick (JG 4003 ZG1845) as a b-day present from the parents. It was the first of many...I wish I could find it now...

s4001 wrote:The forumites with no kids will have no idea who I'm talking about (which is just as well) but the videos for Big Time Rush have the bass actor using a 4003JG.

I'll have to actually pay attention the next time it's on. (most likely tonight )

teeder wrote:

s4001 wrote:The forumites with no kids will have no idea who I'm talking about (which is just as well) but the videos for Big Time Rush have the bass actor using a 4003JG.

I'll have to actually pay attention the next time it's on. (most likely tonight )

Ooh, sorry to hear about that.

All you have to do is look at videos of kids on YouTube, Rickenbacker basses are all over the place and 90% of the Rickenbacker bass videos are all kids or then again maybe I'm just a geezer now (at 57) I bought my first Rick bass when I was 24. I do definitely think they are very popular amongst young players though.

Back in 1986, at the ripe old age of 16, I cashed in a $200 savings bond from my aunt to get a '74 4001. It was my first "real" bass & I had been lusting after a Rick for some time. I was a dream come true & I still have it!