gjhdiver 0 #1 March 10, 2006 I really have to stop buying vintage Rickenbackers. Here's a model 4000 that I picked up yesterday. It sounds great. Classic Ricky growl. Actually, no I won't. Anyone got a 4002 or 4005 lying around that they want to sell ? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ccowden 0 #2 March 10, 2006 Nice! No Ricks, but I have a Pre-Ernie Ball Musicman Stingray. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pop 0 #3 March 10, 2006 She is looking HOTTTT!!!!! :)7 ounce wonders, music and dogs that are not into beer Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gjhdiver 0 #5 March 10, 2006 QuoteHere she is. Nice ! One of the best basses for slapping and funk IMHO. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ccowden 0 #6 March 10, 2006 THE best in my opinion. The later Stingrays are better for slap and pop, but there is nothing like a vintage Stingray to really groove! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flyangel2 2 #7 March 10, 2006 Hummm..........I sure hope you don't plan on playing that thing while wearing the shorts of power!May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds. - Edward Abbey Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ccowden 0 #8 March 10, 2006 Ya know who could really wring out a Rickenbacker? Cliff Burton. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gjhdiver 0 #9 March 10, 2006 QuoteYa know who could really wring out a Rickenbacker? Cliff Burton.\ Yep, but he had Bartolinis fitted in his, which while higher gain, lost the Ricky sound somewhat. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gjhdiver 0 #10 March 10, 2006 QuoteHummm..........I sure hope you don't plan on playing that thing while wearing the shorts of power! I was playing it naked just a while ago. Just keep that visual in your mind. I rock. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ccowden 0 #11 March 10, 2006 Not to mention he played with distortion alot. But that boy could play! Bass solo, take one.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MrHixxx 0 #12 March 10, 2006 Mine still sounds like a Rick, maybe a bit brighter and more defined. It is a 1980 4001 transparent red with passive bartolinis loaded at the neck, bridge, and bridge mute position. I had a pull pot installed to cut or add the mute pickup on the bridge volume. It is pretty tasty sounding through an ampeg svt III with a 2 15 cab. Currently I am demoing a G&L JB-2 and it f!#$ing whales. Nice strong passive alnico j-bar pickups. I like it for slap and pop more than the musicman I used to own. You just can't beat a good clean signal off a hard chunk of wood... -Hixxxdeath,as men call him, ends what they call men -but beauty is more now than dying’s when Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ccowden 0 #13 March 10, 2006 What head you got running that Hartke cabinet? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MrHixxx 0 #14 March 10, 2006 It is an SVT II all tube. The JB-2 sounds better through the II with the 4 x 10. It has enough punch to blow the clothes off of women, very nice. The SVT III is a tube preamp with solid state power. Out of curiousity, do you know anything about Sonic Maximizers? I talked to a couple players that swear by them. The BBE tube preamp with a Sonic Maximizer looks like an interesting piece, but I wonder what it sounds like... -Hixxxdeath,as men call him, ends what they call men -but beauty is more now than dying’s when Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ccowden 0 #15 March 10, 2006 Nope. Never heard one and don't know anything about them. I run a GK 800 through a Hartke 4x10. Love it! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gjhdiver 0 #16 March 10, 2006 QuoteNope. Never heard one and don't know anything about them. I run a GK 800 through a Hartke 4x10. Love it! I use Trace Elliots, and have for about 20 years or so. I like to use a lot of speakers too. No real replacement for shifting a lot of air live. In the studio, I usually use the stereo feature of my 4001 or 4003 and run a pickup to each cabinet, and close and room mike each. Here's my Trace setup with my 4003. I'm in the middle of whole refurbisment of my 4001. It's getting a fireglo paintjob, a horseshoe in the bridge position, a toaster in the neck position, and checkerboard binding. I'll post pictures when it's done. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ccowden 0 #17 March 10, 2006 Dude, awesome TE set up! I really like that Rick too! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diablopilot 2 #18 March 11, 2006 QuoteQuoteHummm..........I sure hope you don't plan on playing that thing while wearing the shorts of power! I was playing it naked just a while ago. Just keep that visual in your mind. I rock. You'll go to hell for that........or some other really bad place....---------------------------------------------- You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scoop 0 #19 March 11, 2006 I'd hate to be your neighbour! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MrHixxx 0 #20 March 13, 2006 You are gonna have to post or email picks of that one when she is finished. I dig the checkerboard binding. I once saw a jetglo with that binding, very cool... -Hixxxdeath,as men call him, ends what they call men -but beauty is more now than dying’s when Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflajankie 0 #21 March 13, 2006 QuoteI was playing it naked just a while ago. Just keep that visual in your mind. I rock. NOOOO, the image is not good!!! I have to go home now... Would you call Henri and tell him why? Skydivers are a bunch of insensitive jerks... And that's why I don't skydive anymore! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gjhdiver 0 #22 March 13, 2006 QuoteYou are gonna have to post or email picks of that one when she is finished. I dig the checkerboard binding. I once saw a jetglo with that binding, very cool... -Hixxx Will do. I expect it will be done in another month or so. We just stripped it to the bare wood and started the rebinding of it this week. Then we'll start applying the antique fireglo color. Once that is all done, I'm thinking about converting the 4003 into a 5 string. I may put checkerboard binding on that too. I have enough left to do another bass. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gjhdiver 0 #23 March 13, 2006 Quote I have to go home now... Would you call Henri and tell him why? That you find me so sexy that you can't concentrate ? You wouldn't be the first. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
