Cosmo Valdemar

Thank U Very Much - Scaffold

32 minutes ago, Friskydingo said:

This threat has been ultra useful for me (no sarcasm). 

Can someone help with getting a specific tone. Fat Mike off nofx has a great light overdrive sound. Any suggestions? 

I have Fender jazz and trace elliot gp12 smx. I use an adventure glacial zenith but that hasn't been doing it for me. Please don't say I need a new bass and amp as the wife may go mental at me! 

Any NOFX songs in particular?

27 minutes ago, seashell said:

I never mastered the art of slapping and I'm too old to learn now, especially as I don't really need it for most of the stuff I play.

But sometimes I wish I could do it, as I think it can sound great if used at the right moment. 

I think the age limit for learning slap has recently been scrapped so you'll be fine!

Seriously though, slap is just another technique like any other, and can be played as a basic root note or a complete technical show off routine. There's no reason slap has to be a display of fingerboard pyrotechnics. Give it a go!

Dirty Women - Black Sabbath 

Pure Morning  - Placebo

I've owned several Ricks over the years. Each one has played and sounded very different to the last. RIC's quality control is disgraceful.

I've owned my current 4003 for coming up to 2 years and it's the nicest one I've had - no dodgy QC issues, consistent tone, defined E string.

Outside of a custom job, there is NOTHING that sounds like them. People will say a Fender Jazz or Peavey T40 do but they don't really. The thing with a Rick is they are very fussy with regard to what amp you use. I've seen people in guitar shops excitedly asking to try out a 4003, getting plugged into the nearest TC Electronic combo and scratching their heads at the tone. If you're expecting that Roger Glover sound, that won't happen without either a big old valve head or an effect of some sort. I use various Tech 21 preamps and it loves them all.

I don't particulary like the ergonomics, and replaced the original bridge with a Hipshot so setups aren't a pain now.

In spite of all that, I am thinking of selling it as the neck has a very 'unique' (odd) profile and is starting to feel like a bit of a lump to me now and it's always on my mind when I'm playing.

Interesting!

I Want It All - Queen 

Who Are You - Black Sabbath

I Won't Forget You - Faith No More

Same Old Song And Dance - Aerosmith

Ships in The Night  - Be Bop Deluxe

Small Victories  - Lemon Twigs 

Tired of Hanging Around  - Zutons

On 13/05/2021 at 15:51, Stub Mandrel said:

With a 100 E string I can do a full tone bend from E up to A, but not with a 105.

Beg pardon?

Just finished Trevor Horn. A bit disappointing  - he tried to talk about his time with Yes but Gary and Guy weren't having any of it. 

I played one in Denmark St years ago. VERY tight string spacing - far too tight for me - and a very floppy B, although this could have been a poor setup or light string.

I don't hate the aesthetics of the new ones, but the triangular pickups look daft. RIC say the shape is due to having bigger magnets under the lower strings, but there's no reason they couldn't sit in a nice and tidy rectangular box.

Madhouse  - Anthrax

Venus Diablo - Tura Sarana

Rope Ladder To The Moon - Jack Bruce 

I Love My Dog - Cat Stevens 

White Car - Yes

King For A Day - Green Day

I Want The Drugs - Supersuckers

Gorgeous thing.