Favorite Rickenbacke wielder
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Topic: Favorite Rickenbacke wielder
Posted By: Melomaniac
Subject: Favorite Rickenbacke wielder
Date Posted: August 04 2006 at 17:18
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I know there are many others, but I'll stick with these four...
My vote goes for Geddy Lee !
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Posted By: zFrogs
Date Posted: August 04 2006 at 17:44
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Geddy Lee is my favorite bass player but For Rickenbaker sound Chris Squire is "The Rickenbaker". ------------- https://www.instagram.com/erifrog/ |
Posted By: MajesterX
Date Posted: August 04 2006 at 17:57
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I love Geddy, Chris and Dave meros' work. I havn't heard much deep purple. You're probably thinking of Alan Morse, Neal's brother, who plays guitar, not bass, in Spock's Beard. I went with the Fish because he is the most melodic and innovative of the them in my opinion. Geddy is next ,almost as equal as Chris, but he is more spontaneous and random/ not as melodic as Chris. I was suprised when learning Closer to the Heart the other day, that Geddy can make a radio-hit power ballad just as difficult to play as Cygnus-X1 or other technical songs. Dave is really good too, but he is more like a Geddy and Chris combo and itsn't quite as original. Rickenbackers are probably my favorite sounding bass and, being a bass player myself, are very temping to buy, though a 4003 would be around 1,200 USD, which I don't have. Ironically, Chris, Geddy, and Dave are my top 3 bass players, at least for prog, and they all use Rics. ------------- 
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Posted By: Rando
Date Posted: August 04 2006 at 18:05
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Actually, Mike Rutherford of Genesis didn't do too shabby with his Rickenbacker double neck 12 string/bass! should be on the list up there. Didn't vote. Sorry... ------------- - Music is Life, that's why our hearts have beats - |
Posted By: Bastille Dude
Date Posted: August 04 2006 at 18:07
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Oh man this is a tough one, how about Chris Squire with Geddy Lee a close 2nd. ------------- DEATH TO FALSE PROG! |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: August 04 2006 at 18:36
| Cos they got his name wrong I passed over Dave Meros who would have got my vote. Instead it went to Mr. Glover. |
Posted By: The Wizard
Date Posted: August 04 2006 at 18:38
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Chris Squire, nuff said. -------------  
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Posted By: GoldenSpiral
Date Posted: August 04 2006 at 19:09
 ------------- http://www.myspace.com/altaic" rel="nofollow - http://www.myspace.com/altaic ALTAIC "Oceans Down You'll Lie" coming soon |
Posted By: Arrrghus
Date Posted: August 04 2006 at 19:13
Geddy plays a Fender Jazz bass!  ------------- 
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Posted By: rushaholic
Date Posted: August 04 2006 at 19:17
Plays a Fender but played a Rickenbacker. |
Arrrghus wrote:Posted By: MajesterX
Date Posted: August 04 2006 at 19:41
oh Yeah! I forgot about him! He's very good as well. Up with Geddy and Chris in my opinion.  -------------
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Posted By: MajesterX
Date Posted: August 04 2006 at 19:42
who's he? -------------
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Posted By: dagrush
Date Posted: August 04 2006 at 19:43
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Squire
------------- http://www.last.fm/user/omgwtfdagrush/"> 
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: August 04 2006 at 20:07
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Chris Squire obviously...
------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: August 04 2006 at 20:10
DOH!!!!! I thought you were a Rickenbacker fan hahaha..... that's Lemmy and a 4004 Rick ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: WaywardSon
Date Posted: August 04 2006 at 20:19
| Lee or Squire, I voted Lee. |
Posted By: MajesterX
Date Posted: August 04 2006 at 20:40
I said I was a fan of the basses, I didn't say I knew everyone who used them  . Besides, I have heard little or no Motorhead and didn't know he played a ric. -------------
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: August 04 2006 at 21:08
Lemmy is a long time player and had his own signature bass from Rickenbacker.... check out Motorhead... great stuff.... ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: el böthy
Date Posted: August 04 2006 at 21:27
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Rickenbacker = Squire ...its a scientifical fact! ------------- "You want me to play what, Robert?" 
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Posted By: M. B. Zapelini
Date Posted: August 05 2006 at 07:48
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Chris Squire is THE Rick player... Hey guys, Paul McCartney also played a Rickenbacker (you can see him at the "Magical Mystery Tour" movie - but he actually played one on this album sessions). ------------- "He's a man of the past and one of the present" PETER HAMMILL |
Posted By: TheLamb
Date Posted: August 05 2006 at 11:49
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Chris Squire is THE MAN... He is so innovative and a has a great playing style... Sings
well too
 Just curious... Does that guitarist from Focus (I can't bother to remember dutch names.. sorry) play a Rick? It sounds like a rick to me... but sortof different... His sound is definitely unique, so I was just wondering what guitar he uses... ------------- 
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Posted By: Open-Mind
Date Posted: August 05 2006 at 12:47
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Geddy Lee - Rush
------------- "I'm on a roll, I'm on a roll this time, I feel my luck could change.. " |
Posted By: The Green Tank
Date Posted: August 05 2006 at 17:32
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My idol, Chris Squire. With Geddy Lee a close second. -------------  
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: August 05 2006 at 17:43
both bassists... Ruiter and Havermanns played Fenders... remember Greg Lake had a similar tone to Squire in that it was very treble jacked... but played a jazz bass. ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: TheLamb
Date Posted: August 05 2006 at 17:52
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good to know -------------
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Posted By: kebjourman
Date Posted: August 06 2006 at 00:52
roger mcguinn
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Posted By: Australian
Date Posted: August 06 2006 at 00:53
Squire is the undiputed champion of the Rick ------------- 
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Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: August 06 2006 at 06:41
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Dude,
Roger Glover played a Fender Precision bass
In Purple , Glen Hughes played the Rickenbacker ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: August 06 2006 at 06:47
-------------  BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: August 06 2006 at 08:11
thanks Friede... I should have recognized that if he didn't recognize who Lemmy was.. in spite of all the hints that were in that picture .. that he might not have known about Lemmy and Hawkwind. Quite a character Lemmy is isn't he  ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: Kord
Date Posted: August 07 2006 at 03:25
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Squire is just fantastic ------------- [IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/5f/Genesis_Group.jpg" border"> |
Posted By: Sacred 22
Date Posted: August 07 2006 at 05:06
very good el böthy, now class dismissed!!
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Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: August 07 2006 at 07:24
Um - I beg to differ...   Mind you, he does play a Precision these days... -------------  Jon Lord 1941 - 2012 |
Posted By: TheLamb
Date Posted: August 07 2006 at 13:04
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damn those rickenbackers look good... -------------
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Posted By: AtLossForWords
Date Posted: August 07 2006 at 13:41
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I vote Squire. Dave Meros from Spock's Beard is a good player, but he's not in the poll.
I as a bassist hate Rickenabackers, and I have always wondered why so many great players use them and put up with such awful tone. The basses sound fragile and distorted. There are so many better options, especially for the price. -------------   "Mastodon sucks giant monkey balls." |
Posted By: DeepPhreeze
Date Posted: August 07 2006 at 13:58
| I love the way Squire romanced the bass instead of just playing it. The tones he could pull... the way he could harmonize on the fly... absolutely amazing. |
Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: August 07 2006 at 16:03
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My favourite Rickenbacker player is not on that list... BTW, out of it I voted for Chris, though Geddy is one of my all-time favourite bassists. Lately he uses the Fender Jazz Bass more than the Rick, though - I even saw a very funny ad on a music mag, where Geddy said "thank you for making my bottom so big"!
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Posted By: Equality 7-2521
Date Posted: August 07 2006 at 16:07
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I've never really decided if I like Squire or Lee more as bassists, but in terms of the Rickenback sound I have to go with Squire hands down. ------------- "One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall. " |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: August 07 2006 at 22:17
classic! ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: AtLossForWords
Date Posted: August 07 2006 at 23:39
 I subscribe to the magazine Bass Player, and I laughed everytime I saw that Fender add. Only Geddy could make a comment like that. ------------- "Mastodon sucks giant monkey balls." |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: August 08 2006 at 04:30
And he did also back then (a sunburst) if I remember some pics on the inside gatefold of Machine Head.
But for some reason on sunday morning at the cybercafe, I could not edit my post (or even delete it), because I remembered that he did play also the Rickenbecker.
Apologies.
------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: Philéas
Date Posted: August 08 2006 at 11:04
Geddy Lee. Always. 
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Posted By: VERS
Date Posted: August 08 2006 at 17:40
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Geddy Lee is unbelievamazing ------------- 
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Posted By: xtopher
Date Posted: August 08 2006 at 18:05
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I'll take Alan Meros!!! Seriously, Geddy. ------------- 
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: August 08 2006 at 18:46
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no one has mentioned Pete Trewavas have they... another great Ricky user... a few others ... the late Cliff Burton of Metallica, Les Claypool's first bass was a Rick I believe (wanted to learn Roundabout), and he still loves the things.., Jon Camp of Renaissance (listen to Ashes are Burning from the Live at Carnegie Hall album  )
Roger Waters on the first couple Floyd albums, Jan Patrick Djivas of
PFM, and of course Gary Strater of Starcastle hahah. ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: Sacred 22
Date Posted: August 08 2006 at 21:08
and I also have to add my old buddy Phil who played in a band I was associated with many years ago.
. We nicked named him "Strong Eyed and Bingy". One day he leaned forward instead of backwards when the flash pots went off. He lost half of his afro. He did manage to keep the "Ricky" safe though. |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: August 08 2006 at 21:42
hahah I understand the sentiment... I'd give the last of my hair before a scratch befell one of my Ricks... they are beautiful instruments... ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: Equality 7-2521
Date Posted: August 08 2006 at 23:13
Really Cliff Burton? All these years of listening to Metallica and I never recognized the Rickenbacker sound.
And Oh my Starcastle sharing a simularity with Yes, the apocalypse must be upon us. ------------- "One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall. " |
Posted By: Supertwister
Date Posted: August 09 2006 at 00:22
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Geddy Lee ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/palepoli/?chartstyle=minimalDark - [IMG - http://imagegen.last.fm/minimalDark/artists/palepoli.gif - |
Posted By: Eetu Pellonpaa
Date Posted: August 09 2006 at 06:35
| LEMMY! |
Posted By: Philéas
Date Posted: August 09 2006 at 15:26
Well, the recent Rickenbacker Lemmy limited edition signature model was a very neat-looking bass. Walnut body, with oak leaves and acorns carved in it. Almost looked like a piece of furniture from the 19th century, which was pretty cool if you ask me. However, Lemmy himself is hardly cool, in my opinion of course, and musically he can't be compared with any of the in the poll mentioned persons. |
Posted By: Liquid Len
Date Posted: August 09 2006 at 17:17
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Can only be Chris Squire! ------------- Can you tell me where my country lies? |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: August 09 2006 at 18:20
oh he sure did.... however he switched to an Aria bass... don't remember the exact timeline on that... but he was a Ricky and Ampeg SVT man A lethal combination... yeah that is a shock to learn that Strater used a Rick isn't it ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |