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"The neck reminded me of a Mosrite"
Rickenbacker necks are very Mosrite-y...fast and smooth.
The 4001 and 4005 basses in particular have fast fast fast
necks...the diameter is relatively small, and the finish is
superb.
I agree with your asssessment re: the Ric tone. The Ric
bass pickups are extra trble-y and bright...they also
produce a distinct "click" and "growl"...I think Ric
designed their pickups to enhance bass articulation, and I
also think they were competing with Fender and Danelectro
for the "studio bass" title...back then "tic-tac" bass was
huge.
Although Ric produces a fine bass, in surf it's tone is
quite overpowering. The Mosrite Bass, on the other hand,
is surprisingly weak toned...
-dp
--- supertwangreverb <> wrote:
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>
> I would think a Rickenbacker guitar would work better for
> surf than
> a Rickenbacker bass. Just because the Rick bass has such
> a distinct
> tone. Out bassist tried one with us and it was really
> punchy and
> ticky, didn't sound like the Fender at all. I was using
> a
> Rickenbacker at the same time. We thought we'd be the
> first surf
> band to both use Ricks... Anyway I thought the Rick
> wasn't too bad
> for surf. The neck reminded me of a Mosrite, and the
> bridge setup
> reminded me of my Jaguar. I did put a bigsby on it.
>
> Bill
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