I want it to sound like he does on Roundabout
2007-11-19 13:27:05 · 5 answers · asked by Damn Dara Turner 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music ➔ Rock and Pop
He uses the neck pickup, then uses a filter circuit to route high frequencies to a guitar amp and low to a bass amp.
Legend.
2007-11-19 13:36:11 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends which rick you are using. Squire used a 1999, which was the cheap mono version of the 4001 stereo bass. His happened to be made by Rose Morris (they 'imported' it to Europe) The 1999 is a very warm sounding bass and he gets his tone by using only the neck pickup. The Bridge pickup is completely disconnected. He also bi-amped his signal - splitting the high-frequency output to a separate lead guitar amplifier, and the bass to a standard bass amp.That allows a lot of clarity so when you apply distortion, it still comes through clean. He often uses a pick and uses new strings every show and every recording session.
2007-11-19 21:38:09 · answer #2 · answered by ndr_doc 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I just wanted to soak up some of the love for Rickenbacker basses. Your anwers are all awesome guys.
2007-11-19 22:52:59 · answer #3 · answered by funkybass4ever! 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I've always wondered that myself. I know he played with a pick, unlike most of us, but I don't know what modifications he might have made to the bass to get that rumbling sound out of it. I knew a couple of local guys that played a Rick and one of them played in a band that did Yes covers. He couldn't quite duplicate that sound.
2007-11-19 21:33:48 · answer #4 · answered by curtisports2 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
1st of all, you LUCKY a.ss! *I* want a Rick!
Unless you manage to find your answer via Google, I once wrote Rickenbacker w/ the EXACT same question. I can try to dig up their reply.
All I remember offhand is that he uses Rotosound strings, he's got it set to stereo ("Rik-o-Sound") & something about compression...
2007-11-19 21:30:36 · answer #5 · answered by Fonzie T 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋