Quite pricey for a mass-produced bass. Check out the Rickenbacker bass guitars on Sam Ash. Others feel Rics are not worth the price and that high-end customs are better options for the budget. They point out the Rickenbacker has important ergonomic flaws, a difficult to adjust mute, and variable quality control. Rickenbacker basses are love or hate. For people who are really into them, these basses are worth every penny.
Although Rickenbacker bass owners particular vintage ones generally cherish their instrument and would not part with it, because of its utterly specific character it may not be the best guitar for those who own only one bass. They have two pickups, two volumes, and two tones. Most bassists agree the Rickenbacker has a specialized rock sound and produces some of the best tones for rock and metal.
The Rickenbacker is not really an all-purpose bass. It takes a lot of EQ tweaking e. Achieving a completely different sound is not so easy.
Some bassists, however, find the Rickenbacker to be a quite versatile bass if you know how to use its capabilities. For these reasons, freelance bassists tend to choose a jazz bass over a Rickenbacker as a single bass for both studio and live sessions.
By boosting the middle pickup, all Rics old or new will render a great aggressive full tone that drives tube amps in a remarkable way. One great feature of the Rickenbacker is the ric-o-sound stereo output. Using two different amplifiers or DI setups allows you to get incredible sounds out of the bass. For all the special tone they offer, the Rickenbacker vintage pickups do come with their quirks, including some noise due to both being wired in the same direction.
This can be an issue for getting a clean signal when recording. In contrast, on a Fender Jazz, using the two pickups together tends to cancel the hum. The wide body with almost flat back can be uncomfortable to hold and play. The absence of contoured body is hard on the underarms, and the sharp-edged body binding e.
But they operate out of one factory in California for the rest of the world, which is cool I guess.. If they just built one more factory somewhere in America they could:. I guess I'll think these young dudes have great taste in music and that they're serious about their craft. You ask for opinions yet you're not open to opinions. It seems you have your answers to your questions already 'coz you seem offended by other people's opinions.
Part of the price is that they are American icons. Part of it is who has played those guitars, and the desire for consumers to want to be like their guitar heroes.
Part of it is the guitar quality. I've got a few guitars. Some great players that I have spent less than a hundred on, and others I have paid more.
Can you get good tone out of a hundred dollar guitar? I respect those who dig cheap guitars because I do too. But at some point, whether you want to purchase one or not, you will appreciate the brands that set the standard. Oh, before I forget:. I honestly don't know. I doubt I'd be able to afford any Gibson, Fender or Rickenbacker until im like I apologize if I am being closed minded to your opinions, I'm just so confused as to why I feel that I need a Gibson or Fender to be taken seriously.
I dunno. Other guitarists occasionally want a closer look at my Gibby because it's SO PRETTY , but at one of our recent gigs, there was a band sharing the stage with us whose guitarist was playing a Teisco Del-Ray "Tulip" guitar and having the time of his life with it.
I found out later that the guy plays a Gibson SG in one of his side projects. He just feels the Teisco fits in with what his band is doing better. Mad props to him for it. Why do Fenders, Gibsons, and Rickenbackers cost so much?
Another reason why Rickenbacker bass is expensive and highly sought after is that they have excellent build quality. As I mentioned earlier, all of the different components and parts used in making Rickenbacker bass and guitars are all manufactured in the USA, in their own factory.
A lot of the guitar circuitry in many other guitars besides Rickenbacker are made in Asia or Mexico, wired as assemblies, and imported in the USA. Usually, the pickups are the most imported guitar parts by other brands. Rickenbacker makes all of those parts themselves and tries their best to use American-made components where possible.
The only part of Rickenbacker guitars that are outsourced is the CTS pots. They are custom-made pots exclusively for Rickenbacker products and are made in Taiwan. Everything else is made in their factory. The process of making guitars at Rickenbacker is quite different from many other brands. The circuitry is built differently; the shape of the bass and the pickups are all different from many other pickups out there.
For this reason, Rickenbacker bass sounds unique, and no other bass can emulate that sound. This means if you want the Rickenbacker bass sound, you need to buy a Rickenbacker bass.
This is not the case for other name brands like Fender or Ibanez. There are many cheaper bass guitars that can be tweaked to sound like Fender, Ibanez, or Music Man bass guitars. It can be challenging but quite possible. But this is not the case for Rickenbacker bass. Another unique thing about Rickenbacker bass that gives them their unique sound is that they have a stereo output.
The neck and bridge pickups have their own mono outputs. This means you can play the Rickenbacker through two different bass amps and tweak the sound however you want. All of these features about the Rickenbacker bass are what contribute to its uniqueness.
And if you need that sound, you have no option than to spend a lot of money buying a Rickenbacker bass. Over the years, the Rickenbacker bass has been used by many bass players. And over the years, bass players got interested in Rickenbacker bass guitars. Initially, Rickenbacker bass was priced similar to other Made in America like Fender and Music Man bass guitars, and many bass players could afford it.
And obviously, it worked in their favor. Rickenbacker reduced their production.
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