Anybody got a profile that would make a Fender Jaguar bass sound a bit more like a Rickenbacker bass?
I understand they are not the same instrument etc, even so...
Woof!
Rick bass
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You can experiment with putting an EQ in stomp A, to change the fundamental sound of the bass.
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Ah yes but what settings?
I have experimented with that until my ears don't know the difference between a fly or a ten ton lorry going past my ears:) -
Ears can get tired quickly when doing those kind of EQ changes. I suggest several rigs, as you experiment, and then listen to them with fresh ears the next day.
Assuming you don't have a Rick laying around to do direct A/B comparisons with, download some WAV files of a Rick.
There are several options on this page:
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Ricks have a natural crunch to my ears, or at least the crunch is implied by it's barking sound. I'd try a little bit of gain/OD. Geddy Lee gets a pretty good Rick sound out of his JBass on Moving Pictures. Lot's of crunch there.
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Thanks Paul, I downloaded the samples.
Klappy what profile would you suggest as a starting point?
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I haven't run across a free bass profile that I use for crunch that didn't need a bit of tweaking unfortunately. Some of the crunchy guitar profiles sound nice, but need more low end. Blending in some clean bass can help some, as does swapping to a bass cabinet model or adjusting the LF of the guitar cab model. Most of the bass profiles I use now are home-brews, and I'm not using much crunch these days for my basic sound. I do remember a Bassman 100 profile that was in the neighborhood though, maybe the one that came as a stock profile. I used that one briefly for crunchy rock.
I've been meaning to post a few bass amps on the rig exchange but haven't gotten around to it, so maybe it's time.
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Please do, I'd be interested to hear them.
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I found a decent example in my library. This is my '66 B15 that I profiled "clean", and then added a little gain to afterwards. The bass is a $179 Squire P/J with both pickups on full for the Rick "boing". I'm not sure what version of the Jaguar you have, but it shouldn't be way off (unless it's the single soapbar one). Here are some samples of this profile using songs that I'm pretty sure were originally played on Ricks.
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Thanks for the Rig!
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Thanks! Always good to have some more bass rigs.
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My Jag is the 2 pick up one.
It sounds pretty Rickish that, I'll download the profile and have a crack with it later.
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some Yes fan here
very similar to the original Rickenbacker, congrats! -
I just bought a Rickenbacker 4003s and it all fell together.
Grab some Profiles of a Marshall Super Bass - there's some free ones that will get you there
The MW-Brit Bass by Michel Wagner is perfect! I just adjusted the EQ knobs in the front to emphasis what you want to get all Chris Squire about your tone and it's great. All the gain all the grit and when you dig in with a pick or even your fingers it's goldExternal Content www.youtube.comContent embedded from external sources will not be displayed without your consent.Through the activation of external content, you agree that personal data may be transferred to third party platforms. We have provided more information on this in our privacy policy.