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Listen for whether you can tell which - if any - of the noises are genuine Rickenbacker and which are fake.
For any sounds that you consider to be fake, please indicate what instrument you believe was used to do the faking.
For reference, you are hearing Apple Logic Drummer, with occasional tweaks, through a short reverb algorithm. All bass guitars recorded using the same clean D.I. plug-in and - shock, horror - the same plectrum (where appropriate).
In any event, the comparison recording is not for your benefit.
Interestingly I was listening to an Epiphone Embassy yesterday which also sounded very Ric like in timbre - I wonder whether @vale should have a look there too..
Maybe, not today. Maybe, not tomorrow but soon and for the rest of your life.
The Epi web site illustrates current models. The only Embassy listed is the self-styled PRO (all in upper case!). This seems to be a hybrid of Thunderbird and EB-3L features in a vaguely "Fender" body shape. The sound set will depend on whether the pickups have four conductor + shield output cable or straightforward single con + braided shield.
Epiphone used to make a Ripper lookalike bass guitar. Perhaps, it could be modified, either with a pickguard and pickup change or a recreation of the original Gibson Grabber sliding pickup idea. I vaguely remember Japanese-made Grabber copies from the late Seventies so-called "lawsuit" era.
They are all basses with at least one pickup in the middle position or closer to the bridge...
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I rewind loads of Rick bass pickups, and they are very unusual inside ... for a start they use 44 awg wire ... practically alone amongst bass pickups. secondly they use super cheap and rather disgusting rubberized ceramic magnets which have a field effect somewhat like a P90 ... I may, as a little project to amuse myself ... build a faux-ricky pickup and try it in one of my demo P basses ... see how close I can get with no EQ to rely on.
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The downside of encroaching on RIC's toes is that they like to litigate.
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Either way, I love the idea of a fauxbacker pickup.. you might get the bass heads on here losing the plot
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