nine
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Post by nine on Nov 16, 2014 18:51:54 GMT -5
Why doesn't Paul use his Ricki anymore? It was such an awesome bass. I've found nothing on Youtube of him using it since the 70s... though from memory I think he used it in Broad Street. Bring back the Rickenbacker I say...
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Post by sallyg on Nov 16, 2014 22:11:36 GMT -5
Good question. I think he plays the Hofner exclusively because the intonation with the fretboard is better and it stays in tune better plus it's lighter weight wise than the Rickenbacker. I did see Paul playing a Wal 5 string bass in the Distractions video from Flowers in the Dirt and I think he played the same Wal 5 string bass on some songs during the 1989/90 tour. In an interview with Bass Player magazine in Oct 2005, Chris Jisi asked Paul what basses he used in recording Chaos and Creation in the Backyard: "What basses did you use on the CD?" Paul: "It’s all my little old Hofner. I had laid it to rest quite a few years ago because the intonation was a little out. It wasn’t the world’s most expensive instrument, you know; they don’t have a Hofner Precision! I used to love it in the Beatles, but I put it aside. Then [in 1989] I was doing Elvis Costello’s album Spike, and while we were working on “Veronica,” he asked me to play a bass line on the Hofner. I explained I hadn’t used the bass in a long time, but he talked me into it, and I found I really dug playing it again. Soon after, I happened to see the on-the-roof footage from the Let It Be movie [the Beatles playing on the roof of Apple Records], and I noticed I was playing rather delicately on the Hofner. Because the bass is so light, it encouraged me to play with a light touch and be more adventurous with it. I’d play it more like a guitar, whereas my big, heavy Wal 5-string leads me to play more solid, deep bass. So looking back, the Hofner was a key to my style." www.macca-central.com/macca-archives/bassplayer10-05.php
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Post by sayne on Nov 16, 2014 22:30:46 GMT -5
I remember reading an interview with Greg Lake and he thought the Rickenbacker was a very inaccurate bass.
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Post by debjorgo on Nov 22, 2014 12:47:28 GMT -5
I looks good, though.
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