recording Rickenbacker

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I am about to do some recording of my band and my bass player uses a rickenbacker. So far, we havent had a lot of luck with DIing this instrument, but Id really like to do so if I can make it work. DOes anybody have any tips on Rickenbackers? They behave a little differently to P basses and Jazz basses....

At my disposal I have the presonus firestudio project, an electroharmonix 12ay7 mic pre, 3 sm58's and I'm going to buy maybe two oktavamod 319's.. thats all so far....
 
if it were me, id run the base into one of your mic pre's as a Di box, roll off some high end on the EQ, and compress mildly

personally i prefer to DI and mic bass concurrently
 
gareth81 said:
Hello there

I am about to do some recording of my band and my bass player uses a rickenbacker. So far, we havent had a lot of luck with DIing this instrument, but Id really like to do so if I can make it work. DOes anybody have any tips on Rickenbackers? They behave a little differently to P basses and Jazz basses....

At my disposal I have the presonus firestudio project, an electroharmonix 12ay7 mic pre, 3 sm58's and I'm going to buy maybe two oktavamod 319's.. thats all so far....
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You've got flatwounds on that Ric, right?

We've got a 4000 series that loves the DI. What kind of problems are you having?
 
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no, he's using normal strings... does the rick work better with the flats does it?

Just sounds really bass heavy at the moment - really unbalanced
 
gareth81 said:
no, he's using normal strings... does the rick work better with the flats does it?

Just sounds really bass heavy at the moment - really unbalanced
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I believe it is supposed to be strung with flats.

Hmmmm... bass heavy is not a term I'd use to describe Rickenbacker bass tone. Should be clicky and bright. Pots all the way open? Same problem through the both output jacks?
 
I've had good results running the neck pickup DI, and the bridge into an amp. Blend to taste. This is with flatwounds though as the gods of Ric intended.

I guess you could manage to get a really dull tone out of a Ric with really old rounds, but it would take some work. Ric basses really do work better with flats IMHO.
 
I'd have though round wound strings would make the ric even toppier. there must be another problem somewhere.
The trad sound is toppy with scooped mids and a solid bottom end - proggy heaven. If you're using roundwounds and getting a bass heavy sound there's something wrong.
I'll give you a good cheap hint generally though: the Behringer Bass DI (BDI21) is REALLY good, solid & CHEAP!
 
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