Chickenbacker/Rickenfaker Lemmy Bass review and sound samples
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- čas přidán 28. 08. 2024
- Here's my review of the Lemmy bass that I bought. Please keep in mind that this is just my experience of this particular bass! You might have worse luck than me if you decide to order one!
You have that thing sounding real good on your tracks....wow. .
Rickenbastard! Gotta get one. Thx for the review!
Nice bass!
Should have put “Eirikenbacker” on the truss rod cover!
The body seems a little thicker than my 77 Ric. Sure Lemmy used copies too besides the real ones. Nice playing.
Very nice copy. Very informative video also. You play well man! cheers!
if you find the money, buy a full set of seymour duncan lemmy’s
Nice review man! Keep it up!
Thanks Simo! Nice seeing you here :)
That first track is really good is that an original?
Great review - keep em coming bro!
Nice vid!! Might have to get myself one of these! On the sound samples, what effects are you using?
I think they're pretty good! I think i forgot to mention in the video that it's very heavy though.
The effects are just amp sims, EQ and compressor
@@BasEirik Gotcha! Thanks for the reply.
Really nice review and bass, very helpful, could you share the seller where you got it? I’m really interested on one, thanks
I know the video is a year old now so you probably won't read this, but I think I know what the issue with the bridge pickup is. To me it sounds like the inner coils of the pickup are wired out of phase with each other. The way to fix this would be to reverse the wiring on one of the coils. You'd have to disassemble the pickup to do that though, so not sure how practical that'd be
Hey man, thanks for that suggestion! Maybe I'll try it one day. Shouldn't be too hard right?
@@BasEirik Well... depends on the pickup, but it's kinda tough. You'd be rewiring the part of the pickup not meant to be taken appart. I'm genuinely not sure if it's worth it. The steps are:
I: take of the pickup cover (desolder if needed)
2: Remove the waxing inside the pickup
3 Remove the thin electrical tape wound around the pickup winding.
4: Carefully rewire one of the coils without breaking the delicate wire that connects to the copper winding. I messed up more humbuckers than I'd like to admit whilst trying to do this back in the day.
5. Add a new electrical tape around the winding.
6. Rewax the pickup
7. Resolder the pickup cover
So, yeah, not sure if the trouble's worth it... but if you go ahead with it, do let me know.
@@oleksiishekhovtsov1564 you could also just flip the pickup completely around stock, could you not? just put it backwards seeemd to work for my P90s that I had bought lol
I'm tempted to buy one of these (not the Lemmy one) would you recommend it, a lot of people have been telling me that they are garbage, but like I said I'm tempted.
Well, the pickups might be worthless like they were on mine, but otherwise I'm pretty happy with mine.
Thomann has some Rick-copies under the Harley Benton brand. They're probably much better, although they're pretty ugly.
@@BasEirik I have one I don't really like the style of the bass, it sounds good but I don't really like it, is it risky to buy one of these?
@@LC-xi7xi yeah you might (probably) have to change the pickups, but IMO that's the only real problem. The only other thing would be that they might be heavy, my Lemmy bass is certainly very heavy.
Hey man, I'm missing your Lemmy bass covers! What do you think about AC/DCs "Love Hungry Man"?
czcams.com/video/1wOwfICl4xI/video.html
Hey man, I did the cover, but sadly it got copyright blocked!
@@BasEirik wow, you're fast :) too bad it got deleted, would have loved to listen to that one!
@@rstking123 Watch it on Chinese youtube instead! ;)
www.bilibili.com/video/BV1oe411p7SK/
@@BasEirik We need more Motörhead! :)
I got one of these too. The frets were not finished and it will shred you hand as you slide up or down the neck.
Mine was pretty OK in that regard. I think it depends on the humidity and stuff. And probably the quality is not very even from bass to bass
What replacement pickups would be recommended? Will soon be ordering a Lemmy bass and this seems to be a common issue with the Chinese copies
When the build quality is acceptable the electronics tend to be the only problem
The original bass had 3 Rickenbacker humbucker pickups
Does it make for a good modding platform? Ive always wanted to get one of these and see iff real ric pickups would fit in it
I don't think they fit without some work. Frank put the Lemmy signature pickups in his:
czcams.com/video/MGIpNPRpczs/video.html
Link to buy one?
Hayzyy hope i aint too late man, here www.aliexpress.com/item/32981245331.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.0.0.4a71411dx8oCi7&algo_pvid=4932358a-fa8a-4a47-8477-e53350a2ebf3&algo_expid=4932358a-fa8a-4a47-8477-e53350a2ebf3-11&btsid=46ed390f-2888-4fe4-af52-ce215075bb31&ws_ab_test=searchweb0_0,searchweb201602_5,searchweb201603_53
Chickenfaker will be the apropiate name for Made in China bassess and guitars
Okay, Varg
yup nice video!
Hi Eirik, which shop/shop number did you get this one from? Thanks.
Hey, I don't wanna promote that shop too openly, but if you still want to find out you can contact me through the e-mail adress that you can find in my profile.
Pine wood bad paint, but very good sound!
So I know that rickenbacker made all of these a little bit different so each one had a uniqueness to it, but do you know how to spot which ones are fake or not? Because I look online and the most I see one go for is like $850 which is weird when they apparently originally sold at $1800,
and then I heard that someone sold one for around $13,000, so I don’t know if I should try and get one of these or just play it safe and grab a standard Rick.
The most obvious giveaway would be the pickups IMO. Most fakers, if not all, that i've seen have pickups that have a solid gold finish (like mine). Rickenbackers pickups are black in the middle. The bridge will look a bit different. The pickup selector will be bigger than the original. The shape of the headstock will be a bit off, as well as the truss rod cover with the logo. Also the oak leave carving looks exactly the same on every Chinese bass that i've seen. On the original they vary more and are more intricate.
If it's a bass up for $850 it's almost certainly a fake (and a rather expensive one). Rickenbacker only made about 40 of these, so seeing one for sale is very rare and it will also be extremely expensive.
If you're looking for the Rick sound and feel, I'd advise you to get a standard 4003 or something like that. The Chinese basses don't come close to the original.
Eirik Lund thanks, man, super helpful!
It just needed shielding all Rickenbacker are too loud to not have shielding
You look like Ed Sheeran's younger cousin.
love bass line at 08:01 , it's from which song ?
Thanks! It's just a little something I threw together myself
Neck Diving?
I would have respect for China basses if they would have just designed their own bass. For the price you probably could deal with the issues. But counterfeiting is disgusting.
Real Rickenbacker guitars are definitely not perfect. I have three that I’ve bought since 1977. If you want perfect, Schecter is much better but personality. Ric
Yeah I think you're right actually, my 4003 from 2011 also has a small defect in the finish around the bridge. But I still get amazed sometimes when I haven't played it for a while at how well it plays and how stable it feels, so in that department I can definitely feel the quality. Compared to the chickenbacker, it's almost perfect!
These Chinese instruments are not supposed to be a perfect rendition of what it's representing. They are far better for the price than the stuff I had when I was younger than you.
Yes, although as i mentioned in the video the pickups on this one were almost useless from the start. Budget brands like Squier/Epiphone/Yamaha are far superior IMO, for essentially the same price.