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Bionic-Joe

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Is this a FAkenbacker???
« on: January 25, 2013, 03:46:36 PM »
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Re: Is this a FAkenbacker???
« Reply #1 on: January 25, 2013, 04:47:50 PM »
No, I think that is correct for a '72. Truss rods and jack plate look good too. The wood part is junk though.
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Re: Is this a FAkenbacker???
« Reply #2 on: January 25, 2013, 04:50:54 PM »
Body wings have been sanded and modified.Its very real..But, Very Messed up.
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Re: Is this a FAkenbacker???
« Reply #3 on: January 25, 2013, 06:34:37 PM »
And it looks like it's had two sets of tuners and may have a big crack in the neck on the G side. Shame, it's pretty wood. You can get nicer raped and stripped bodies for less from that Gibsonreliable guy who sells on eBay.
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Re: Is this a FAkenbacker???
« Reply #4 on: January 26, 2013, 07:33:17 AM »
i had a univox clone. it had that type of inlays.
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Re: Is this a FAkenbacker???
« Reply #5 on: January 26, 2013, 08:30:09 AM »
Could be real. Ask the guys at the Rickresource Forum. They know too much:)
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Re: Is this a FAkenbacker???
« Reply #6 on: January 26, 2013, 02:15:33 PM »
Quote from: nofi on January 26, 2013, 07:33:17 AM
i had a univox clone. it had that type of inlays.

That's what led me to believe that it was a Univox of sorts... Never saw a REAL Ric with those crushed glitter inlays..
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Re: Is this a FAkenbacker???
« Reply #7 on: January 26, 2013, 02:33:13 PM »
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Re: Is this a FAkenbacker???
« Reply #8 on: January 26, 2013, 05:01:50 PM »
I have never seen one that clean. (Fireglow, above)
« Last Edit: January 26, 2013, 06:04:50 PM by patman »
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Re: Is this a FAkenbacker???
« Reply #9 on: January 26, 2013, 11:53:39 PM »
Looks real to me. But really messed up.

If the other parts were there it could be restored with new body wings, but it's just the husk, so no. The fretboard can be salvaged.
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Re: Is this a FAkenbacker???
« Reply #10 on: January 27, 2013, 02:34:20 AM »
Quote from: Baz Cooper on January 26, 2013, 02:15:33 PM
Never saw a REAL Ric with those crushed glitter inlays..

The crushed pearl full width inlays are correct for pre '73 Rics, and are a big deal to collectors. Looks like some genius routed the checkerboard binding off. The jack plate has a "72 s/n. It is a mess. At First I thought "add a new pair of body wings...", but then I saw the cracked neck.  :-\
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Re: Is this a FAkenbacker???
« Reply #11 on: January 27, 2013, 04:16:55 PM »
 The cracked neck can easily be fixed. After that I'd buy parts and leave it as is. One of the rules of antique restoration is a piece has had a life and what has happened to the piece becomes part of it. Even if you swap out the "wings" this bass will never become a collectors item. It's a bass with a past, much like a woman if you love her you live with it. I'ts cool and I'm tempted, sadly it's way over priced.
« Last Edit: January 27, 2013, 04:22:17 PM by godofthunder »
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Re: Is this a FAkenbacker???
« Reply #12 on: January 27, 2013, 07:22:00 PM »
It's pretty wood. I could totally see rehabbing it and leaving it a natural even with the missing binding and letting it go at that. To me, it looks like whoever did route it down did a good job at it. It is overpriced though. He's selling some of the parts in separate auctions, including a black TRC for something like $250.


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Re: Is this a FAkenbacker???
« Reply #13 on: January 27, 2013, 10:13:53 PM »
I'm thinking he's more likely to get his price for the TRC than for this.
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Re: Is this a FAkenbacker???
« Reply #14 on: January 31, 2013, 06:26:28 PM »
I'd Love to have a Hondo II sunburst Rickenbacker bass copy
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