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Gear Discussion Forums => Rickenbacker Basses => Topic started by: Freuds_Cat on July 27, 2009, 12:56:54 AM
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:mrgreen:
This is another beauty from DHGate ;)
http://www.dhgate.com/2009-new-arrived-rickenbacker-electric-basses/p-ff80808122a58d910122a6010e796093.html
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Woah! You gotta admire their guts. The Rickenpolice must be already after them with wailing sirens and screechin' tires :)
Not a bad idea to put a mudbucker in a Rick... ;)
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That is wrong in so many levels.
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Do they make lefty ones? 8)
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It's innovative. Has any one else tried a mudbucker in the bridge position on a Rick?
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That is wrong in so many levels.
Especially the part that says: "Made in USA"
The site is an ebay knock-off selling all kinds of "replica" products.
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That is wrong in so many levels.
I'm sorry ilan, I have a mate who bought a Les Paul from these guys, he is a full time musician who knows wheat from chaff. He was really quite impressed with the guitar that arrived here even though it does have the obvious differences. I went and had a look at the DH Gate site because thats where he bought it from. As soon as I saw the Ric I thought of you and couldn't help myself ;) I had to post it here, especially here due to the Muddy in it. I apologise for being so childish, but knowing you are a good sport I still had a bit of a giggle. ;D
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I wonder if those instruments would ever get through customs...
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They did here Rob, although my Melody Maker from the USA was stopped and questioned :rolleyes:
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Amazing that they got through anywhere. It's one thing to make a Rick copy, quite another to counterfeit. Even though anyone knowledgeable about Ricks would recognize it as counterfeit, the general public would not. This would be criminal fraud under US law.
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I wonder if those instruments would ever get through customs...
Those might be subject to "special handling" ;D
(http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k125/0chromium0/forums/woodchipper.jpg)
It is a nice looking bass, though. Hey it's the reverse-Cliff-Burton model! (sorta... well not really...)
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I would think with some plastic surgery it could be a nice platform for a better ride. Hard to get a good Rick copy anymore, as we all know. But I recall a bunch of the shoddier Ibanez/Aria knock offs having fake mudbuckers in them.
This is still my favorite:
http://www.vintage-guitars.se/1974_Sigma_Rickenbacker-copy.htm
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Finally a "Ric" (Lickenbackel"?) with a sensible bridge, nuff said.
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now thats plain weird.wouldnt the pickups be better with the mudbucker in the front and a ricky like pickup in the back?
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(Lickenbackel"?)
ROR!
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now thats plain weird. wouldnt the pickups be better with the mudbucker in the front and a ricky like pickup in the back?
I played one of those SG-shaped low-end Staggs (mentioned here (http://bassoutpost.com/index.php?topic=1047)) with the mudbucker near the bridge, and it made a very nice noise.
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"That's just not right!!!" Keven Meany :P