https://www.ebay.com/itm/225019686269?hash=item346437ed7d:g:mJsAAOSwv0NingNy
It has been a while since I saw one of the Greco copies for sale.
The Zombiebacker TRC is a nice touch.
The Ric legal team is not as vigilant as they used to be .
Quote from: Dave W on June 07, 2022, 01:00:53 AM
The Zombiebacker TRC is a nice touch.
I'm glad you deciphered that. I couldn't make it out. Agreed, very nice touch!!
Slightly steep price for a bolt-on copy, even if it is one of the better ones.
Maybe if it was in pristine condition. As is, it's too high.
I like the idea of a bolt-on Ric 4000 Series (the 4080 and 480 were bolt-on). But I never played a Greco Ric clone. A friend has a Greco EB3 clone and it's very heavy, so that's a concern.
EDIT: my lowball $700 offer was accepted... and free int'l shipping. Thanks for the heads-up, Pilgrim!
Quote from: ilan on June 08, 2022, 05:31:24 AM
I like the idea of a bolt-on Ric 4000 Series (the 4080 and 480 were bolt-on). But I never played a Greco Ric clone. A friend has a Greco EB3 clone and it's very heavy, so that's a concern.
EDIT: my lowball $700 offer was accepted... and free int'l shipping.
WOW! Congrats. That seems like a nice price for something like that.
Quote from: ilan on June 08, 2022, 05:31:24 AM
I like the idea of a bolt-on Ric 4000 Series (the 4080 and 480 were bolt-on). But I never played a Greco Ric clone. A friend has a Greco EB3 clone and it's very heavy, so that's a concern.
EDIT: my lowball $700 offer was accepted... and free int'l shipping. Thanks for the heads-up, Pilgrim!
Well, sonuvagun!
I didn't think of the possibility that someone here would be interested. I hope it plays great for you!!
Please let us know how it turns out.
Congrats, Ilan. If anyone here was going for it, it would have to be you.
Now you'll have to mod this one using the mudbucker you took out of your EB-0L. :mrgreen:
Quote from: Dave W on June 08, 2022, 11:50:49 AM
Now you'll have to mod this one using the mudbucker you took out of your EB-0L. :mrgreen:
OMG why would I want to do that to this poor bass. And I'm already using that mudbucker as a counter-weight attached to the strap near the EB-0L's rear button. It has found its true calling within a Gibson bass ;)
I am toying with the idea of installing a Hipshot bridge for a palm-mutable Ric.
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/hgMAAOSwjwdhVOuR/s-l1600.jpg)
They're nice, but unless you want a boat anchor, make sure you get the aluminum version.
Quote from: gearHed289 on June 10, 2022, 09:05:37 AM
They're nice, but unless you want a boat anchor, make sure you get the aluminum version.
Will do. I dislike high-mass bridges. They cut low end frequencies.
Quote from: ilan on June 10, 2022, 12:37:10 PM
Will do. I dislike high-mass bridges. They cut low end frequencies.
They seem to suck a lot of energy and excitement from the strings in my limited, empirically driven experience. Almost like having a subtle compression and EQ added to the mix. I have an 'Omega' Badass II copy in a box, alongside a Fender Badass II and a Gotoh 201. I like the Gotoh the most, but still felt it robbed a bit of vitality from the string somehow.
I wonder how a Ric will sound with a standard bent-plate Fender bridge.
So here the Ric sounds Ric-ish and the Greco sounds like a Fender. Not a bad tone, but not Rickenbacker-y.
https://youtu.be/nKzAxi1qzCo
I've owned three Greco Ric copies (all neck thru), two Rics (4003 and a 4003S), and a bolt neck Aria. They were beautiful, but I found the Grecos didn't sound like a Ric to me. I get comparing them to a Fender. The Aria (which had flats) nailed the tone to my ears. If I ever see a realistically priced neck thru Aria copy I'll probably buy it. I like having both (a real one and a faker).
Well I have two real Rics — a white 1973 with a toaster and (reissue) horseshoe and a 1986 Shadow with button-top high-gains — so I have that covered.
I actually really like my Greco. Tone-wise it's half way between a Ric and a Fender. I've replaced its crappy oversized (for a Ric) tuners with Hipshot Ultralights lollipops and I'm very happy with it now. I just need to replace the bridge/tailpiece with one that doesn't have a tail-lift, I have a new one on the way so that will be sorted out soon.