A Greco Ric clone on Ebay

[ilan]

I wonder how a Ric will sound with a standard bent-plate Fender bridge.

[ilan]

So here the Ric sounds Ric-ish and the Greco sounds like a Fender. Not a bad tone, but not Rickenbacker-y.

[OldManC]

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).

[ilan]

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.