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Freuds_Cat

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Ya gotta love the Chinese
« on: July 27, 2009, 12:56:54 AM »
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Re: Ya gotta love the Chinese
« Reply #1 on: July 27, 2009, 03:07:47 AM »
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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Re: Ya gotta love the Chinese
« Reply #2 on: July 27, 2009, 03:51:37 AM »
That is wrong in so many levels.
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Re: Ya gotta love the Chinese
« Reply #3 on: July 27, 2009, 03:59:53 AM »
Do they make lefty ones?  8)
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Re: Ya gotta love the Chinese
« Reply #4 on: July 27, 2009, 04:54:01 AM »
It's innovative. Has any one else tried a mudbucker in the bridge position on a Rick?
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Re: Ya gotta love the Chinese
« Reply #5 on: July 27, 2009, 04:55:47 AM »
Quote from: ilan on July 27, 2009, 03:51:37 AM
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.
« Last Edit: July 27, 2009, 05:29:30 AM by the mojo hobo »
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Re: Ya gotta love the Chinese
« Reply #6 on: July 27, 2009, 06:35:22 AM »
Quote from: ilan on July 27, 2009, 03:51:37 AM
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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Re: Ya gotta love the Chinese
« Reply #7 on: July 27, 2009, 06:52:34 AM »
I wonder if those instruments would ever get through customs...
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Re: Ya gotta love the Chinese
« Reply #8 on: July 27, 2009, 06:59:31 AM »
They did here Rob, although my Melody Maker from the USA was stopped and questioned  :rolleyes:
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Re: Ya gotta love the Chinese
« Reply #9 on: July 27, 2009, 07:19:41 AM »
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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Re: Ya gotta love the Chinese
« Reply #10 on: July 27, 2009, 11:11:02 AM »
Quote from: Basvarken on July 27, 2009, 06:52:34 AM
I wonder if those instruments would ever get through customs...

Those might be subject to "special handling"  ;D




It is a nice looking bass, though.  Hey it's the reverse-Cliff-Burton model!   (sorta... well not really...)
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Re: Ya gotta love the Chinese
« Reply #11 on: July 27, 2009, 04:40:22 PM »
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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Re: Ya gotta love the Chinese
« Reply #12 on: July 28, 2009, 04:03:05 AM »
Finally a "Ric" (Lickenbackel"?) with a sensible bridge, nuff said.
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Re: Ya gotta love the Chinese
« Reply #13 on: July 28, 2009, 04:18:26 AM »
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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« Reply #14 on: July 28, 2009, 05:49:00 AM »
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