fake rickenbackers?

[jonathan_matos5]

ignoring the fact that the only way to get a rickenbacker sound is to buy a rickenbacker. how do they feel when played? are they anything like a real ric when held or played?

http://www.musikladen.dk/uploads/tt_products/rte/RTEmagicC_Rickenbacker_4003.bmp.jpg

[The Lurker]

wildly variable--there were a bunch of companies that made copies of em back in the 70s and early 80s, most or all of them Japanese. Rick eventually shut them down for copyright infringement, which is why they're called 'lawsuit copies.' Details differed a lot-- some of them had bolt-on necks, none of them had the same pickups, etc, and some of em weren't much beyond copies of the body shape alone.

It's fair to say that none of em really match an actual ric, but some of them are good basses in their own right. Bruce Foxton from the Jam actually used an Ibanez ric copy a lot, as a backup to his real ric and for a different sound.

Actually, if you go over to the Ric website's forums, you can see the people over there rejoicing when fake ones get caught out on Ebay.

[Low Tone]

Actually, if you go over to the Ric website's forums, you can see the people over there rejoicing when fake ones get caught out on Ebay.
Personally, I think that part of it is just stupid. I can understand Ric not wanting other companies to make copies of their basses but are they really gaining anything by stopping an auction for a 15 or 20 year old second hand bass?

[4stringaxeman]

ignoring the fact that the only way to get a rickenbacker sound is to buy a rickenbacker. how do they feel when played? are they anything like a real ric when held or played?

http://www.musikladen.dk/uploads/tt_products/rte/RTEmagicC_Rickenbacker_4003.bmp.jpg

a buddy of mine had one and it certanly had me fooled
I didnt know any better until he told me it was a counterfit