The fake Rickenebacker thread

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Re: The fake Rickenebacker thread

Post by Sweetfinger » Mon Apr 12, 2021 4:38 pm

This feels very much like it came from the same factory that did the Danelectro reissues in the late 1990s. That's around the time I saw this on eBay. Of course, the listing got pulled. A bit later someone told me about a pink copy they saw on Gbase. I had to have it. I customized it a bit and it plays and sounds great. I don't play it live much, usually a cancer benefit, or whatever occasion seems like it really needs a Peptol-Bismol pink guitar. Behold...
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Re: The fake Rickenebacker thread

Post by Fiddy » Mon Apr 12, 2021 9:59 pm

Sweetfinger wrote:
Mon Apr 12, 2021 4:38 pm
This feels very much like it came from the same factory that did the....
Is the cats eye painted on?

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Re: The fake Rickenebacker thread

Post by s_mcsleazy » Tue Apr 13, 2021 5:16 am

Sweetfinger wrote:
Mon Apr 12, 2021 4:38 pm
This feels very much like it came from the same factory that did the Danelectro reissues in the late 1990s. That's around the time I saw this on eBay. Of course, the listing got pulled. A bit later someone told me about a pink copy they saw on Gbase. I had to have it. I customized it a bit and it plays and sounds great. I don't play it live much, usually a cancer benefit, or whatever occasion seems like it really needs a Peptol-Bismol pink guitar. Behold...
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i think i found a rickenbacker style guitar my bandmate wouldn't want to play
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Re: The fake Rickenebacker thread

Post by pad » Tue Apr 13, 2021 5:37 am

s_mcsleazy wrote:
Tue Apr 13, 2021 5:16 am
i think i found a rickenbacker style guitar my bandmate wouldn't want to play
its not that guitars fault ;D

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Re: The fake Rickenebacker thread

Post by Sweetfinger » Tue Apr 13, 2021 3:10 pm

tribi9 wrote:
Mon Apr 12, 2021 9:59 pm
Is the cats eye painted on?
No, it's semi hollow. There's black paint in the cavity.

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Re: The fake Rickenebacker thread

Post by muffonrat » Thu Apr 15, 2021 1:27 pm

tribi9 wrote:
Sun Apr 28, 2019 10:19 am
I figured we could also use a fake Rickenbacker thread.

I've had about five by now..
-Dillion 350 copy. Really awful neck, bad pickups MIK.
-Jay Turser 350 copy, probably same factory as the Dillion as they were both equally crappy.
-Semihollow, No name Chinese copy I got from Doug aka Fullerplast. This one was very nice and light.
-Jaguar 350 copy, just another mediocre copy.

I currently own this one, it's beautiful and plays fantastic. Double bound, blocks and binding. Made in the 90s by the Greco company. Its got one hell of an amazing neck that words cannot describe properly.

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This particular guitar has waken my GAS after a loong time!

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Re: The fake Rickenebacker thread

Post by Fiddy » Thu Apr 15, 2021 1:30 pm

muffonrat wrote:
Thu Apr 15, 2021 1:27 pm
tribi9 wrote:
Sun Apr 28, 2019 10:19 am
I figured we could also use a fake Rickenbacker thread.

I've had about five by now..
-Dillion 350 copy. Really awful neck, bad pickups MIK.
-Jay Turser 350 copy, probably same factory as the Dillion as they were both equally crappy.
-Semihollow, No name Chinese copy I got from Doug aka Fullerplast. This one was very nice and light.
-Jaguar 350 copy, just another mediocre copy.

I currently own this one, it's beautiful and plays fantastic. Double bound, blocks and binding. Made in the 90s by the Greco company. Its got one hell of an amazing neck that words cannot describe properly.

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This particular guitar has waken my GAS after a loong time!
Just sold it last month. That being said, I've owned way more than 5 copies. In fact i usually have a copy around and have done so, since I was 20.

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Re: The fake Rickenebacker thread

Post by muffonrat » Thu May 27, 2021 7:48 am

So I was lucky enough to win an auction in Japan and be able to buy this beauty
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It is still in Japan atm , will be posting a NGD soon.. :jacked:

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Re: The fake Rickenebacker thread

Post by pad » Thu May 27, 2021 8:23 am

muffonrat wrote:
Thu May 27, 2021 7:48 am
So I was lucky enough to win an auction in Japan and be able to buy this beauty
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It is still in Japan atm , will be posting a NGD soon.. :jacked:
WOW ! :? :?
Someday ill get my hunt finished. too...

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Re: The fake Rickenebacker thread

Post by shoule79 » Thu May 27, 2021 9:14 am

s_mcsleazy wrote:
Tue Apr 13, 2021 5:16 am
Sweetfinger wrote:
Mon Apr 12, 2021 4:38 pm
This feels very much like it came from the same factory that did the Danelectro reissues in the late 1990s. That's around the time I saw this on eBay. Of course, the listing got pulled. A bit later someone told me about a pink copy they saw on Gbase. I had to have it. I customized it a bit and it plays and sounds great. I don't play it live much, usually a cancer benefit, or whatever occasion seems like it really needs a Peptol-Bismol pink guitar. Behold...
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i think i found a rickenbacker style guitar my bandmate wouldn't want to play
I'd rock the hell out of that.

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Re: The fake Rickenebacker thread

Post by muffonrat » Thu May 27, 2021 9:22 am

What made me go for a copy was this write up:
https://tymguitars.com.au/blogs/blog/1991-greco-r1c-360
Also the fact that these copies have a wider nut helped a lot 8)

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Re: The fake Rickenebacker thread

Post by druunkonego » Thu May 27, 2021 9:59 am

Remember that 330 copy that theolderbrother made? Must have been 2009-2010. Around the time I joined OSG. Amazing build thread. What a guitar! I'll link the thread if I can find it.

Edit: I couldn't find the original thread but it looks like sookwinder archived it. :-*
viewtopic.php?f=29&t=48439

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Re: The fake Rickenebacker thread

Post by muffonrat » Thu May 27, 2021 11:13 am

druunkonego wrote:
Thu May 27, 2021 9:59 am
Remember that 330 copy that theolderbrother made? Must have been 2009-2010. Around the time I joined OSG. Amazing build thread. What a guitar! I'll link the thread if I can find it.

Edit: I couldn't find the original thread but it looks like sookwinder archived it. :-*
viewtopic.php?f=29&t=48439
Excellent work and the outcome is gorgeous!

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Re: The fake Rickenebacker thread

Post by noisepunk » Thu May 27, 2021 11:29 am

i use to own one of these in dodgier condition:
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it was a fun guitar, but definitely more teisco than rickenbacker in pretty much every conceivable way aside from some clear design "inspiration".

solid it so i could move to CA i think, still miss it though- it played really well and nailed that kind of pawn-shop '90s garage-rock sound.
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Re: The fake Rickenebacker thread

Post by Lost In Autumn » Fri May 28, 2021 2:03 am

Anyone have any experience with the AIO Wolf W300?

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