Rickenbacker toasters - genuine?

[PunchyStrummer]

Hi to everyone on the forum from an '88 Mapleglo 330 owner (this is my first post btw even though I've been reading all the threads),

I spotted a pair of Rickenbacker toasters on Gumtree that the seller says are genuine ones, but I just want to ask those with more experience for advice. Do these look genuine to you? As far as I know, toasters haven't been made with ceramic magnets yet...

By the way the neck measures at 7.4k and the nexk at 8.7k - the guitar looks genuine.

https://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/mount-g ... 1160039851

Apologies if I posted this in the wrong thread...

[jdogric12]

They look too tall, and have rivets instead of screws. I'm leaning toward fakers. Google "rickenbacker toaster" and click "images" and you'll immediately see the difference. Welcome!

[PunchyStrummer]

Hi Jason,

Thanks for the reply. I suspected they might not be real but I wasn't sure. Don't know how I should break it to the seller though...

[jps]

Hi Jason,

Thanks for the reply. I suspected they might not be real but I wasn't sure. Don't know how I should break it to the seller though...

I see the guitar is sold. Did you buy it? The one with the fake toasters?

[PunchyStrummer]

The ad was for the pickups, not the guitar (although the guitar appeared to be genuine). Luckily I didn't go through with it...

[jps]

The ad was for the pickups, not the guitar (although the guitar appeared to be genuine). Luckily I didn't go through with it...

I couldn't tell as the ad had already been deleted(!) when I checked it out.

[PunchyStrummer]

Hopefully it didn't go to someone who wasn't as knowledgeable

Should have taken screenshots of the ad, but didn't think of it...

[jps]

Should have taken screenshots of the ad, but didn't think of it...

This is something that used to be a regular thing to do on the RRF, for the historical record, if nothing else.

[PunchyStrummer]

Oh - is it not done as much anymore?

[jps]

What you see here is about 1% (if that much) of the kind of activity that used to go on here.

[jdogric12]

It's not so much as the activity is down (which it is) as the required resizing is a pain for many. Jeff seems to have some secret I wish he'd share with me LOL

[jps]

It's not so much as the activity is down (which it is) as the required resizing is a pain for many. Jeff seems to have some secret I wish he'd share with me LOL

Simple, Jason. Get the inexpensive, but quite useful Photoshop Elements.

[jdogric12]

It's not so much as the activity is down (which it is) as the required resizing is a pain for many. Jeff seems to have some secret I wish he'd share with me LOL

Simple, Jason. Get the inexpensive, but quite useful Photoshop Elements.

I do 99% of my RRF activity at work and can't download software on my work machine! Dang!

[jps]

You don't have any kind of photo/paint/resize software on your work computer?

[jdogric12]

MS Paint and a bunch of kickarse spreadsheets.