Its a RICKEN-FAKER!

ajish4 · Post by **ajish4** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 7:02 pm

http://cgi.ebay.com/Rickenbacker-4001-Ibanez-Copy-from-the-70s-No-reserve_W0QQitemZ7381156622QQcategoryZ4713QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

dean712 · Post by **dean712** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 10:19 pm

Yikes... did Ibanez really stoop that low?

sowhat · Post by **sowhat** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 10:34 pm

...but the price is attractive...

cwk · Post by **cwk** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 10:43 pm

I shouldn't post this but I asked what type of tuning machines were on it.I would be curious to know if Grovers were used or if Ibanez actually went through the trouble to copy them also.I'm certain if this dosen't get pulled and the tuners are real this bass will sell only for that fact.Hell,I'd buy it-pull the gadgets off and toss the rest.My luck being as it is they would be the wrong dia. anyhow.

rickcrazy · Post by **rickcrazy** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 12:06 am

Those are Grover replicas. To tell you the truth, they are more reliable than Grovers in that they will not come apart in time. As for their footprint and diameter being the same as genuine Grovers, I'm not sure though.

bails · Post by **bails** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 12:23 am

Looks like the hardcase is genuine Rickenbacker...

jps · Post by **jps** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 3:03 am

I can't imagine Ibanez would go through all the ttrouble of copying the Grovers and not get the dimensions correct.

rickcrazy · Post by **rickcrazy** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 5:08 am

I just checked: the dimensions are correct.

kcole4001 · Post by **kcole4001** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 6:42 am

The case & tuners would be almost worth what the bids are at now!
It'll probably vanish pretty soon, though.

rikk · Post by **rikk** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 3:22 pm

Auction gone!

sublimate · Post by **sublimate** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 8:24 am

Did ebay pull the auction because of copyright issues? If the name Rickenbacker isn't mentioned does it still get pulled?

ilan · Post by **ilan** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 10:05 am

If it's a Ric copy, it gets pulled, whether the seller mentions the R word or not.