Knock-Offs, Rip-Offs, and Just Plain UGLY!

sowhat · Post by **sowhat** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 12:34 pm

Back to the topic... personally, i wouldn't call it pretty...

melibreits · Post by **melibreits** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 12:52 pm

I agree, Sheena.... That's pretty--um, pretty UGLY!

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 12:53 pm

Uh...

You've heard me call a certain "look" in basses a "Hobbit" bass.

Well, I nominate this as an "earwig"-category guitar.

sowhat · Post by **sowhat** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 1:04 pm

And, since i'm there... they also make...

melibreits · Post by **melibreits** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 1:39 pm

AAAAAAACCCCCKKKKK!!!!

That was nasty, Sheena.... Thanks for ruining my appetite right before dinner....

Darn Rickenfakers....

doctorwho · Post by **doctorwho** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 2:33 pm

Like the careless geologist who lost his apatite ...

rickcrazy · Post by **rickcrazy** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 2:44 pm

Hmm... Too bad my wife is in Ukraine right now. I sure would like to know what they say about that counterfeit Rick.

wmthor · Post by **wmthor** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 7:00 pm

sowhat · Post by **sowhat** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 8:49 pm

I sure would like to know what they say about that counterfeit Rick.

Type - Rickenbacker
22 frets
pickups - 3S RK
potentiometers (knobs?) - 3 positions, 3V-2T
body - mahogany
neck - maple, not bolt on (??? - sorry, can't remember the term)
fretboard - palisander
Tune-o-matic/trapeze
Chrome hardware
Color - BK (black)
Price - 9900.00 roubles - about $375

Um. Sorry, Melissa, i didn't mean that.

wmthor · Post by **wmthor** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 3:47 am

I look at this Fender Jeff Beck Esquire from Musician's Friend that's priced @ $10.5K and then I look at this Nash built 50's Esquire-Beckola Ltd from MusicToyz that's priced @ $2K.

For the life of me, I can't figure out the $8,500 difference between the two.

Just for the record, I wouldn't buy either because if my guitars are to be reliced, I want it to be done naturally by my hands.

rickcrazy · Post by **rickcrazy** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 12:40 pm

Thanks, Sheena. I believe the term you're looking for is either "through neck" or "set neck".

sowhat · Post by **sowhat** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 1:26 pm

How about this one? I wouldn't call it pretty (but it's a matter of taste, of course...)

Yes, "set neck", exactly. Thanks, Sergio.

rickcrazy · Post by **rickcrazy** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 1:38 pm

You're welcome, Sheena.
Is that a guitar??

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 1:48 pm

This is a knock-off of the classic Yamaha "Silent Guitar", which is a really nice idea and quite elegant to look at. It is comfortable to play, too.

But this thing is a monument to gilding the lily--taking a basically minimalist design exercise and painting it ketchup red and mustard yellow, and putting in those horrid fingernail clipping fret markers, so that the WHOLE DAMNED THING SHOUTS AT YOU...

shamustwin · Post by **shamustwin** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 2:10 pm

LOL, you are correct, sir.