Fake Ric-O-Sound on ebay

brycycle · Post by **brycycle** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 5:55 am

now they're replicating the box w/ mis-leading references to the real thing...i wouldn't think this would be okay with Ric.

http://cgi.ebay.ca/Rickenbacker-Ric-O-Sound-Stereo-Kit-Guitar-or-Bass-New_W0QQitemZ230175559880QQihZ013QQcategoryZ41439QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

ajish4 · Post by **ajish4** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 7:17 am

THAT explains it!

GREAT SNAG BRYCE!!

I have an extra original that I've been waiting to list, I figured this guy bought out the lot from RIC, he had SO many!

This guy has been selling them one after another!

I never picked up on it!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=41439&item=230173595859

SOLD for $160.00 bucks!

http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?MfcISAPICommand=ViewListedItems&since=30&userid=centexparts&include=0&rows=50&sort=3&completed=1

rikk · Post by **rikk** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 7:27 am

You could make you own for less than what he is selling them for. Maybe he is making them in his garage.

brycycle · Post by **brycycle** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 7:48 am

it isn't a hard piece of equip. to rig-up or to purchase a suitable alternative, but this is just plain deceptive...

Tony, what are you asking for your 'spare'? send me a message if you prefer.

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 8:10 am

The box he is using is commonly available from electronics parts suppliers, as are all the hard components inside. The only thing he had to come up with was a silkscreen for the cover...

The listing is deceptive.

beatlefreak · Post by **beatlefreak** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 8:24 am

I'm surprised RIC hasen't jumped all over him, since he does use the Rickenbacker name in his auction titles, and has copied the silkscreen on the box. It took me a couple of his auctions before I caught on to the 'aftermarket' reference.

gareth · Post by **gareth** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 8:42 am

I bought one for $75 NOS from RIC themselves last year. If you really wanted to make one, you could go to radio shack and rig one up for about $5. When I bought a new 4001 in 1979, it came with a stereo splitter line free.

beatlefreak · Post by **beatlefreak** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 8:52 am

$5 is awfully optimistic. the box will cost several dollars, quality jacks and the stereo plug will run you at least a dollar apiece, and quality stereo cable will be several bucks. You could probably build one for about $20 in materials.

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 8:57 am

$20, $21; whatever works...

(with apologies to Michael Keaton)

ajish4 · Post by **ajish4** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 8:57 am

Hey Bryce,

I paid $99.99 on a BIN at the end of July.
I was just going to flip it but the SPARE cable it came with didn't work.

If you want it, just give me what I paid and it's yours.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140143137532

johnhall · Post by **johnhall** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 9:38 am

I'm not sure why we missed this previously but this fellow is getting a little "present" shortly.

brycycle · Post by **brycycle** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 10:27 am

glad to help John.

it is unfortunate we couldn't catch it sooner as it seems many people got caught by this shady lister. i almost bid myself, luckily i re-read the description when i noticed the cable looked 'odd'...

ajish4 · Post by **ajish4** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 11:24 am

I kept waiting to list mine in hopes this guy was going to run out of his stock!

Like I said, I assumed he just bought a whole bunch from RIC and was cashing in! It looked so original, I just never looked closer!

By the way, the listing has been REMOVED as well as the closed auctions! Go get 'em JH.

johnallg · Post by **johnallg** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 11:51 am

Some people have a lot of nerve.

For my splitter, I used a mic cable with quad-star wiring and put a stereo plug on one end, then took a regular cable and cut it in half. I then soldered all shields together, the tip of the stereo to one center of the cut cable and the ring of the stereo to the center of the other cut cable. I then took a flip top plastic electronics EEPROM carrier I had, cut 3 holes in the side, laid the cables inside through the half holes, hot glued the **** out of it all, and snapped the box shut. Works great, no noise as the plastic is conductive for static protection of the EEPROMS.

aceonbass · Post by **aceonbass** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 2:01 pm

Just this week I had a Rick-O-Sound jack harness built directly into my stereo pedal board. I had originally had it wired with left and right input jacks, but being able to just plug my stereo cable into a Rick-O-Sound jack without using the "Y' cable is so much cleaner. With the "standard" mono jack I can plug in any mono instruments I might have and the same signal is sent to both effects processors and then both channels of my Ampeg SVP1600.