Pretty faker

[melibreits]

Eeeeewwwwwww..... That's definitely NOT my style, LOL!

Purple and green jello? Urp!

[elysrand]

Baked Beans, Tom? OH NO! That actress later fell off a stage 35 feet or more and broke her back. Not a pretty sight. Wouldn't want THAT to happen to ANY Forumite that we know, eh? Regardless of how supple their wrists were........

[markbass99]

I remember when that movie came out I was fifteen and that scene with Ann-Margret and the beans totally freaked me out, I don't think I ever recovered. It wasn't too long after that I started experimenting with drugs, that's right, I'm blaming the movie.

[johnallg]

"Eeeeewwwwwww..... That's definitely NOT my style, LOL! :-O

Purple and green jello? Urp!"

Melissa, you'd not last at our annual Super Bowl party then - my wife always makes Jell-o football helmets in the team colors. Can you say Vikings vs Jets?!

Mark - I once (about 4 years ago) rented an Impala from Alamo that had just been returned by Ann-Margaret - she was in town for a week at the local theater. Funny thing was, there were empty cans of pork-and-beans under the seat......

[rickenmetal]

Guacamoleglo? Interesting idea. That means in a few years it will turn into the green-black burst, which I have seen on real Ricks (although it is very rare, not sure if it's stock, I think it might be).

[Droog61]

Hey, it kinda looks cool...

http://www.gbase.com/Stores/Gear/GearDetails.aspx?Item=1608088

When I was 16 the closest thing I could afford to a Rickenbacker was a Univox 4001 copy in 1976 or 7. They made some of the more expensive copies.

It was really well done Maple Glo with dual rods and neck through body and a toaster pickup and mono and stereo outputs, However once I tried my friends Rick I was on a hell bent mission to get a real one and ditch the imposter

I sold the Univox to my cousin and I think he still has it.

Cheers,
Droog

[rickcrazy]

Those are not Grover tuners, of course, but I'm afraid they're better than the real thing... Honest.

[rickfan60]

You know you are not allowed to say stuff like that, Serg. Even if it is true. People go ga-ga over those half-assed tuners. I just don't get it.

[rickcrazy]

Granted, not all Grovers were the exploding kind. Those made prior to a certain point in time were reliable. My 1970 21 fretter has 1st-version Grovers and they still work perfectly, while the 2nd-version ones on my "all black" 1974 4001 look like it won't be long until they... well, explode. As for the fake Grovers, however, I must insist: they're totally dependable! No way they're going to come apart tomorrow or fifty years from now.

[ben_brown]

Just curious but is there a visible way to tell what generation Grover tuners a certain Grover might be? Is it something to do with the way the back is suaged on? <-------check spelling

[rickfan60]

I have a set of them in my parts box that I never felt the need to use. They are tightly assembled and pretty smooth to operate and I suppose they would work OK. I am not crazy about the way they look.

The older ones Sergio mentioned I believe are made in the USA. The exploding ones were not.

[gray]

$869 is more than I paid for the real thing two years ago.

[jingle_jangle]

According to John Hall, the exploding Grovers were from the first batch made when Grover exported production to Asia. The problem was corrected; how big the batch of these was, I'm not sure, but those made before and after the bad batch have no problems. These were originally "spin-swaged" and can now be staked with a nail set, but most be removed from the bass first, of course.

[mfb]

I'm amazed it's still there after all this time.

Is it???

[antipodean]

I'm amazed it's still there after all this time.

Is it???

Well, the link still works....

I'm surprised the RIC legal SWAT team hasn't closed this down.