Is this the real deal?

rhampshire · Post by **rhampshire** » Fri Feb 27, 2004 8:52 am

Looks real to me, and for $65, I wasn't about to hesitate...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3707424147

ken_james · Post by **ken_james** » Fri Feb 27, 2004 9:00 am

Nope, looks like an Ibanez, notice the black dots near the pots? Dead give away.

rhampshire · Post by **rhampshire** » Fri Feb 27, 2004 9:01 am

Damn, really? *******! That's what I get for the trigger finger being a little too itchy...

rickcrazy · Post by **rickcrazy** » Fri Feb 27, 2004 12:18 pm

Hm... What a terrific fake.

Not to mention further dead giveaways such as the pickup height adjust screws, the split, knurled pot shafts, the selector switch fastening nut...

ken_james · Post by **ken_james** » Fri Feb 27, 2004 12:22 pm

I was being polite...

rhampshire · Post by **rhampshire** » Fri Feb 27, 2004 12:28 pm

Yeah, go ahead and rub it in Sergio... I do deserve it.

Hey, it could have been more than 65 bucks!

Besides, maybe somebody here with a fake can use it...

brian · Post by **brian** » Fri Feb 27, 2004 2:19 pm

I have seen a Univox stereo bass Ric copy that also had the black dots on the pick guard. As I recall it looked like the above item.

rickcrazy · Post by **rickcrazy** » Fri Feb 27, 2004 3:50 pm

Hey, I'm just trying to help fellow Rick players/owners avoid being ripped off by unknowing/unscrupulous sellers.
Yes, a few 4001 copies had those dot position markers on the pickguard.

ken_james · Post by **ken_james** » Fri Feb 27, 2004 4:16 pm

Univox, Ibanez, usually have the dots. Sergio, the protector of the Ric realm!