350 eBay auction opinions, please, gents

fergs40 · Post by **fergs40** » Wed May 12, 2004 11:16 am

(and gentesses too, of course)

)http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=41439&item=3723945389&rd=1

I know nothing about 350s, and I don't even really want to buy it (OK, then, my bank won't LET me buy it...). But am intrigued by that bridge pickup and the fact that there is no serial on the jack socket...

jwilli · Post by **jwilli** » Wed May 12, 2004 12:51 pm

Personally, I think that its a copy. There are a few things that just don;t look right.
(neck heel, fretmarkers, headstock shape, etc..........)

fergs40 · Post by **fergs40** » Wed May 12, 2004 1:01 pm

I couldn't work out what it was that made me uneasy when I originally posted, but I'm a little more sure now...It's the contrast between the 'I know about Rics' comments such as 'i find standard ricks too small in the neck - the only one that i like next to this is the 660', the 'well I'm not sure if it's real or not' ones like 'Im pretty confident this is not a copy' and the frankly disingenuous like 'The guitars got a 24 fret neck (with standard glossed front finish) which is unusual as ricks go'.

Call me suspicious if you like...it's probably the one John Lennon bought on the second visit to Hamburg and gave to Stu Sutcliffe...

fergs40 · Post by **fergs40** » Wed May 12, 2004 1:03 pm

Oh, and if anyone knows what a Firebird pickup is and can tell me anything about it I'd be grateful...

milo · Post by **milo** » Wed May 12, 2004 1:11 pm

I think he means a Gibson mini-humbucker like a Firebird had. The pickguard looks like it was cut to butt up against the bridge pickup and it doesn't appear to be touching the neck pickup which should be stock if it's real. Also, that sure doesn't look like any Rickenbacker bridge I've ever seen.

atomic_punk · Post by **atomic_punk** » Wed May 12, 2004 1:57 pm

Something else that isn't right, if you have to sell your guitars because you are getting married, then you are probably marrying the wrong person, IMHO.

shamustwin · Post by **shamustwin** » Wed May 12, 2004 2:10 pm

he's pretty aloof with the pictures, too. BTW today there's a faker on the bay here in the US, too, in the guitars for sale (not bass).

saturn · Post by **saturn** » Thu May 13, 2004 1:14 am

what Jeff said - the pickguard is wrong. also, the formation of the knobs doesn't seem right... but those could both just be due to a custom pickguard.

the headstock looks too short (or wide), and the nameplate too tall (and pointy?).

aside from that, and it lacking a serial number on the jack plate, and the fret inlay dots being too big, and the other things people have mentioned so far... it seems kind of genuine to me!

jps · Post by **jps** » Thu May 13, 2004 2:19 am

The TRC looks authentic.

saturn · Post by **saturn** » Thu May 13, 2004 9:03 am

were they taller on older models? the headstock just doesn't seem right overall.