First Authorized Rickenbacker copy

[ricnbacker]

So the new Rock Band Beatles edition is due out soon.

Looks like the controller is a 330 copy.

How the heck did they pull off convincing J Hall to let them do it???

lol

[jingle_jangle]

It's intended to be a controller in the spirit of John Lennon's 325 Miami short-scale.

And it's a win-win deal for both parties, so as a business proposition, it makes sense.

See this article from today's NYT to get an idea of how hug this thing promises to be:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/16/magaz ... cSsGYZbB6A

[beatlefreak]

And it can't be passed off as being a genuine Rick...

[bassassin]

Too late! This is the first authorised Rick copy! And it's a bass!

Jon.

[cjj]

Hmm, it's been discontinued...

[ricnbacker]

It's intended to be a controller in the spirit of John Lennon's 325 Miami short-scale.

And it's a win-win deal for both parties, so as a business proposition, it makes sense.

See this article from today's NYT to get an idea of how hug this thing promises to be:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/16/magaz ... cSsGYZbB6A

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"It's intended to be a controller in the spirit of John Lennon's 325 Miami short-scale"

I got that part....

Of course its a win win but there have been many things that could have made good business sense with Rickenbackers...Just funny how its a toy that gets the nod

[jingle_jangle]

Of course its a win win but there have been many things that could have made good business sense with Rickenbackers...

Example, please?

[antipodean]

Interestingly, my Chandler 555, which predates the controller by many years, has "Authorised by Rickenbacker International Corporation" stamped on the back of the slotted headstock. This generic promo pic tells the story:

[fretless]

Interesting...

[bassassin]

I think RIC have previously licensed certain design elements to be used by other manufacturers - if I remember this was the case with the cat-eye soundhole on Charvel's Surfcasters:



FWIW I think that's a great example of a design capturing the "feel" of certain Rickenbackers without being a knock-off in any way.

Jon.

[blueflamerick]

The cat's eye sound hole isn't a Rickenbacker registered trademark.

The cat's eye sound hole and the shark fin inlay are characteristics of the Mittenwald School, of which Roger was a graduate, and you can see these designs on guitars made in the 1890's. (The shark fin then was really a rectangle, diagonally bisected into black and white sections, giving the fin shape.)

[customxke]

Interestingly, my Chandler 555, which predates the controller by many years, has "Authorised by Rickenbacker International Corporation" stamped on the back of the slotted headstock. This generic promo pic tells the story:

I think these, with their pickguard shapes, look much like Paul Barth designed Magnatones, which predate Capris.

[cassius987]

Of course its a win win but there have been many things that could have made good business sense with Rickenbackers...

Example, please?

Well apparently they've had more than half a century to start building their version of the P - Bass, the P - Rick. But they haven't even bothered... the whole idea just atrophied, withered away as it were...

[jingle_jangle]

Interestingly, my Chandler 555, which predates the controller by many years, has "Authorised by Rickenbacker International Corporation" stamped on the back of the slotted headstock. This generic promo pic tells the story:

I think these, with their pickguard shapes, look much like Paul Barth designed Magnatones, which predate Capris.

Agree 100%. They almost look like they were made from the same patterns! (Which, of course, is not possible...)

Re: P - rick, etc...Hey, you guys, a serious question deserves a better answer than that...

[rickenbrother]

There have been some edits. This thread is riding a very fine line.