Original Rickenbacker bass?

[artemijs]

Hi! I wanted to know is my Rickenbacker bass is original or just a copy of original?
Here are pictures!

[wim]

It's not a Rickenbacker for sure.

[weemac]

Everything about this bass shouts copy, but I must say that I have never seen a copy anything like that one....


emac.

[jingle_jangle]

Man that's a weird one...

[cjj]

Almost looks like someone took the neck out of an Alembic and turned it into a Rickenfaker:

But why?

[ajish4]

I'm going to move this one into the BASS section..NOT because of the faker content, but I think we'll get a lot more input over there....

[bassduke49]

Yeah, even the truss-rod cover is a poor facsimile. Sorry to disappoint you, but not a single element of that bass is from a Rickenbacker.

[BAD RONBO, KiLLeR DWaRfS]

lado guitars from toronto and aria also has those style laminations. nice volute at the headstock for added strength.

[artemijs]

Yeah this is realy strange and old version.
Maby someone want to buy this bass? I just need money for new bass.

[rikk]

I was getting sick just looking at that!

[rickenbrother]

Welcome to the forum, Janis.
I hope you didn't pay much for that faker.

[rickaddict]

Looks like a one-off done by an independent luthier to me. I've never seen one like it.

[antipodean]

Looks like a one-off done by an independent luthier to me. I've never seen one like it.

+1

The workmanship on the neck looks quite good. The pickups and hardware are another kettle of fish entirely....

[johnallg]

Looks like a one-off done by an independent luthier to me. I've never seen one like it.

That's what I was thinking, Jeff.

Sveiks, Janis. What part of Latvia are you from? My in-laws came from Latvia back in the late 40s via camps in Germany. Welcome.

[artemijs]

rickenbrother No, I exchanged otger guitar for this bass, year ago. Then I didnt got very much knowladges about guitars and music so I was thinking that I was playing on real Rickenbacker bass haha.

johnallg Sveiks! Im from Riga!