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Hmmm...
http://www.schecterguitars.com/spec.asp?id=290

Wow, I saw something like that in my cats litter box!

Stop already; I feel a wave of nausea overtaking me...

Oh.
JimK

Possibly the ugliest tailpiece this side of a cellulite booty call.

Body shape is...

Oh, heck, I can't go on.

I really like it.

I think it's the way forward.

I Like the green one, as a guitar. i don't agree with fake ric name plates on non rics. You wanna copy something, ok but don't try and pass it off. Ric builds greta guitars, it's just a shame that they and every other american instrument company has priced them beyond the reach of many semi pro musicians. Glad I got mine back in the 87 and 90 ish. Shoulda bought that $1900 capri 45 a few years back, but didn't have the bucks.

The price range of Ricks puts the low end models right where they should be if you're looking for a quality, American-made music tool. And even with the recent jump in Rick prices, a nice used 330 is still in the range of an American made Strat.

And the price is all-meat, no filler, no ups, no extras, and no packs unlike many Strats, Teles, and especially Les Pauls, which are stratospheric considering what you get!

Well this one's not a million miles off the mark is it?

Looks as near as dammit the real McCoy to me.

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l212/ ... rick/1.jpg

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l212/ ... rick/2.jpg

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l212/ ... rick/3.jpg

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l212/ ... rick/4.jpg

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l212/ ... rick/5.jpg

It's a good job all right, or it looks good, from what I can judge (thanks to authentic parts), but if someone's that good why don't they come up with their own design, or get a job with RIC? That's stupid, or greedy, or both, but it's an insult to their own talent to make fakes that good. And will only bring them trouble.

I disagree, on the price issue, quality is not unique to American guitars. I have played some awful Gibsons, Rics, Fenders, Gretsch guitars, etc. and some very nice foreign made guitars, like the $249 Epiphone dot that blows the nearest priced Gibson out of the water. That said Rics are worth a lot simply cause they are amazingly crafted guitars, and they take a lot of time and care, I still think 2000 is a very little bit high for a 330. Next guitar I buy will require serious thought. of course if rick made a 345 capri, I would go into dept. But a bare bones SG or Strat should never cost more than $600 bucks. Plus these companies are so hard to deal with that small shops couldn't carry them at all.

I think paying for a fake is gross. If you make a one off in the same style for your own use and don't try and pass it off as a real Ric, I think that is okay. Look at all the LesPaul and Strat Copies. The fernandez is okay, but I would feel like a fraud playing it.

Ha! And they got the string pairing backwards, too.

Those are the Kent Armstrong "toasters", right?

Some days, the level of agita displayed here over bad copies just cracks me up.