"Limited Edition, Rickenbacker Style", haha!

clankchris · Post by **clankchris** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 6:54 pm

Something "IRK"s me about this thing:

http://search.ebay.co.uk/IRK-bass_W0QQfromZR41

(I couldn't copy it as a link for some reason...but that's the page it's on.)

Even I can spot this faker from a mile away

..

"Ivoy" body? Ivory? ...made from elephant tusks??

..and it's not much cheaper than the real thing - what a bargain!

johnallg · Post by **johnallg** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 7:17 pm

$918.36 USD!! What a joke!

12stringbassist · Post by **12stringbassist** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 11:17 pm

The bridge is just a bit of a giveaway!

12stringbassist · Post by **12stringbassist** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 11:20 pm

Oh dear

http://www.nederlandmuziek.com/assets/indie_irk5_aval_sunset.jpg

The headstock is the only bit that doesn't seem to infringe.

http://www.nederlandmuziek.com/html/gitaren_prod_el_indie_1.html

inhuien · Post by **inhuien** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 9:22 pm

I like the colour, but everything else just seems to be hanging wrong. Like it's all out of kilter.

espidog · Post by **espidog** » Wed Jun 28, 2006 4:00 am

My local music shop's got one of the Tokai 12-string Ric copies on display. It's got a violin-style f-hole, and the pickguard is HORRIBLE! Looks like it's made of flattened-out bleach bottle plastic: so thin that the edges are actually lifting away. Yuk!