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This was a listing for a "Belgian-made" (!) Rick bass in Brasil's version of Ebay.

Do they offer tours in the Belgian factory?

So now we have fake Rickenbacker cases too? Or did RIC ever make cases like that?

jps wrote:Do they offer tours in the Belgian factory?

Hey, if it's near all he towns where they make the Trappist Ales, I'm there. Sign me up.

leftybass wrote:

jps wrote:Do they offer tours in the Belgian factory?

Hey, if it's near all he towns where they make the Trappist Ales, I'm there. Sign me up.

6 out of the 8 existing trappist ales come from Belgium I just read so there's a pretty good chance it is nearby a trappist brewery.

Now I know why RIC doesn't have form-fitting cases. The horns make for a truly hideous looking case.

berth wrote:

leftybass wrote:

jps wrote:Do they offer tours in the Belgian factory?

Hey, if it's near all he towns where they make the Trappist Ales, I'm there. Sign me up.

6 out of the 8 existing trappist ales come from Belgium I just read so there's a pretty good chance it is nearby a trappist brewery.

Trappist Ales!!! I'm there! John - your Westvleteren is on the way!

1965 wrote:Now I know why RIC doesn't have form-fitting cases. The horns make for a truly hideous looking case.

Hmmm.....The last time I checked all the Rick cases were form fitting.

ben_brown wrote:

1965 wrote:Now I know why RIC doesn't have form-fitting cases. The horns make for a truly hideous looking case.

Hmmm.....The last time I checked all the Rick cases were form fitting.

You know what I meant. On the outside, duh

Well, we know it's not a gennie RIC case, because RIC would NEVER use TIMES ROMAN BOLD, badly-spaced, as their corporate symbol.

But, imagine--some schmoe somewhere ran off a bunch of cases with a non-licensed Rickenbacker ID...smacks of China...

mgauction wrote:Trappist Ales!!! I'm there! John - your Westvleteren is on the way!

YUMMY!!! That's fabulous, Mike....I won't know how to act. David can't have ANY of it....he's too spoiled on that hoppy swill..

Looks like the kind of case made for a Gibson Thunderbird Bass.


LeftyRickBass

The text is not only the wrong font and badly spaced but its poorly positioned and sized. The case is just all wrong from the shape to the lettering. I wonder if the bass is real?

That's the question that's begged, and the listing and photos are vague; I suspect a refinish on a mid-'70s 4001.

TRC looks like wrong shape, and lettering at bottom is too wordy. The FG looks too bright and the paint is opaque (real FG is translucent). Tuners are wrong, of course...He's looking for R$5800.00, about US$2500.00. That's EXPENSIVE for Brasil
http://produto.mercadolivre.com.br/MLB- ... m-case-_JM

Listing says "1960". I don't think so...

The fretboard looks too dark for a legit Rickenbacker. I'd say a its a faker.