Faker Alert on 3bay
Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2013 4:15 pm
I think the jack plate tells the tale on this.
What say you?
What say you?
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Re: Faker Alert on 3bay
Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2013 4:36 pm
Might be nice if you included a link or the auction number
Re: Faker Alert on 3bay
Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2013 4:48 pm
If I knew how I would Werner. I'm a bit tech-challenged.Electrostring wrote:Might be nice if you included a link or the auction number
*bay#1100997900339
Re: Faker Alert on 3bay
Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2013 4:57 pm
Here's the link http://www.ebay.com/itm/Rickenbacker-Ba ... 19d7fd8c33
Re: Faker Alert on 3bay
Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2013 5:07 pm
Ah, don't worry - the auction number can be inserted into the search field at ebay and then we'll find it.rickyfricky wrote:If I knew how I would Werner. I'm a bit tech-challenged.
The jackplate doesn't show a number, but maybe it got replaced at one time or other - when they sprayed it that colour!
Re: Faker Alert on 3bay
Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2013 5:27 pm
The jackplate also reads "STEREOSOUND", instead of "Rick O Sound".
Not sure the inlays look correct either.
Bueller . . . ?
Pauls . . . ?
Joey . . . ?
Not sure the inlays look correct either.
Bueller . . . ?
Pauls . . . ?
Joey . . . ?
Re: Faker Alert on 3bay
Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2013 6:30 pm
The jack plate is from a copy bass, but I believe the rest is genuine..with a really bad paint job. 4001 copies don't have genuine RIC tailpieces on them, and this one does. It also has an older set of Kluson tuners from a 60's Gibson bass on it too.
Re: Faker Alert on 3bay
Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2013 7:49 pm
Are you sure about that?aceonbass wrote:4001 copies don't have genuine RIC tailpieces on them, and this one does.
Re: Faker Alert on 3bay
Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2013 7:56 pm
That is not a real Rick tailpiece/bridge, Erik.Grey wrote:Are you sure about that?aceonbass wrote:4001 copies don't have genuine RIC tailpieces on them, and this one does.
Re: Faker Alert on 3bay
Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2013 7:57 pm
That's my point.jps wrote:That is not a real Rick tailpiece/bridge, Erik.
Re: Faker Alert on 3bay
Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2013 7:59 pm
How so? I thought you were saying that the tailpiece on that bass was a real one? 
Re: Faker Alert on 3bay
Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2013 8:00 pm
I'm saying that the Greco copies were the ones using "Stereosound" jackplates and also had tailpieces that were strikingly close to the real deal. The models that actually had two output jacks were even closer in visual appearance. I'd be more inclined to believe that this is a copy with a genuine TRC but I can only base that on what I see in the photos.jps wrote:How so? I thought you were saying that the tailpiece on that bass was a real one?
Re: Faker Alert on 3bay
Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2013 10:14 pm
Thanks, Erik, I misunderstood you. 
Re: Faker Alert on 3bay
Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2013 2:10 am
The tailpieces on the 4000 copies are NOT strikingly close to the real ones. They're just like the AllParts ones. I find them easy to tell from the real deal, while many apparently cannot. The bass in the auction has a genuine tailpiece on it. The inlays look correct, although the finish on the fretboard has been sanded off, altering their appearance. Seeing under the truss rod cover and pickguard would settle it though.
Re: Faker Alert on 3bay
Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2013 2:34 am
Can you enlighten the rest of us.aceonbass wrote:I find them easy to tell from the real deal, while many apparently cannot.