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Fake 4001
Posted: Sat Sep 07, 2013 9:38 am
by cwk
http://www.thecheapestguitar.com/guitar ... uitar.html
Wow. Really? This may have been posted elsewhere and if so,sorry.
Bill
Re: Fake 4001
Posted: Sat Sep 07, 2013 10:11 am
by cheyenne
Ahhhh. The elusive "Wooden Color" Rickenbacker bass.
Re: Fake 4001
Posted: Sat Sep 07, 2013 10:42 am
by heinpete
...can't see that, my Virus-Police does not allow!!!
Re: Fake 4001
Posted: Sat Sep 07, 2013 10:54 am
by antonius
My anti-virus program is sparing me the sight of it too...
Re: Fake 4001
Posted: Sat Sep 07, 2013 11:13 am
by DriftSpace
Pretty ugly. The TRC is a pretty straight-up trademark violation...
Re: Fake 4001
Posted: Sat Sep 07, 2013 11:28 am
by wim
20 piece left-over-wood-body.
Love the joint on the upper horn.
Re: Fake 4001
Posted: Sat Sep 07, 2013 11:42 am
by DriftSpace
wim wrote:20 piece left-over-wood-body.
Love the joint on the upper horn.
Obviously that's a piece of swamp ash thrown-in for tone!
The headstock is made of endangered balsa to subvert pesky neck-dive.
Re: Fake 4001
Posted: Sat Sep 07, 2013 12:42 pm
by cwk
DriftSpace wrote:Pretty ugly. The TRC is a pretty straight-up trademark violation...
The whole thing is a violation.
Re: Fake 4001
Posted: Sat Sep 07, 2013 1:21 pm
by doctorwho
Well, under that sites"Semi howllow Body and Hollow Body Guitar" (note that they misspelled "how low" ...
), they have a "Ricken '77 4001 Maple glo" ... for $518:
Re: Fake 4001
Posted: Sat Sep 07, 2013 7:46 pm
by chefothefuture
doctorwho wrote:Well, under that sites"Semi howllow Body and Hollow Body Guitar" (note that they misspelled "how low" ...
), they have a "Ricken '77 4001 Maple glo" ... for $518:
4001atFakerSite_cr.jpg
I think that's "Howl Low"… Must be a babelfish translation for belly laugh!
Re: Fake 4001
Posted: Mon Sep 09, 2013 3:54 pm
by johnallg
doctorwho wrote:Well, under that sites"Semi howllow Body and Hollow Body Guitar" (note that they misspelled "how low" ...
), they have a "Ricken '77 4001 Maple glo" ... for $518:
4001atFakerSite_cr.jpg
The bass they coped from?
Re: Fake 4001
Posted: Fri Sep 13, 2013 1:40 pm
by vax2002
Know as wardrodedoorburst.
Re: Fake 4001
Posted: Fri Sep 13, 2013 3:07 pm
by mikko
These new fakes really suck but (and I know it's risky to say it here but I say anyway) old japanese copies are kinda fascinating.
Re: Fake 4001
Posted: Fri Sep 13, 2013 5:36 pm
by edski
This instrument will please most discriminative professional player
Re: Fake 4001
Posted: Fri Sep 13, 2013 7:58 pm
by Lefty4003S8
edski wrote:This instrument will please most discriminative professional player
Huh??? THAT piece of excrement????