Chinese Ricks for 300 dollars, Are pickups successful ?

[Mustafa Umut Sarac]

Hello there,

There are 300 dollar and 700 dollar Double Neck Rickenbackers flooded the internet.

Are they successful ? I am not talking about cosmetics or ergonomics but the pickups ?

Thank you and Best Wishes,

Mustafa Umut Sarac
Istanbul

[iiipopes]

The instrument-shaped-objects you refer to are not authorized Rickenbacker products. They are illegal copies. We absolutely discourage them.

[collin]

Illegal copy term is dangerous , there are hundred millions of fender copies , why not illegal , because patent been expired. I can copy , manufacture and nobody could claim anything .

Mustafa, do your research.

Rickenbacker is NOT Fender. RIC was protecting their designs for decades while Gibson, Fender and others did nothing to protect their IP (and subsequently lost the claim to a number of their own designs.

So yes, illegal is exactly what these Rickenbacker copies are. Besides...they're terrible, why bother?

[aceonbass]

I've read reviews of the pickups on the single neck versions of these Rickenfakers, and the conclusion is that the neck pickup is horrible, and the bridge pickup is just okay.

[woodyng]

Junk.

[jdogric12]

I played one once. Garbage.

[squirebass]

You cannot legally put a fender, gibson or Rickenbacker logo on a guitar, or copy their protected designs. There may be a bunch of them out there -- doesn't mean they are legal. I'm sure the pickups are "successful" in that they make a noise, but I'm not sure I want to assault my ears with it.

[squirebass]

You can shape a t¥rd like a violin, shine it and polish it, put strings on it, and mask the smell, but it still won't be a Stradivarius.

[squirebass]

Well thank you Mustapha, we've all been just sitting around here waiting for a genius like you to come along and and enlighten us. I'm not an attorney, but just repeating what I've read about this topic, both here and elsewhere. If you know how to do it better, I suggest you get to it, Sparky, and send me one of your basses when you are done. I'd like mine in fireglo, and don't forget to pay gor first class shipping, and put it in a deluxe case.

[sloop_john_b]

[Ashgray]

Guys - don't feed the troll....

Ash

[tristanbacker]

Mustafa please use your talent to create a new brand and desing of guitars and basses and let us to continue taste The vintage sound and feeling of authentic Rickenbacker.

[JakeK]

[Grey]

Man i'm really glad Mustafa showed up because it's been too long since we had some crazy around here. When was the last time we had a good "I can't afford a real one so i'll buy a copy" justification thread?

[squirebass]

Crazy-time, I won't comment any further, not going to feed the troll...