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Is this the real deal?
Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2004 8:52 am
by rhampshire
Looks real to me, and for $65, I wasn't about to hesitate...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3707424147
Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2004 9:00 am
by ken_james
Nope, looks like an Ibanez, notice the black dots near the pots? Dead give away.
Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2004 9:01 am
by rhampshire
Damn, really? *******! That's what I get for the trigger finger being a little too itchy...
Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2004 12:18 pm
by rickcrazy
Hm... What a terrific fake.
Not to mention further dead giveaways such as the pickup height adjust screws, the split, knurled pot shafts, the selector switch fastening nut...
Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2004 12:22 pm
by ken_james
I was being polite...
Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2004 12:28 pm
by rhampshire
Yeah, go ahead and rub it in Sergio... I do deserve it.
Hey, it could have been more than 65 bucks!
Besides, maybe somebody here with a fake can use it...
Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2004 2:19 pm
by brian
I have seen a Univox stereo bass Ric copy that also had the black dots on the pick guard. As I recall it looked like the above item.
Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2004 3:50 pm
by rickcrazy
Hey, I'm just trying to help fellow Rick players/owners avoid being ripped off by unknowing/unscrupulous sellers.
Yes, a few 4001 copies had those dot position markers on the pickguard.
Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2004 4:16 pm
by ken_james
Univox, Ibanez, usually have the dots. Sergio, the protector of the Ric realm!