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4005 copy on ebay?
Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2004 3:21 pm
by marc61
Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2004 3:36 pm
by rickfan60
It is as ugly as a bass can be and still resemble a Rickenbacker. That is quite an achievment, I guess. Hey, it might be useful to a 'Who' tribute band for exactly one show.
Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2004 4:35 pm
by rickenbrother
It looks more like they tried to make a bass out of the 330 guitar design.
Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2004 2:33 am
by rickcrazy
Seems that way.
Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2004 3:50 am
by los_sentidos
That truely is a beast!
Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2004 4:57 am
by wormdiet
Ugh.
Now a REAL 330 styled bass would be cool, but the proportions on that thing are offensive. It's a 330 that's been tortured on the rack.
Wonder if there's a weird 330-styled one-off bass floating around the Rick skunk works somewhere?
Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2004 2:41 pm
by rictified
And what is an "anorak"?
Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2004 3:53 pm
by wints
Ah, the wonderful British humour. How I miss it. My wife calls me an "anorak" these days when she sees the basses come out again, or I,m at this forum. Technically all of us here are "anoraks" Bob!! An anorak actually is a coat. The slang term "anorak" originates from people who are trainspotters. They stand on wet windy train platforms taking down the numbers of the trains going by, and they wear this type of coat. The term has been picked up and now anyone who is totally absorbed into a subject and perceived by others as needing to get a life is an "anorak"...
Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2004 3:54 pm
by ken_james
Anorak: Whimsical term for computer enthusiasts - usually, but not exclusively, young and lacking in social skills.
Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2004 3:58 pm
by rictified
Andy, So I assume that the name "Trainspotting" came from that term? I always wondered what it meant.
Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2004 4:00 pm
by rictified
And actually very appropriate at this moment as I am listening to The Stooges as I read your post and as I type.
Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2004 4:02 pm
by wints
Rose-Morris started to import these cheap copies into the U.K. in the late 60,s as they were finishing their deal with importing real Rics. There,s respect for you. What a nice way to repay the company that had given them their boom years. No wonder they disappeared...
Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2004 4:11 pm
by wints
Bob, there,s slang and rhyming slang used in the U.K. for everything...and more. A language within a language. It,s always evolving. When I go home a couple of times a year my friends and son fill me in on all the new "vocabulary". At times, very clever and very funny...