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It was made by Rickenbacker (Link)Nick wrote:Wait so is that not a real rickenbacker?
I don't know if I'd pay that much for a copy unless I was really into that model for some reason.
No,that is exactly what it is.Nick wrote:In that case if it's apples to apples a Rickenbacker with a different nameplate and a cool history I'd dew it in a heartbeat if you're in the market for one.
I wonder if you tried to sell it on ebay as "Vintage Electro Guitar Made By Rickenbacker" would RIC would have your account suspended
But,they woundn't let me swap an Electro TRC for a Rickenbacker either. The thing is they would sometimes put an Electro trussrod cover on a Rickenbacker 425 if they needed a guitar to fill an order but they would never put a Rickenbacker trussrod cover on an ES-17. This because these guitar while looking very similar had one big difference: the ES-17 had a set neck and the 425 was neck through. Actually some early ES-17s are neckthrough so those are virtually 425sNick wrote:Yeah that's what logic would tell you anyway. I just find it kind of ironic that Rickenbacker doesn't want copies in circulation because people could swap the trussrod cover with a Rickenbacker's and resell them as fakes but they did the exact same thing themselves (although I understand how it's a little different).
