Legal Rickenbacker copies

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Mon Sep 20, 2010 9:51 pm

Here's my fakenbacker

Forgot who makes it but don't really care. It has a fake rickenbacker truss rod cover lol.

Lucamo · Post by **Lucamo** » Mon Sep 20, 2010 11:18 pm

Wheres the love for 600-level guitars?!

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Mon Sep 20, 2010 11:46 pm

What's a 600 level guitar? Price you mean? If so I don't think the Indies are worth that. You're paying for the shape and the fact that Rickenbacker has an iron fist on the copy market. If you've got $600 to spend on a guitar scrape together the extra $400 or so and buy a used Ric on craigslist. You're talking about a guitar you may have for the rest of your life. If cash is so tight that you can't make a solid investment in a Rickenbacker then you should consider spending even less on your guitar and using your money for more sensible things.

Seriously that copy I just posted was more like "300 level" (used) and I'd be willing to bet it plays looks and sounds better than those Indie guitars.

Lucamo · Post by **Lucamo** » Mon Sep 20, 2010 11:49 pm

MY bad...

I was referring to the Ric 620s and whatnot...

Now i am reconsidering my love of guitar.

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Mon Sep 20, 2010 11:55 pm

lol I was wondering if that's what you meant

Yeah seriously, I would love a 620 style guitar....my local RIC dealer gets in every RIckenbacker semi-hollow ranging from $1400-$4000 but I've never once seen a 620 or 660 there. I'd love to play one, maybe I'd even buy it. IIRC the 620 is the cheapest model they make. But yeah, I've never seen a copy of one, for some reason I just don't think they're "iconic" enough for there to even be a market.

Sorry for the gear snobbery....it comes naturally with owning a Ric

Lucamo · Post by **Lucamo** » Tue Sep 21, 2010 12:03 am

Nick wrote:Sorry for the gear snobbery....it comes naturally with owning a Ric

TRUE SPEAK. no need to apologize.

MAN, the 620 is damn fine. It reminds me of the 4001 but a sexay geetar.
I really really want one. It really is the cheapest?
The .pdf pricelist thing on there site says MRSP on a 620 is $1829, do want.
Hopefully fake ones, if they exist, are cheapie.

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Tue Sep 21, 2010 1:02 am

Musicians friend emails you the price of about $1400 if you request it. At the same time they tell you a 330 is $1800.

My local ric dealer sells 330's all day for about $1400 with case. So I would assume if I were to buy a 620 through them it'd be about $1200.

Also they can be had for about that on eBay quite often.

westtexasred · Post by **westtexasred** » Tue Sep 21, 2010 10:25 pm

Nick wrote:
westtexasred wrote:
Nick wrote:Yeah I always liked those supros too.

The Combo 600 is beautiful but to be honest unless I saw one sitting in a shop for under a grand I probably wouldn't buy one.
Well those are worth a whole lot more than a grand,closer to $5000 or more and the Combo 800 and 850 go for $8,000 to $12,000.
Yeah, I realized that after my initial statement of thinking I could find one for less than the Fano. For some reason I was thinking they were in the sub $2000 range like many of their other vintage single pickup models. I still think $2500 for a copy is absurd no matter who's making it (besides Rickenbacker).

I wish RIC would just step up and start making some of these old designs themselves again (if they're still legally able to at this point).

Here is a Combo 850 on Ebay $8500 BIN (Link)

ohyeahfuzzbear · Post by **ohyeahfuzzbear** » Tue Sep 21, 2010 10:31 pm

WOW

That's lovely.

westtexasred · Post by **westtexasred** » Tue Sep 21, 2010 11:58 pm

ohyeahfuzzbear wrote:WOW

That's lovely.

It was refinished in the 70's but it still looks cool.

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Wed Sep 22, 2010 12:11 am

I can't say I'm a fan of the color combo but I'm sure it's a fine guitar.

Mages · Post by **Mages** » Wed Sep 22, 2010 6:43 am

I thought that was a combo 600? you just said this was a combo 850:

westtexasred wrote:See if you can find a Combo 850.

westtexasred · Post by **westtexasred** » Wed Sep 22, 2010 7:33 pm

Mages wrote:I thought that was a combo 600? you just said this was a combo 850:

westtexasred wrote:See if you can find a Combo 850.

Sorry,I made a typo,the one in the Ebay ad is an 800 and the one with the Bigsby is an 850.

DanHeron · Post by **DanHeron** » Wed Sep 22, 2010 7:41 pm

One pickup = combo 600 i thought. Which would make the one on eBay a 600... That's what wikipedia says but i know that could be wrong. What's the difference between the combo 600 and comboo 800/850?

westtexasred · Post by **westtexasred** » Wed Sep 22, 2010 7:44 pm

DanHeron wrote:One pickup = combo 600 i thought. Which would make the one on eBay a 600... That's what wikipedia says but i know that could be wrong. What's the difference between the combo 600 and comboo 800/850?

The horseshoe pickup on the 800 is a double coil.

DanHeron · Post by **DanHeron** » Wed Sep 22, 2010 7:48 pm

ah i see. cool.

pumpkin · Post by **pumpkin** » Wed Sep 22, 2010 8:45 pm

Those Greco copies are gorgeous.

True story bro:

I bought a Rickenbacker 360/6 for â‚¬400 in 2008. I liked it but I what I really wanted was a Jetglo 330. So I sold the 360 for nearly â‚¬1000 and order a 330, they were â‚¬1000 or so at the time. Right after I ordered it I lost my job and cash was tight. Now that I'm working again websites are asking nearly â‚¬1800 for Rickenbacker Jetglo 330s.

Sadly no Greco Rickenbackers on eBay right now

pumpkin · Post by **pumpkin** » Wed Sep 22, 2010 8:45 pm

Those Greco copies are gorgeous.

True story bro:

I bought a Rickenbacker 360/6 for â‚¬400 in 2008. I liked it but I what I really wanted was a Jetglo 330. So I sold the 360 for nearly â‚¬1000 and order a 330, they were â‚¬1000 or so at the time. Right after I ordered it I lost my job and cash was tight. Now that I'm working again websites are asking nearly â‚¬1800 for Rickenbacker Jetglo 330s.

Sadly no Greco Rickenbackers on eBay right now

westtexasred · Post by **westtexasred** » Wed Sep 22, 2010 11:31 pm

One of those Greco copies would probably cost nearly as much as a Rickenbacker(if you could find one).

Heh,check it out this Japanese movie from 60's with it's fuzzy Rickenbacker soundtrack by The Mops

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That scene from this movie has been implanted in my mind for years.That was really the reason I bought my 365

I wonder if those Tiesco amps had a built in fuzz?

Mages · Post by **Mages** » Thu Sep 23, 2010 8:26 pm

DanHeron wrote:One pickup = combo 600 i thought. Which would make the one on eBay a 600... That's what wikipedia says but i know that could be wrong. What's the difference between the combo 600 and comboo 800/850?

I think there is some confusion because the provide.net guy has an illustration where he labels a guitar that looks very similar to the one in the ebay listing as a Combo 800. but if you look at the specs he has listed 1 pickup = 600, 2 pickup = 800 and the 650 and 850 have the increased bass side cutaway (as seen on the 850 WTR originally posted). so the caption for the illustration and the ebay seller must be wrong, it's a 600.

does anyone know what these switches do?