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Well, first up, what was their ebay feedback like? And +1 to what Warwickhunt said.

You never came across anything like the ones I posted? [url="http://www.digimart.net/bass/inst_detail.do?instrument_id=DS01486916"]http://www.digimart.net/bass/inst_detail.do?instrument_id=DS01486916[/url]

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1323370004' post='1462674'] Really? All the Greco fakers I've seen have very wrong looking pickups and bolt-on necks. [/quote] Yes, really. I was referring to the Greco 4001S, the pic of which I posted. Here's a link to another Greco 4001; what's wrong with that one? [url="http://www.guitarsjapan.com/1978_Greco_RB-80_Ric_4001_Bass_Clone.html"]http://www.guitarsjapan.com/1978_Greco_RB-80_Ric_4001_Bass_Clone.html[/url]

Well, what shpping did you organise? Anything via USPS can take a while; longest I've waited for stuff to arrived is two months and by that time I'd claimed my money back and I'd suggest you do the same now. HAven't dealt with that site you mention but for USA outlets I have dealt with guitar/bassparts resource and can thoroughly recommend Darren at darrenriley.com.

[quote name='spongebob' timestamp='1323362870' post='1462536'] +1 on the Rics for me. Had a number of 4003's, and the QC was highly questionable on all. [/quote] Agreed. Even the DCM660 I got new had the low E falling off the fingerboard if you got serious with it. Had to get a replacement nut an do it myself. I've got shot of them all bar that one and the V63.

One like this............

Aye, don't get me started on those fellas! Still reckon that the best faker I ever saw was a Greco 4001S on Ishibashi (or Mikki-Gakki) about a year ago and by the time I'd made my mind up about it and emailed them it had been snagged!

They end up in that German shop, Music_Outlet_Shop. There are some real beat-up and hatchet-jobs on that site!!

[quote name='silddx' timestamp='1323355182' post='1462398'] You see, I really would find that completely unacceptable in an instrument of that price, and having to void the warranty by making good a design fault would piss me off to the point of suicide. [/quote] Ric horsehoes are bad for that, usually a weaker E, though I belive you can buy add-on magnets to fit over the installed ones.

The Rickenwaffen must be loving all this. Well, maybe not! Aside from the stuff on TradeTang, etc. how many rickenfakers are on the market just now? Three, four??

13, including the Ashbory. 11 are Jazzes.

Where to start? My first Ricky 8-string. Bought, impulsively, in '86. In tune down the bottom end, out at the top and vice-versa. Washburn Steinberger double-neck. They didn't have the license for the head-end retainer so developed a sh*tty, Allen bolt clamp that began to fail after a while. The 'bip-bip-bip' my Status Series II LED light made until i got it disconnected. Banana necks on several 4001s/4003s Dunno why I bother with Rics. Washburn Explorer 8-string whose octaves anchored at the end of the body. Thus thesilks of teh strings went over the v sharp saddles and popped the G every time. Took it back and got a refund. Washburn fretless that buzzed like a hornet's nest. Another refund! The 24V PSU for my Alembic Series 1 The weak-as-sin mudbucker on my old Ibanze 4001 copy.

[quote name='Soloshchenko' timestamp='1321576180' post='1440966'] If that had a more traditional shape I'd be bidding like a maniac.As it is, it just looks ugly. [/quote] sh*t, as well. Badly finished and an unfinished scratchplate. I sent it back.

I reckon it was the Italian copy of the Dano - the Dynelectron - that SP had. Also remember him using a Gherson Jazz bass and a Rick 4001.

[quote name='MB1' timestamp='1319463358' post='1414334'] MB1. "When the red red bobbin goes bob bob bobbin along". [/quote] OH feck, you made my day with that one! Excellent!!!

I really, really fancy this! Big slab of rosewood, but the neck in total looks as thick as a basball bat!

[quote name='LukeFRC' timestamp='1322171414' post='1447643'] he didn't email me back.... maybe as I said I was local. [/quote] Same here. Nada. Not even £10k tempted him!