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29 minutes ago, ead said:

How did they get away with the body shape without being assaulted by His High Rickenbackeriness?

It's not really that much like a Rick, really. If you rounded off the corners on the insides of the horns I don't think there'd be any real similarity.

Rickenbacker have registered all their designs as trademarks, and that's very specific - almost certainly means they can't do anything about instruments that are blatantly influenced by the look, but don't precisely copy anything - like this:

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The only thing here which is a spot-on clone of the RIC design is the scratchplate - which is a shape they never trademarked!

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17 minutes ago, Bassassin said:

It's not really that much like a Rick, really. If you rounded off the corners on the insides of the horns I don't think there'd be any real similarity.

Rickenbacker have registered all their designs as trademarks, and that's very specific - almost certainly means they can't do anything about instruments that are blatantly influenced by the look, but don't precisely copy anything - like this:

14396894.jpg

The only thing here which is a spot-on clone of the RIC design is the scratchplate - which is a shape they never trademarked!

That's just a Chickenbacker with a body shaped like it was cut using a faulty router.

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21 hours ago, Bassassin said:

Cort T-34 (unsure if it's named after the tank) which someone has ruined by badly faking the 4000 series' ugliest feature. Otherwise it's a dead-on Rick copy - what with its active preamp, 34" scale and skinny 24-fret, Ibby Soundgear-esque bolt neck.

Not really ruined, it looks like the scratchplate has been stuck on - can't see any screws. Might have made the paint underneath a bit manky though.

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