Fake Ricky

[FretsOnFire]

Don’t suppose anyone knows where I can get a rickenbacker copy from in the uk do they around 400? I’ve seen the Harley Benton version but the headstock puts me right off of it

[police squad]

head over to Facebook page Rickenfakers. There's normally stuff on there

[Len_derby]

Also, take a look at the Retrovibe webpage.

[Inga]

not sure about the UK but just ordering any of the ones from chinese manufacturers on a site like temu or aliexpress are honestly fine and much cheaper

[Cosmo Valdemar]

37 minutes ago, Inga said:

not sure about the UK but just ordering any of the ones from chinese manufacturers on a site like temu or aliexpress are honestly fine and much cheaper

Seriously? A friend of mine ordered a "Bongo" from Ali Express. It looked ok from 20 feet away if you had your eyes closed. Electronically it was an absolute nightmare.

 

As @police squad said, Rickenfakers on Facebook is the best place to start. The only "legal" copies available like HB or Rockinbetter are vaguely similar in appearances but that's it. 

[Inga]

12 minutes ago, Cosmo Valdemar said:

Seriously? A friend of mine ordered a "Bongo" from Ali Express. It looked ok from 20 feet away if you had your eyes closed. Electronically it was an absolute nightmare.

 

As @police squad said, Rickenfakers on Facebook is the best place to start. The only "legal" copies available like HB or Rockinbetter are vaguely similar in appearances but that's it. 

i've played one from ali and it was brilliant mate so can't exactly judge it before you try, respect to all those manufacturers honestly they on the grind and they'll make anything custom you want

[PaulThePlug]

Alibackers...

I commissioned this, my design mixing the normal ric-ish 4001/3 with the 4004 Lemmy-alike as i likes a No Pickguard rear route, from a vendor on Aliexpress.

A cut and paste computer job mock-up was done whilst layed up with a broken ankle, and sent to a couple of vendors..

 

But Ali's are

34" Scale length

Thick Body,

Neck raked back - think Les Paul

Which was the biggest issue as it meant a BIG elevation at the bridge,

The cheap ric-fake bridge overhung the body in order to intonate! It's still work in progress with a Hipshot Ric Bridge to be tried, but thats gonna need a spacer.

Landed at about £250ish no inport/customs fees.

 

If i were you - I wouldn't...

The Bad outweighs any Good...

 

How i would love a Cheyenne

Edited 3 hours ago by PaulThePlug

[PaulThePlug]

Neck...

My Mock-up

Neck-Thru

Edited 3 hours ago by PaulThePlug

[itu]

Cheapo Chickenbackers from China. No thank you.