Post by Claude V. LucasPost by ChuckPost by Claude V. LucasI'm speechless over this one...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170018455089
"The instrumental and musical answer is amazingly good, without
distortions with the warm and cleaned up sound, than it directly hits
you to the heart!"
Chuck
It *is* a great color though. I'm building a bass and that's
almost the exact tint I had in mind for it.
I wonder when they'll be selling those in Wally Mart.
Probably never. Although there isn't a clear view of the headstock,
it appears to be a direct copy of a real Rickenbacker.
Rickenbacker can file papers with U.S. Customs to keep the counterfits
out of the country. If they have any sort of trademark or copyright
or design patent protection, direct copies can be kept out.
If the Chinese company changes the design significantly, then they
might make it in. But I don't think I've seen many guitars from
China getting into the U.S., with well-established manufacturers
in Korea and Mexico already dominating the market.
(Brass instruments are another thing. Cheap instruments from India
and China are often discussed in the trumpet and similar news groups,
and the general opinion of them is that some make good table lamps.)