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aria pro II rickenbacker
- Thread starter denis dum
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yes, i'm gonna talk more detalies about the condition, how is the neck, trust rod and more detalies about it before the 12h trip
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SirMjac28
Patiently Waiting For The Next British Invasion
You're concerned that a conterfeit bass is not real? Not even sure how to answer this.
I’ve had a ton of Rics and the two best I owned included an all original 73 and an Ibanez lawsuit. I don’t regret selling all of them except these two. The Ibanez blew most the real rics away and played like a dream. I wash I still had it. I’ve not played other lawsuit basses but the other Ibanez lawsuit guitars I’ve played are all amazing. I don’t know about the Aria Pro but might be made in the same factory. Regardless, it’s probably well worth that price.
yes cause i don t know too much about the rickenbacker copies and i thought it s a big chance to get scammed with a fake conterfeit bass because is easier to sell it
I have an Ibanez lawsuit Ric and have had no urge to replace it with the real thing. It’s an awesome bass.
The OP did say to please excuse their English.
The faker has an Aria Pro II brand on it and the question was whether that is real; the answer is yes (or at least yes, there were ones so-branded and this one looks right).
On a point of order, the vintage Japanese copies fakers were not counterfeits, as they did not bear the Ric logo, similar to the copies of other brands around that time.
In contrast, the current Chinese copies (Chickenbackers) are often counterfeits, even to the point of some sellers using photos of real Rics on the adverts, plus typically having fake "Rickenbacker" TRCs; the Aria Pro II one in question here is not one of those.
Well, the pickups are real Ric ones and the tuners & bridge are Hipshot, so it's in the right ball-park; it's also got a push-pull Vontage/Modern Treble Tone control..
I once had a Univox Stereo Bass (Japanese Rick copy), and it's one of the few basses I regret selling. It was very well made and sounded and played great. But I have real Ricks, so I parted with it.
Those are rare as hell and should be as good as a genuine Ric from the same era. I dig the waffle-back Kluson tuners as well.
Snag it without hesitation.
Just because you have real Rics doesn't mean you're not allowed fakers too!
The Hipshot bridge alone is worth $150+ Used, and is a definite upgrade over the original. My recollection of the tone on the Aria I played was that it was effectively indistinguishable from a 4001. The modern 4003 Hi-Gains sound a little from the 4001, which sounded a little different from the 60’s era horseshoe and toaster pups….. etc. So pick a tone you want to call the “real” Rick. It has plenty o’ clank and grind.
Some say the Hipshot bridge is an upgrade, but I say it's a sidegrade; some things better some things worse.
Well, at least no tail lift and easy to intonate. The only knock I’ve read on the Hipshot is a tendency for the saddles to rattle, which also happens on Ric bridges. I cured it on my Ric clone build by putting some copper shielding tape on the bottom of the saddles to approximate the bridge radius, that might work on the Hipshot too. Supposedly the new ones don’t rattle, but I haven’t played one. Hopefully the OP didn’t get scooped waiting for advice, that’s not gonna last.
Same here. Mine rattled a wee bit. I also got niggled by the clicking noise that came off the bridge of a 4003 BlueBoy when digging in.
i have a photo with the jack plate(from aria pro ii rickenbacker), it had a weird serial number on it (op 5430, or something like that), here is a photo, any ideas, advice about that?
