Chickenbacker 4004LK - (Chinese Rickenbacker Lemmy Kilmister Signature Replica)

Yeah, I wouldn't really want to buy them. Burning all that lead paint in my house would probably kill me.

 

Ya ... that would be toxic ...

 

Mine arrived today.





Decently set up straight from the box, plays well, sounds well and looks good. I am happy with it.

 

IF it plays and sounds as good as it looks......*I* think you did OK

 

Three Thunderbird pickups, a Fender-ish tail, P-bass knobs, stars for markers, checkerboard binding, carved top, Ric shape and headstock. They should have strung it with neon strings to finish the job. I don't care if it's a perfect copy of something somebody plays, to me it looks like the ultimate hybrid mish-mash. That makes it pretty great if it works.

 

So shipping and everything how much was that exactly?

 

I think it is freaking beautiful

 

What is the weight of this bass? The reason I'm asking is that a mate of mine bought a Chinese Yngwie sig guitar, and when it arrived it felt like it was made out of balsa wood it was that light.

 

looks great!

 

That Lemmychicken looks pretty nice!!! They are also offering an actual 4005 chickenbacker as well as some 4003chickens with checkerboard binding, and they will sell you an unfinished body only as well. Their 4005 looks way off but another site had one with the top horn more in proportion. Tempting
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Top-...kups-R-Tremolo-4-Strings-jazz/1853699890.html

 

This is no lightweight, it weighs 10.6 pounds.

 

Holy cats! They even have one painted up like McCartneys Magical Mystery Tour bass! So John the OP is in the Netherlands, what are the chances of one of these getting through US customs? Nil I would think.

 

Yes... they has a right handed version too... £200 here in UK. I wonder if the neck would snap if I removed the frets.

 

The bass was 539.01 US $. Shipping was free but the customs here stung me for 112.27 Euros in taxes and import duties.

 

Well, that's about one twelfth of what a real Lemmy would cost you now if you could even find one. Hope it plays alright. I may be jaundiced, but I think it looks awful. They've applied a stain wash to the oak-leaf relief, and you can see where it slopped (or crept) over the edges. The back looks like it was made from palette wood. Well, you get what you pay for.

 

Nothing a little DIY and a good setup can't fix though.

 

Nope. That's a copy of my bass.

 

I just went through that website and they sure have a lot of counterfeits there. I don't mind copies so much, but when they mark them "Made in USA," I take exception. Those guitars are made in USA about as often as I was born in China. Copies are copies, but those are built to deceive, no more, no less.

 

Why do people get upset when they don't get paid for songwriting credit, claiming intellectual property violations, yet see no problem buying illegal copies of instruments?

 

Moral ambiguity maybe? I mean it's human nature to skew the rules when they are leaned in your favor.
Also, you save a ton of money for the look.