Help! Is this a real Rickenbacker?!?

No idea, but if it’s real, that’s a good price

 

Run, don’t walk. It doesn’t get more fake than that. People SUCK.

 

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGHHHHHH,No friggin way.

Keeeeeeeeel da Monshter!!!



Hope this helps.

 

Unfortunately, yes it does.

 

Fake. Absolutely no doubt.

 

Might not be a real Ric but it looks better than just about every Ric I've seen.

 

Not even close to real.

 

Bridge pickup is too far back, the bridge is Chinabacker.

Nice bass, but not a real Ric (and overpriced too IMO).

 

Nobody would sell a real Ric in that condition for 500 dollars!

 

You can get a brand new from China for $350

 

Your basic Chickenbacker. This (again) confirms that counterfeiting isn’t always a victimless crime. The Bozo seller probably paid under $400 for it, and knows damn well it’s a fake, but still tries to foist it off as real with a little price padding in the mix. I’ve played one, they don’t sound much like a Ric, and the fret work sucked.

 

In the times when everything is FAKE, it is not surprise. I don't have problem with people who are buying it for personal use from China. But, I have problem with people trying to sell it as the real one.
Guy obviously doing a little side job with Chinese guitars, based on OP description...

 

Don't slap the bass, punch the seller.

 

The guy probably has some ocean front property in Arizona for sale at a real good price too.

 

Aside from the things people have mentioned a real rickenbacker tuxedo bass has a white fingerboard.

 

Nobody sells a Ric for $500. That should be your first clue.

 

Chinese faker

 

Plus: ad says it’s a “Model 500,” but it clearly is (or is trying to be) a 4000-series bass.