It's been that way for a while, actually. IIRC RIC pulled out from GC a few years ago, but MF has still been able to sell their stuff. Admittedly, it's an odd situation.
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*Official* MF MID Rickenbacker Sale thread
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It's been that way for a while, actually. IIRC RIC pulled out from GC a few years ago, but MF has still been able to sell their stuff. Admittedly, it's an odd situation.
That's exactly what happened. GC upset RIC by not including cases when people purchased a new Ric bass.
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Not just odd, but completely illogical. Oh well.
BTW, my bass should be here on Tuesday.
"Rickenbacker International Corp. guarantees this instrument to be free from defective materials and workmanship to the original purchaser for five years, except for the finish, which is guaranteed for one year. This warranty begins upon the date of manufacture as stamped on this card."
This is what I would be concerned about. There have been a few here returned because of finish, yellowing and I did not realize that many of these new basses, have been reported as having build dates in the early-mid 2010's.
Pretty much means no warranty on the finish. I am curious if any of you that received your bass made in the early-mid 2010 year, got an extended warranty from MF?
Saw this on the Ric site. Beautiful.
This is what I would be concerned about. There have been a few here returned because of finish, yellowing and I did not realize that many of these new basses, have been reported as having build dates in the early-mid 2010's.
Pretty much means no warranty on the finish. I am curious if any of you that received your bass made in the early-mid 2010 year, got an extended warranty from MF?
Saw this on the Ric site. Beautiful.
MF has a generous return policy. If slightly yellowed binding bothers you, return it. Its just that simple.
If only they didn't charge tax, I probably would have bought another one. I prefer the mid to my fireglo.
Yep...I bought a 2004 MID (used) in early 2005 and it has slight bleeding. Nothing to get excited about and it doesn't bother me, but I have heard that Ric changed the formula to take care of the problem and, as far as I know, it has.
Cheers!!
Nope. I was not about to drop another $129 or whatever it was. This will be a working bass for me, so I know I'm going to put my own finish damage on it over time. For the price on this sale, I can live without perfection and without the finish warranty.
As it turns out, mine (June 2010) is perfect in the finish.
Not me. For that price, I wasn't worried about it; turns out mine is perfect. Made in March 2010. Even if it had small imperfections, I'd be fine with it. I never thought I'd own a Ric. I'm happy as hell with it.
One more day. I'm like a kid waiting for Santa Claus to show up. I should put cookies and milk out for the UPS driver...
And carrots for the truck?
Oh! THAT must be what the 'carrot' option on polls is fer!!!
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