• TalkBass has been independent since 1998. Add your voice.
    Create a free account to reply to discussions, view embedded media, and browse with fewer display ads.
    Join free Log in
    Want zero display ads or expanded classifieds tools? Compare plans.

*Official* MF MID Rickenbacker Sale thread

How Satisfied Are You With Your New Rick?

  • Very Satisfied

    Votes: 47 45.6%

  • Satisfied

    Votes: 18 17.5%

  • Neutral

    Votes: 19 18.4%

  • Unsatisfied

    Votes: 7 6.8%

  • Very Unsatisified

    Votes: 12 11.7%
  • Total voters
    103
Status
Not open for further replies.
#882
squarewave said:
Heads up guys. I ordered one yesterday, fully expecting a long wait. I got an email last night stating that it has shipped, so it looks like the wait is one day, not one year.
Click to expand...
Interesting. I ordered close to midnight Central last night, but haven't heard anything. I'm still expecting a long wait, which is fine with me.
 
#885
electracoyote said:
~ A high nut slot is not a flaw, it's not really even a QC issue in my book.~
Click to expand...

I'd call one of 4 nut slots significantly higher than the other 3 a QC issue. And/or a manufacturing issue. Nuts are easy work though, & there are far worse issues to have with an instrument.

I indeed agree that nut height is very player-specific. & shall be checking out that link you provided; thanks!!
 
#886
Munjibunga said:
Cut me some slack if this has already been said, but is it possible that MF took all of Ric's seconds off their hands? With the number of QC issues I'm reading about, it seems like an awful high return rate.
Click to expand...

Good question. I don't think anyone will step up and answer it on MF/Ric side, but it seems a strange and out of character run of basses to me.
 
#887
JustDavid said:
I'd call one of 4 nut slots significantly higher than the other 3 a QC issue. And/or a manufacturing issue. Nuts are easy work though, & there are far worse issues to have with an instrument.
Click to expand...

The nut slot heights seem to at least be consistent, so I dont know if its QC. On my first try, the E string was noticeably higher than the rest, but I think they were all a tad on the high side. Others have said the same that the E is higher... I think that its just easier to adjust the neck and string height to get inline with the ADG strings, and then you only notice the high E. Regardless, like you said, its a non-issue. If the fret was too low it'd be a crime against humanity, needing to replace and entire guitar for a fraction of a gram of material.
 
#889
Quickie said:
Good question. I don't think anyone will step up and answer it on MF/Ric side, but it seems a strange and out of character run of basses to me.
Click to expand...

I still think a large majority of the problems were from the initial Feb-March 2010 batch, although there have been reports of defects from later batches. There were way more happy recipients of newer axes than happy recipients of Feb-March '10's. Again, based on the feedback we got here.
 
#890
My bass was delivered last week. I just called and said I knew they were honoring coupons, and that I did not receive any dscount off the price. Within 2 minutes my account was credited $194.85. Price of my Feb 2011 Rick 4003 = $1,105.15

Come On!!!:hyper:

MF - Nice.

So excited - bad math $1,104.15
 
#891
Toastfuzz said:
The nut slot heights seem to at least be consistent, so I dont know if its QC. On my first try, the E string was noticeably higher than the rest, but I think they were all a tad on the high side. Others have said the same that the E is higher... I think that its just easier to adjust the neck and string height to get inline with the ADG strings, and then you only notice the high E. Regardless, like you said, its a non-issue. If the fret was too low it'd be a crime against humanity, needing to replace and entire guitar for a fraction of a gram of material.
Click to expand...


You can build up a nut with glue . I did that with mine because the previous owner cut it too low ( and had no idea how to adjust a truss rod )

The glue has held up for the last seven or eight years now ...
 
#895
squarewave said:
Heads up guys. I ordered one yesterday, fully expecting a long wait. I got an email last night stating that it has shipped, so it looks like the wait is one day, not one year.
Click to expand...

I ordered mine online about 2am Central Time Friday morning. I saw the quote above and thought oops! I didn't want one sent out in the next few days as I'm overseas for a while, and preferred being on backorder.

I called the nice folks at Musician's Friend and told them please do not ship out to me before a certain date and they were more than happy to update my order with that information. The service person then put me on hold for a few moments and came back with this:
- The ship date online is 7/13/2012
- Musicians Friend is backordered and only get a certain amount of basses per year from Rickenbacker
- I'm on the backorder list at Musicians friend for the Rickenbacker backorder list dated January 2013. :-)
- She did say that as other folks cancel orders I could be moved up.
- I did confirm with them that they will not charge my credit card until the item is shipped.
- So no, I won't end up paying $1006 now to receive a bass 18 months from now.

Believe it or not, I'm not too bent out of shape. This order was more about jumping on a good deal for a great bass and adding to my collection than buying a bass I *had* to have. As I said in my previous posts, I've got basses to play and I can wait for this one.

That being said, some others may not want to wait that long. :-)
 
#896
I tried to use the VIP 15% off code to buy a Les Paul Guitar tbat was already on sale for my son but it didn't recognize the code. Is the code no longer good? Originally when I used it for the $1006 RIC it said it expired today (Friday).
 
Status
Not open for further replies.

Latest posts

Top Bottom
Back