Come on, they were clearly trying to cash in on a vague resemblance to a Ric, complete with sharkfin inlays, that's patently obvious, and kinda cheesy IMO, but if people are willing to pay a couple hundred extra for that, so be it. They sound literally nothing like a Ric. Fit and finish was about average for a sub-$500 bass, which makes it sub-par for a bass at this price range. Double Meh.
It's funny, it looks almost as if you are not in agreement on this point.
??? That’s exactly what I was saying. Other than the pickguard, there was nothing all that Ric-y about them. The other guy seemed upset about the body shape. I was simply meaning that the rickenbacker ripoff ended with the easy parts.
I'm not upset at the body shape...it's one of the most common body shapes of all time, I'm merely pointing out that something as insignificant as a pickguard can influence some people, and I find it funny that quite a few people see them hanging up, think to themselves "Wow, that looks like a Ric!" and wind up actually buying them based on that. Sure, they plug them in and play them first and either like or don't like the playabilityand tone, but it's still a case of rose-colored glasses to some extent. No doubt about it.
The problem is that everyone I know who likes them or plays them the opposite happened including myself. Thought they were a joke until they sat down and played the thing it was a dam good instrument. Wasn’t Rose colored glasses but sht stained lenses being cleaned off.
Yes. Jacksons have had shark fin inlays since the 80’s. Charvels did, back in the day, as well: it was Jackson’s whole thing.
