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[quote name='SteveK' timestamp='1363277859' post='2010946'] Tesco Cola is easily distinguishable from Coca Cola. The identity of the product (ie the can/bottle) is what people recognise. If I were in the soft drinks business and put out a cola drink in a red can with 'Steve's Cola' in a swirly silver (or is it white?) font (Coca Cola stylee), then I would fully expect a missive from Coca Cola's legal dept. [/quote] You should take a walk round Aldi! Plenty of the above in there!

From the title I thought that this was another Mr Hall Rickenbacker thread.

[quote name='uncle psychosis' timestamp='1363275913' post='2010891'] In what way is it not relevant? I fail to see any ethical difference between buying a cheap bottle of Cola that says "Tesco" on the label and tastes a lot like Coca Cola and buying a cheap bass that says "Rockinbetter" on the headstock and looks a lot like a Rickenbacker. [/quote] Give them a lick. A Rickenbacker and a Rockinbetter probably taste very similar too. I'm not saying that it's right or wrong... but the precedent has already been set.

[quote name='Big_Stu' timestamp='1363274628' post='2010864'] It's been discussed - or at least suggested & shot down in flames - on Rick Resource a few times that Rick should do a budget range along the lines of Squier & Epiphone which would destroy the copy market. [/quote] Trouble is, they can't get their top flight basses right, let alone a budget one. That's fundamentally the problem - the copies are probably better than the real mccoy. It happens - it build the Sadowsky brand when Fender were going through woeful QC issues.

[quote name='SteveK' timestamp='1363273992' post='2010851'] But a Rickenbacker [b]doesn't[/b] look the same as any other bass... [/quote] In which case, there's no problem with the Rockinbetters.... A Rickenbacker copy looks like a Rickenbacker. A Jazz bass copy looks like a Jazz bass copy. A P bass copy looks like a P bass copy.... A Steinberger copy looks like a Steinberger copy.... A Hofner violin copy looks like a Hofner copy tedious, tedious, tedious... OK, lets look at the Piano. There are essentially two types. An upright and a grand. Same can be applied to the bass but there are more than two types. Lets say, there's a J bass, a P bass and Rickenbacker. They all sound like basses, they all look similar - traditionally they have a body, neck, headstock, 4 strings - they all fundamentally sound like basses (OK, difference in tone but an upright piano has a different tone to a grand)... and also, ask a bassist to play any of them, they can. How is a Ric that different... really? It's only *some* bass players that care. The public wouldn't be any the wiser.

If you can be arsed.... bore yourself silly - [url="http://ttabvue.uspto.gov/ttabvue/v?pno=91161403&pty=OPP&eno=246"]http://ttabvue.uspto.gov/ttabvue/v?pno=91161403&pty=OPP&eno=246[/url]

Odd isn't it? Nobody bats an eyelid about pianos, trumpets, violins, acoustic guitars etc all looking the same... but the second you slap some paint on your instrument and put some primative electronics in it, the world is up in arms... It's almost as ridiculous as claiming the 3+1 machinehead headstock design...

[quote name='SteveK' timestamp='1363258752' post='2010507']I'm sure Rickenbacker have, in the past, spent a lot of time, money, blood, sweat and tears designing and manufacturing a quality product.[/quote] So why did this product never come to market?

They'll never win. Far Eastern law means the manufacturers are untouchable.

[sup]The sadistic humour in me thinks it would be funny to set up thousands of fake ads of non existent fake Rics all over the net. Should keep the Ric patrol busy for a while.[/sup]

I still don't understand why manufacturers would want to copy something so pants to start with anyway...?

Sad to hear this James. Hope you find your Andy S soon. Did you ever get your jacket sorted?

...and wasn't it awful?

These new digital mixers really are the danglies. Really worth the investment.

What do you use monitoring wise? As in - inbetween your desk and your ears?

Can't vouch for them - but these are the cheapest I have seen. [url="http://www.auroraproject.co.uk/fret%20lights.htm"]http://www.auroraproject.co.uk/fret%20lights.htm[/url]

Boom!

Defo - I wouldn't be without my moulded IEMs. Transformed everything for me!

If those are the odds, I may try a sneaky £4 punt...

Your bass. Do what you want.

[quote name='Dropzone' timestamp='1362606272' post='2002174'] Anyone tried fitting LEDs on a five string. Surely the fact you have an odd number of strings would mean the A string covers the LED making them a bit futile. Working on a tribute band where the bassist uses them but plays a four string, but I am now trained to 5???? Hmmmmm decision decisions. [/quote] I have bright blue LEDs on one of my 5 strings - don't worry, you see them alright, far from futile... in fact, you wouldn't even know the string was above them.

Pies were a win! Back to the Gedo bass talk.

Don't get thinking that you need to give Pie Night a miss!