Mattmit Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 Just bought me a naughty rickenfaker The brand name is 'custom' its very well built and the details are bang on except for double truss. Anyone know anything about 'custom' as a brand? It's incredibly hard to google! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 As far as I've been able to make out, Custom was a European brand - probably Netherlands - from the 70s. I picked up a Custom brand Les Paul Junior copy at my local car boot a few years back, all the references to the brand I could find (not many) were sites & people from Holland. Most names on 70s MIJ instruments were importer/distributors & music shops' own brands, so it's highly unlikely Custom was ever officially imported into the UK. I'm guessing the bass in question is the one that surfaced on the Rickenfakers FB group - in which case I'm 99.9% sure it was made by Kasuga Gakki, who imo were one of the best Japanese factories of the 70s. I have a Kasuga bolt-neck Faker (The Rickenbugger) and it's a beautiful & exceptionally well-crafted instrument. Jon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattmit Posted June 9, 2014 Author Share Posted June 9, 2014 it WAS the one on facebook! and it is the bees knees. thanks for filling me in with more details. much appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattmit Posted June 9, 2014 Author Share Posted June 9, 2014 Those were the answers I wanted too btw! I didn't want to hear that it was a huge pile of crap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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