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Hondo Rickenfaker?


Dave Vader
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Okay, so I got this by swapping it for a broken Jen Synthetone SX1000, with the guy who broke it. I could have got it for £20 two hours before he got it back in '97. But I had no money, and the guy who needed cash in a hurry sold it to my mate instead. Nice to finally get it. Over the years we've decided it's a hondo, but as it has a rick TRC added to it, we cannot be sure. So any help would be nice, also, if anyone (Hi Jon...) could identify whether the TRC is a genuine RIC one, that would be nice too. Here's pics...








Now, I couldn't give a flip what I can get for this as a whole, 'cos I', nicking the pickups out of it, and the stereo output, slapping them in my Rockinbetter, having a kick-arse Rickenfaker, as opposed to the nasty SD pupped one I'm playing at the moment, and flipping the leftovers in ebay for whatever I can get. Now obviously, if that TRC is genuine, I can probably buy all the bits I need for my other project and have change lfet, which would be nice.

So, is it a hondo? And does that TRC look like a real ric one to anyone? It's smooth and transparent, with all the colour and writing on the back, not like the raised ones that you usually see. Any help much appreciated.

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Afternoon Dave. The plain, slightly elongated neckplate says Hondo to me. I would also expect the body to be ply - sometimes you can see the layers at the edges but a peek in the body routes will verify. However I've also seen a couple of solid timber Hondos so it's hard to be 100%.

I'm no Rick expert but I've never seen a fake plexi trc. Close up pic?

Jon.

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Very much Ply inside.
Here's a link to the flickr set I did of the TRC, it's got some kind of sticker inside, makes me think of fakery.
Oh, and Jon, if you want to see what I did to your wonderful TRC work, I'm about to make a build thread on the Rickenbastard. It might make you cry...

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[quote name='Dave Vader' post='886628' date='Jul 5 2010, 08:20 PM']Very much Ply inside.
Here's a link to the flickr set I did of the TRC, it's got some kind of sticker inside, makes me think of fakery.
Oh, and Jon, if you want to see what I did to your wonderful TRC work, I'm about to make a build thread on the Rickenbastard. It might make you cry...[/quote]
No link!

I'm looking forward to seeing what you've done to the trc. And don't worry, takes a lot to make me blub these days! :)

J.

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You're absolutely right, I must have forgotten to paste. Doh!

Here's my woeful evening's work on this link.

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