Ebsy
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Hi all,
New to these parts, I recently read an article in Guitarist magazine (UK) that had a feature on 'lawsuit' guitars. It also covered Tokai's, up until this point I hadn't even heard of them!.
Anyway, I've always been a massive Beatles fan and I've always wanted a Rickenbacker 325 after a bit of searching around I came across the RG-40...brilliant I thought, a ric copy at a fraction of the price! The only problem is with the RG-40, (as I've found out from these forums and elsewhere), is that they're apparently rarer than rocking horse ****!
I also came across the Johnson 325 copy.
What I basically want to know is, is the RG-40 a half-decent guitar? I realise it's no rickenbacker, but as long as it's decent then I'll continue my search Has anyone played the Johnson copies?. How are they?.
I contacted the fretsguitarcentre website about the rockinbetter 325, they told me they'd have some in next month sometime and that the retail price is ?400 is it just me or are these guitars REALLY worth ?400? if they were under 300 I'd pick one up in a heartbeat but ?400 is a bit steep.
Another question, will a real ric truss rod cover fit the RG-40? obviously I wouldn't do this as it's very very naughty...but it'd be nice to know
Thanks for reading,
Ebsy.
New to these parts, I recently read an article in Guitarist magazine (UK) that had a feature on 'lawsuit' guitars. It also covered Tokai's, up until this point I hadn't even heard of them!.
Anyway, I've always been a massive Beatles fan and I've always wanted a Rickenbacker 325 after a bit of searching around I came across the RG-40...brilliant I thought, a ric copy at a fraction of the price! The only problem is with the RG-40, (as I've found out from these forums and elsewhere), is that they're apparently rarer than rocking horse ****!
I also came across the Johnson 325 copy.
What I basically want to know is, is the RG-40 a half-decent guitar? I realise it's no rickenbacker, but as long as it's decent then I'll continue my search Has anyone played the Johnson copies?. How are they?.
I contacted the fretsguitarcentre website about the rockinbetter 325, they told me they'd have some in next month sometime and that the retail price is ?400 is it just me or are these guitars REALLY worth ?400? if they were under 300 I'd pick one up in a heartbeat but ?400 is a bit steep.
Another question, will a real ric truss rod cover fit the RG-40? obviously I wouldn't do this as it's very very naughty...but it'd be nice to know
Thanks for reading,
Ebsy.