Rickenbacker on a budget? Harley Benton RB-600CS

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Deadman

John Hall will jump on this.

ICBM

prowla said:

So - which maker's catalogue do you think they were browsing when they came up with this model then?

It could have been Ibanez .

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/jWsAAOSwv0tVLU4t/s-l1600.jpg

Or a bit further away, a Crucianelli...

https://losttoronto2.files.wordpress.com/2016/03/crucianelli_elite_fl1.jpg

Or a modern Italia...

https://d1aeri3ty3izns.cloudfront.net/media/15/157990/1200/preview.jpg

(Which is also not as much like a Rick as they're trying to make it look.)

Stick a big white teardrop pickguard on any of those and what do you get? Not a Rickenbacker either.

prowla said:

If you showed it to a room full of guitarists, I suspect they would suggest one brand if asked what it is based on...

Only if it was ones who didn't know much about guitars that aren't Fenders and Gibsons.

redwedge

If you want a cheapish electric 12 string I strongly recommend the Revelation Jazzmaster style 12 string. Excellent guitars