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Tuners, bridges, other breakable bits and pieces, especially if they have a history of going pop. It goes back to the point of a gigging musician being without their instrument for over a month because of a design flaw or poor material choice.
If one of the big two had a popular model with a part that was only available from them in the US by mail order with a month or more turnaround it would be Fendergate or Gibsongate... the forums would be on fire with rage and bile.. but with Ric, it's a case of "fair enough, they have to defend their IPR.. *tugs forelock to Mr Hall*"
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My guess is is that Rickenbacker are well aware of the weaknesses of their die-cast components, and have weighed up profit v re tooling ... and would rather simply leave 'as is' and put the onus on the customer to change out the part when it gives up.
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And the tailpiece and truss rod cover identify the guitar.
In a sense it’s no different from us getting upset when Gibson clones have “Gibson” written on them.
Yes the hanging around with a non working guitar was a pain but I could of had a trapeze on a next day delivery and had a functioning instrument.
And to be absolutely crystal clear - I am not saying Ric are worse than Fender, Gibson or anyone else.
My point from the off is Ric do not treat their customer base well, they do not tolerate any criticism, and they are impervious to anything their customers might suggest to them - other than disdain.
As such, I don’t understand why they don’t get the same level of criticism as the other main US manufacturers.
And my earlier point about patronising some of our brilliant UK builders stands.
Keep in mind that Ric are also a much smaller operation too, so by definition there will be less criticism. It’s there if you look.
And a UK builder - that’s fine but they can’t build me a Ric can they?
Anyway, I don’t really care that much - I’m doing the moaning that Ric owners who have had bits go wrong should be doing, and I’m not going to do it any more as I don’t own one. I’ve owned quite a few in the past, but I doubt I will again, mainly these days because they are so damned expensive for what they are. I’m out.
yes, there is some arrogance. Probably a product of the above.
they are not my favourite design at all, but they are consistently different to the main stream stuff. The hardware may be a bit crap, but it’s nice to see someone using something non standard.
i still have a lot of time for the brand.. quirks and all
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