![]() ![]() This is a very German method of construction and not used by many manufacturers. They also started to use the "fretboard high above the body with shallow pickups" technique rather than just a "hollow guitar with holes routed everywhere" construction. These were starting to use similar construction techniques with set necks and more Ric sounding pickups. They sold off that fantastic shape but weren't really any competition, quality wise to the real thing.īy the late sixties some manufacturers were making more accurate, and much better quality copies like the Honey SG5 I wrote about recently. Some examples, like the early Greco versions were primitive "copies" with bolt on necks and hollow laminated bodies. American guitars were very expensive in Japan and they needed more guitars as the boom hit in the mid sixties. ![]() Greco started making Ric copies in the sixties along with a few other Japanese brands for the same reason they made other popular US copies. I've owned a bunch of these over the years and let me say, I'm a HUGE (HUGE) Rickenbacker fan and I LOVE these A LOT.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |