Goblet of Gore
SS.org Regular
- Joined
- Jan 12, 2023
- Messages
- 25
- Reaction score
- 93
Ed Roman did it 1000's of times no??
Current BC Rich Thread
- Thread starter electriceye
- Start date
-
- Tags
- bc rich bc rich 2019
This site may earn a commission from merchant affiliate links like Ebay, Amazon, and others.
JimF
Contributor
Not sure I'd use him as a moral benchmark 
Exactly, that is a big no go IMO.
This site may earn a commission from merchant links like Ebay, Amazon, and others.
Yeah.. and caused a lot of shit because of his shady dealings.
JimF
Contributor
I get it, some headstocks look strange without a logo, and if you don't want to have a crappy DIY sticker with your name on it, it makes sense. But its a grey area. A friend of mine made a fake Rickenbacker logo for his Fakenbacker bass that hung up in his studio. It was a gorgeous 1970s natural finished copy, and a total piece of shit to play. I know for a fact he wouldn't sell it labelled up as a fake, so I have no issue with it. This is the trouble with the internet - nobody knows anyone. The guy who made the post is probably the most honest genuine person ever, but nobody knows, so everyone fears the worst.
To make the grey area worse, I have no issues with luthiers using another company’s shapes, but I have a big issue with them using the company’s trademarked logo.
I would be totally fine with Fender releasing a ripoff Ironbird, but doing an inlayed mother of pearl F instead of the BC Rich R, for instance.
In your friend’s case, I think a “Fakenbacker” logo would make that thing even cooler than the Rickenbacker logo
nightsprinter
resident pat metheny fanatic
You guys must not like kit cars very much
JimF
Contributor
You can probably count on one hand the number of fibreglass kitted Pontiac Fieros that someone bought believing it was a Ferrari 360
nightsprinter
resident pat metheny fanatic
You can probably count on one hand the number of fibreglass kitted Pontiac Fieros that someone bought believing it was a Ferrari 360
Back in the day I wouldn't be caught dead in a fiero. I had a trans am gta I tried to make look like Kit from Knight Rider haha. Nowadays I'd drive a fiero completely unironically XD damn I'm getting old
JimF
Contributor
In the UK Fieros are considered a bit of exotica! Until you drive one.
Such a cool looking little retro car though, especially on this side of the pond.
Such a cool looking little retro car though, especially on this side of the pond.
HanSwolo
SS.org Regular
- Joined
- Nov 22, 2021
- Messages
- 34
- Reaction score
- 75
I'm on the side that I don't mind as long as no one passes it of as an original or it's for personal use only. I've seen people pay crazy money for copies of Gibsons and Fenders with the original logo on them. Isn't Slash's Les Paul a copy by some dude named Max or something?
Problem is people are assholes. So sometimes they just need to be policed into doing something stupid like I mentioned above.
Problem is people are assholes. So sometimes they just need to be policed into doing something stupid like I mentioned above.
nightsprinter
resident pat metheny fanatic
I know this thread ain't the place for it but since I briefly brought it up I may as well show the sauce.
Seabeast2000
Deathcult® NPC
- Joined
- Feb 5, 2018
- Messages
- 6,120
- Reaction score
- 7,488
Until Big Gear got to him.
Seabeast2000
Deathcult® NPC
- Joined
- Feb 5, 2018
- Messages
- 6,120
- Reaction score
- 7,488
They make Ferrari body kits for them. Maybe drive train too.
ste vla jang
Guitar enthusiat from Build,Play & Composing it.
im sorry if im cause trouble and irritated every purist here.. i build another build without BC rich logo cause it aint rich at all, these more like my Homages to Wave 
model , which we've rarely seen in mint condition today... here's some CNC build process of these Wave
model , which we've rarely seen in mint condition today... here's some CNC build process of these Wave
maliciousteve
Contributor
Just got my Beast back from the tech. I had them install new bridge studs and posts (the original posts were shot and didn't match with the Gotoh 1996 trem I fitted), level the frets, raise the nut and an overall set up. Couldn't hold out long till I switched the original pickups for an EMG 81/85 set when I got home, now it sounds and plays how I'd want this monster to play.
ThomasUV777
Well-Known Member
What's the problem as long as he doesn't sell it / pass it off as an original?
manu80
Well-Known Member
up to people.... he may be honest and the othey guy won't be, you never know....
I sold a bc warlock silver series for 150 euros that I modified with diamond plate and on which i redid the headstock with a "R" Usa logo. The buyer later tried to sold it as a USA model for 1K on reverb.....
I sold a bc warlock silver series for 150 euros that I modified with diamond plate and on which i redid the headstock with a "R" Usa logo. The buyer later tried to sold it as a USA model for 1K on reverb.....
This. Those BC Roman caused a lot of people being ripped off.
The whole Neckplate confusion is muddy enough let alone all the fakes floating around.
