Fake fenders

[A-Step-Towards]

I feel sorry for the winner of this , I cant believe this crap
http://cgi.ebay.com/Fender-Japan-JAZ...item1c139d7c4a

[trunkshope6]

eesh at first i thought whats wrong with it ?but the made in japan in cursive is the straight give away ,and did any mij fender ever have a long fretboard like that,o well at least they didnt pay 500 bucks like they usually go for

[Yakob]

That is a sexy "Precision Bass"...

[blendermassacre]

I wonder if the seller even knows. That's a lot of detailed pics for a fake, imo

[A-Step-Towards]

I was wondering if he did know. Right now he is also selling a Legit at least it looks very legit to me MIJ Jazz, I dont see why he is not comparing both of them.

And yes the MIJ cursive , fretboard over hang, the logo with a mplae board and dots is a weird combo.

[trunkshope6]

and the contour body water print is like way near the logo,its like they didnt even cut it out of the waterprint copy

[jordacr]

Originally Posted by trunkshope6

and the contour body water print is like way near the logo,its like they didnt even cut it out of the waterprint copy

Most CIJ, MIJ, etc basses I have seen with that type of logo are done that way. I do agree that it looks wrong but that tends to be how they do it.

Here are a couple of examples:

[jordacr]

Originally Posted by trunkshope6

the made in japan in cursive is the straight give away

As far as this is concerned, I found this on a site about japanese Fenders:

"Fender Japan never announced the manufacturers detailed.
The OEM contractors for Fender Japan are Fujigen, Dyna, Terada and Tokai.
We are sure that JV and E serials are Fujigen made. Early production lot have the
serial number on head under Fender logo mark.

The serial starting from A,B,C, .... serials are Fujigen, Terada and Dyna. These serials were made by 3 manufacturers.
But we could specify which manufacturer from the letter.
Fujigen used like decal "Made in Japan" in Gothic font at the end of neck. Terada's "Made in Japan" is different
Gothic font from Fujigen used. Dyna's "Made in Japan" is like stamp on.

From 1997, most of guitars were made by Dyna and Tokai as "Crafted in Japan".
Particularly, Tokai made MIJ is in cursive style."

I happen to think that this is a legit Fender Japan Jazz Bass. There have been so many models made for Japan only it is hard to have seen all of them. I have seen some pretty strange ones but I believe this one is real.........just my opinion.

[Spinal Tapper]

Actually, that looks somewhat legit to me. The headstock decal is correct...the only thing that throws me off is the bottom of the fretboard hanging over the body like that. And the "Made In Japan" typeface is a little strange looking

[DeliriumTremens]

The metal ground strip at an angle is typical of MIJ Fenders too

[mpdd]

sometimes i wonder if my basswood mij body is a fake, but then again the cij neck and us pickups fit in it so perfectly that if it's a fake i salute whoever crafted it because they had their stuff down pat