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11-23-2010, 12:45 PM
| | |  Is this a fake Jazz bass?
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I've set my old drumset on sale, and I've got offered a 4-string fretless jazz bass in trade - a pretty good deal I thought. I asked for some pictures and got these... I've done a fast search and couldn't find a logo that matched the one on this jazz bass. Alarm clock! Is it a fake or the real deal? 
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11-23-2010, 12:48 PM
|  | A figment of our exaggeration | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Way Out West | | | The headstock logo looks like a vinyl decal to me. Red Flag..
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11-23-2010, 12:49 PM
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Endorsing Artist: J Worrell Pickups / J Worrell Bass | | Join Date: May 2008 Location: Dayton OH | | | The bridge cover is not genuine Fender. It doesn't have that big old "I paid $25 extra dollars for this" F on it. |
11-23-2010, 12:49 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2009 Location: Houston, TX | | | More pics are needed, like of the bridge, heel, and maybe a serial number
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11-23-2010, 12:50 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Purple Mountain Majesties | | | I'm not feeling the Fender vibe, but you really need to give us a few more shots, the back, can you remove the bridge and pickup covers and take a shot, the headstock from the back, no distorted shots like that headstock got all stretched out of shape, it's hard to tell with pics like that.
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11-23-2010, 12:52 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2009 Location: Houston, TX | | | Did Fender ever make a sunburst J without pickguard holes?
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11-23-2010, 12:52 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: København | | | Might be the angle but the headstock shape looks wrong to me
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11-23-2010, 12:53 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Oklahoma city | | | no more pics are needed. this is fake.
Headstock is not a Fender and there is a reason why they sent you a angled shot from the body and not a full body one.
just avoid it.
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11-23-2010, 12:54 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2001 Location: St. Louis, MO USA | | | Ask for a photo of the serial #? I suspect he/she will not be able to provide it. |
11-23-2010, 12:57 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: under the stairs | | | It's a rebadged Squier |
11-23-2010, 12:58 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: under the stairs | | Quote:
Originally Posted by billiam5billion  Did Fender ever make a sunburst J without pickguard holes? | Yeah, the Jaco model and there was a Japanese version too. This isn't either of those! |
11-23-2010, 01:00 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Eastern Wisconsin | | | That looks less like a Fender than my Korean Squier.
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11-23-2010, 01:00 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2010 Location: Saratoga Springs, NY | | | Is the Fender logo raised? My 60th USA anniversary Jazz has a raised logo ( not common), looks similar
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11-23-2010, 01:00 PM
| | | | Squier VM Fretless. Fender decal? |
11-23-2010, 01:05 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Eastern Wisconsin | | | The knobs just don't convince me at all. They are too tall in proportion to their diameter.
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Lefty Union #203, SX Club Member Quote: |
Originally Posted by SurferJoe46 Bass tone isn't rocket surgery anyway. | |
11-23-2010, 01:09 PM
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Endorsing Artist: J Worrell Pickups / J Worrell Bass | | Join Date: May 2008 Location: Dayton OH | | Quote:
Originally Posted by KTFunkAlive Squier VM Fretless. Fender decal? | That was my first thought. I wasn't sure though. |
11-23-2010, 01:20 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Purple Mountain Majesties | | | I agree, if it's a Fender (Squier), it's a VM Fretless with aftermarket covers and Fender decal.
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11-23-2010, 01:23 PM
| | | | Thanks for the fast replies! I've just recieved these pics by email, so guess there's some sort of reason why it's these angles. Guess I'll just tell him to go to hell with this crap.. |
11-23-2010, 01:24 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: San Antonio, Texas | | | It's not a Fender or a Squier headstock. Notice the sharp angle/corner by the E tuner.
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11-23-2010, 01:25 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Harpers Ferry WV | | | Just look at the body wood especially under the strings, it screams SX or cheap Fender knock off. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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