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11-07-2012, 12:07 PM
| | | | Fender Precision bass real or not?
Hi talk bass, I'm new to this site. I need your help, is this bass real or not? I'm thinking of buying it, and I really like the look of it. If it is fake, is it really worth buying? thanks. http://www.gumtree.com/p/for-sale/fe...pan/1002120775 |
11-07-2012, 12:12 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Oxford, UK | | | Hard to tell from the two pics as they're both the same!
Tinting on the headstock looks real enough and at the price it'll be a steal.
Looks nice.
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11-07-2012, 12:22 PM
|  | Bass lines like a big, funky giant | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Southern MN | | | For that price ($280 USD) I would take a chance IF I happened to want a P bass with that finish at the moment. Lots of parts basses play as well or better than all-original Fenders of that era. There aren't too many serviceable basses available at that price point.
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11-07-2012, 12:29 PM
|  | Registered Abuser | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Austin, TX | | | Looks real to me, and great color |
11-07-2012, 12:54 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Kalmthout, Belgium (Europe) | | | It isn't. It's a Japanese lawsuit copy from the seventies. If you look close, you'll see the headstock is made from 2 pieces of wood (you'll see a horizontal line underneath the tuners), something Fender never did. The shape of the pickguard is off, you can see it's a decal (wrong curvature),...
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11-07-2012, 12:59 PM
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11-07-2012, 01:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Kmonk  The headstock and Fender logo decal do not look right. | +1
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11-07-2012, 01:04 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Oregon | | | Thats not real. |
11-07-2012, 01:09 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Belleville,New Jersey USA | | | Fender Logo doesn't look right letters seem to be crunched together?
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11-07-2012, 01:11 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Oxford, UK | | | Should have gone to Specsavers!
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11-07-2012, 01:11 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Oregon | | | Just look at the nut and the way the headstock is 2 pieces of wood, not fender. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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