Nice $45,000.00 jazz bass..

[christopherogut]

also, sad that there isn't more historical data. i would have loved to know the name of the lake they found this at the bottom of...

[paganjack]

Originally Posted by Kmonk

The bass doesn't look right and the description makes me suspect that it's a scam. It's way over priced even if it is real. Kind of ironic that the seller's name is "shop-smart"'

+1 Definitely not the real deal.

Weird finish peeling, no returns, AS IS, strange long-winded story rife with grammatical errors? I give it about 99% chance of being a scam.

[Mr_Music90]

It's not even worth 10 % of that price. It's a Fender, so what?

[audioglenn]

That thing looks like it had a serious run in with a weed wacker or a chain saw! YIKES!

[SJan3]

Looks like garbage to me. I wouldn't give you squat for it..however much that is.

[Trayster2]

For that price, it'd better play itself!

[Davo-London]

I think it's a fake too.

The headstock is wrong. That's a 70's or 80's logo.

The neck wear on the back of the neck is inconsistent, which looks wrong. It should just be in the middle of the neck.

The streaky paint loss looks all wrong, ie manmade.

Something's defo not right. It's a con.

Here's a proper bit of wear.



Davo

[the yeti]

Originally Posted by dmusic148

I....think it might be fake. The finish checking and peeling just doesn't seem reasonable. I've never seen a bass start peeling that way.

more than that, w/all that body wear, why is the headstock not yellowed? that just doesn't look right to me.

[the yeti]

Originally Posted by christopherogut

also, sad that there isn't more historical data. i would have loved to know the name of the lake they found this at the bottom of...

i think it was lake minnetonka, and the weird paint aging started after prince purified it there.

[Phlipper]

Um guys ... did you read the add text? This guy is not a native speaker, spelling and grammer says "Nigerian Scam" ... weird story about buying a millionaire's "stuffs" ... international bank transfers ... no refunds ... etc.

It's a scam. Period.

Maybe he'd take this cool $50,000 check I got from my dead uncle and send me the change?

[JoeWPgh]

It looks like a relic-ed to me

[TRyan5289]

If you want a baseball collectible, he has one of those too for $85,000!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Very-Rare-Vi...item4ac1328379

[matti777]

Maybe its a scam and maybe not. Only a fool would pay top dollar without a firsthand inspection and some documentation. I am more suspicious of the ads for vintage fenders that claim originality yet there is little deterioration after 50 years. Which is harder to believe?

[smcd]

Guys... it's not a scam. The seller (whose text reads hilariously Russian) has a ton of ebay history. He may say "no returns", but that doesn't mean anything.


Now if you're talking overpriced, then that's a whole different issue. He's going to wish he took that $35grand offer by the time this auction is over.

[king_biscuit]

I didn't look that closely, but assuming it's legit, a beat to hell burst stack knob in this market is a 7-9k bass tops.

[pacojas]

Originally Posted by christopherogut

the long black hairs visible in both pictures of the neckplate really creep me out.

those aren't hairs,... it's mojo!

[GM60466]

It doesn't look right. The metal looks all wrong

[lang3735]

This reeks of scam.

[RaginRog]

That seller musta been cracked over his head or sacked by Ray Lewis.
$45k....

[JoeWPgh]

If I were to give the guy the benefit of the doubt, I'd say he doesn't understand US currency and misplaced the decimal point. But it still looks like cheesy relic.