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Basses Using Counterfeit Fender headstock decals

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john turner

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this thread is split off to discuss the use of fender decals by "certain" builders ( :eyebrow: ) on their instruments. below is a picture of some such instruments :

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note the one with the fender logo on the headstock.

:eyebrow: how does that work? is this a used instrument?
 
#4
Me too.

Three Fender decaled instruments and another bass decaled with what looks like "Elite CertainBass" in the same shot in what looks like some sort of assembly facility begs that question.
 
#8
Before judging the guy completly, Certain uses parts, and chance for this build he grabbed a Fender neck off the Bay?

I mean, if he did add the decal, thats just low.
 
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rustynuts said:
Bill, take a closer look at the picture. Three very different necks with the same decal and then two more necks in the background with nothing on the headstock.
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Realizing that a picture on the internet can fool the eyes, but if you look at the rosewood-with-blocks neck that has no decal on the headstock, doesn't it kind of look like the decal area was sanded? A rectangular area of lighter color?
 
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rustynuts said:
Bill, take a closer look at the picture. Three very different necks with the same decal and then two more necks in the background with nothing on the headstock.

If it quacks like a duck....
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I see, very good point, I didn't take much notice of the "non-Jaco" basses.
bongomania said:
Realizing that a picture on the internet can fool the eyes, but if you look at the rosewood-with-blocks neck that has no decal on the headstock, doesn't it kind of look like the decal area was sanded? A rectangular area of lighter color?
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Yeah, I see that too.
 
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bongomania said:
Realizing that a picture on the internet can fool the eyes, but if you look at the rosewood-with-blocks neck that has no decal on the headstock, doesn't it kind of look like the decal area was sanded? A rectangular area of lighter color?
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Possible, but if so that the most exacting sanding job I've seen in a while.

GL necks go for about $300 or so plus shipping on eBay though. I've been watching them for a couple of months now for a project I'm working on and that seems to be fairly consistent, Why would someone take a $300 neck, ruin its value by sanding it down and then add it to a $550 bass? Makes no sense to me.

Perhaps it was another brand name that was sanded off?
 
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