Can you believe this?

[Deleted member 165050]

I made the mistake of buying a bass from this seller, eBay case still in progress... if I'd seen this I might have known to stay away!

Super Short Scale Semi Hollow 4 String Bass Guitar | eBay

 

[charlie monroe]

I guess I'm not clever enough to pick up what you're putting down.

 

[Joe Nerve]

I guess I'm not clever enough to pick up what you're putting down.

That makes 2 of us.

 

[Gorn]

Huh?

 

[Philonius]

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[Lackey]

I made the mistake of buying a bass from this seller, eBay case still in progress... if I'd seen this I might have known to stay away!

Super Short Scale Semi Hollow 4 String Bass Guitar | eBay

.....Tuners / string winding / string angle? It's not great, but I've seen similar wackiness on Fodera's....

What's your issue?

 

[/\/\3phist0]

It's a nicely done telecaster 6 string to bass conversion. What's the issue?

 

[Deleted member 165050]

Seriously? Thats a Telecaster copy guitar with veneer covering the 6 in-line tuner holes, 4 bass tuners fitted, and presumably a bass bridge under that ashtray.

 

[Deleted member 165050]

It's a nicely done telecaster 6 string to bass conversion. What's the issue?

Maybe my bad and it's ok then

 

[charlie monroe]

Seriously? Thats a Telecaster copy guitar with veneer covering the 6 in-line tuner holes, 4 bass tuners fitted, and presumably a bass bridge under that ashtray.

Yep. But it doesn't claim to be anything else and it is about 300 bucks. Again, what's the problem.

 

[/\/\3phist0]

Maybe my bad and it's ok then

I wouldn't pay that for it, I'd build it but yeah it's probably a hack job

 

[Deleted member 165050]

Yep. But it doesn't claim to be anything else and it is about 300 bucks. Again, what's the problem.

For me the problem is it doesn't say what it is... if it said "this here is a guitar I made into a bass" then I'd be fine with it, but it's leading buyers into thinking otherwise.

 

[Philonius]

The plot thickens... So, what did they stick you with?

 

[Deleted member 165050]

The plot thickens... So, what did they stick you with?

It's ok to tell me I should have known better:

8 String Fretless Bass Guitar single cut | eBay

 

[Gorn]

It doesn’t say it was made from scratch as a bass and it doesn’t say it was a guitar that was converted into a bass and for this you’re starting a PayPal dispute? I know eBay tends to side with the buyer but I’m not sure the facts are on your side. What’s most surprising is you expected others to come to the same conclusion you did.

 

[Deleted member 165050]

It doesn’t say it was made from scratch as a bass and it doesn’t say it was a guitar that was converted into a bass and for this you’re starting a PayPal dispute?

Seriously? It implies it was made as a bass guitar. In UK consumer protection law that is not ok as it's misleading to say the least. Ps I didn't buy the Tele guitar/bass.

 

[Gorn]

Seriously? It implies it was made as a bass guitar. In UK consumer protection law that is not ok as it's misleading to say the least. Ps I didn't buy the Tele guitar/bass.

It doesn’t actually say anything about how it was made at all. I’ll agree the description should’ve been more detailed but I don’t think you’ve been misled.

 

[Deleted member 165050]

It doesn’t actually say anything about how it was made at all. I’ll agree the description should’ve been more detailed but I don’t think you’ve been misled.

Maybe attitudes are different between the UK and the US in this respect... I would consider that to be misrepresentation. If someone welded two ends of different cars together and didn't tell the buyer isn't that misleading?

 

[Philonius]

I can't tell what that started out as. Does this have half the strings tuned from the headstock and half from the bridge? The Fauxdera butterfly would probably have been enough to dissuade my interest. Sorry you're disappointed, and I hope you and the seller come to terms.

 

[Gorn]

Maybe attitudes are different between the UK and the US in this respect... I would consider that to be misrepresentation. If someone welded two ends of different cars together and didn't tell the buyer isn't that misleading?

I don’t think it was misrepresented. I think it was inadequately represented. I would’ve asked more questions about its origin before buying it. You’re gonna win so it doesn’t matter what I think, but there it is.