I hate the Rondo headstocks. The old one was OK, but the new ones are awful, in my opinion. This white P bass looks and plays great!
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Chinese Bass!
- Thread starter ekimfunk
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I have G&Ls, a Fender Jaguar (Japan), a real Reverend, etc, and this one is close in overall quality! I think I have gotten lucky on this one, not sure the next one (if there is one) will be as good.
Yes, there is. The website layout, English and sentence structures are utterly shambolic.
I do hope that the website is using the genuine Fenders, Rics, and other brands as illustrations only, and not pawning their guitars as authentic. But then again, I see these:
Can this be a fake at $1400?
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Oh, crap, are they doing a Pete Wentz Squier knock-off? In the words of fictional Maryland Senator Clay Davis: Sheeeeee-it!!
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I bought a Chineese Fender too. It's a Fender Telecaster Modern Player and it's a neat playing bass with a sweet Butterscotch blonde finish and two humbucker looking precision pickups. Here's a pic (the one between the 1990's CIJ flower tele and the MIA 1968 P bass)...
Oh wait, there's a difference between mine and yours mine was purchased new at GC and is a legit MIC Fender - yours is uhmm a much less expensive bass made in China posing as a fender. Good luck with that.
Oh wait, there's a difference between mine and yours mine was purchased new at GC and is a legit MIC Fender - yours is uhmm a much less expensive bass made in China posing as a fender. Good luck with that.
I do appreciate you posting the pics. Truly amazing.
While I am somewhat impressed, at least in the photos, at the quality of the cosmetics and the boldness of the Chinese it is deeply bothersome that such products exist and people buy them. Imagine some poor sucker that buys something this on resale as a legit Fender.
I would not even consider purchasing one. That said... I took a minor beating once when I asked about how one would go about replacing a Squier logo with a Fender one (it was just a question! LOL!), so I am hardly one to comment on ethics
Do you also buy bootleg CDs, black market DVDs, fake designer clothing and pay with counterfeit bills?
ekimfunk said:
is it just the photo, or did they actually mess up the spelling on the word USA on the headstock? There's a dot missing, it says U.SA. Pretty ironic.
Nice catch. That adds a very nice twist to this thread.
I wouldn't touch that bass for free.
Wasn't there another thread yesterday or the day before about a CL add with a bogus Fender. I think that bass looks a lot like this one. The head stock logo looked the same and it had the truss adjustment on the stock as well. Maybe the dude in Portland was trying to pass one of these off.
I just don't get the idea of buying a fake bass. Who cares if someone else knows its a fake, I would.
I just don't get the idea of buying a fake bass. Who cares if someone else knows its a fake, I would.
I think it's interesting how people get so worked up over these copy instruments, downloading music, or copying DVDs but think nothing of copping licks or flat out stealing someone else's musical lines. Is there really a difference?
I'm not advocating any of the aforementioned activities, merely making an observation.
I'm not advocating any of the aforementioned activities, merely making an observation.
I just saw an "Ephiphone Embassy" on Tradetang. It looked exactly like the one (my first bass) that I played in the sixties and seventies. I was looking at the photos; it was definitely used (relic?) (although it was listed as new), it has scratches and dings, faded chrome, and three chips in the pickguard edges. I went browsing for this bass. There is one listed on EBay now....almost $7,000....I looked closer and the Chinese guy had used the SAME photos for his post!!!! So, I would imagine that he would get people's money (I wanted to buy it!), and sell "several" of these before he got caught! So I would say "play at your own risk"!
Selective morals. I think the big thing is putting a "Fender made in USA" decal on a Chinese copy is wrong. I know its a fake, if I ever sell it, of course I will advertise it for what it is, etc.
Buyer beware as in all other purchases!
Buyer beware as in all other purchases!
Are we not seeing correctly in the picture, or is the USA part of the decal actually messed up?
Gotz to know.
Are we not seeing correctly in the picture, or is the USA part of the decal actually messed up?
you tell us.
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you tell us.
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That explains it, the bass was made at the University of San Antonio http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_San_Antonio
Those darn Methodists are always pulling stuff like this.
