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ebay find!

This one seems to have the crooked monorail bridges too, though not quite as bad:

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And this one looks a lot better and the price is better too...

http://cgi.ebay.com/INLAY-SOLID-SYCARMORE-7-STRINGS-ELEC-FRETLESS-BASS-8747_W0QQitemZ310131535812QQcmdZViewItemQQptZGuitar?hash=item310131535812&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1205%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318%7C301%3A0%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50
 
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As to string spacing I used some of the latest CSI style forensic image enhancement technologies (photoshop) and tested the theory that the spacing was off.

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I removed the laminations and marked each string in blue. Each red line is an exact copy of the leftmost one, so they are all exactly the same length.

Allowing for slop in my marking of strings and the width of the lines, if they're off, they're not off by much.

Of course, it doesn't change the fact that the saddles are installed haphazardly and the entire thing is ugly as sin, so it still qualifies as 100% USDA PRIME FAIL.
 


In the description:
"This beautifully-inlaid solid Sycarmore 7 strings electric guitar bass (GT 8747"51") was designed by Antoniotsai. It was hand-inlaid with several hundred pieces of abalone and mother-of-pearl by a renowned luthier on Tony's workshop team."

In the picture is exactly zero inlay work. FALSE ADVERTISEMENT!

It also says he's Taiwanese, and the item location is in Tainan (Taiwanese city), VIETNAM.

I'm put off by these inconsistencies.

台湾就是中国的一个省!!
 
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