Fishy Stingray at GC

[spaz21387]

The logo gives it away for me... its a fake.

 

[voodoobassist]

Finish on the neck appears to be non-satin,.....saw another one similar to this at my local GC a couple years back,...they pulled it off the floor and had it destroyed.

 

[74hc]

Send the photos to Sterling Ball, and ask him if this is a real EBMM Stingray and should you buy it. Include the GC store and manager's name that told you it was.

Or, you can post this on the Music Man forums and ask there. Sterling is Big Pappa on that forum.

 

[toomanyslurpees]

Might be a good bass, but like others have said, there’s no doubt that’s not a USA made Stingray.

 

[TN WOODMAN]

Couple points IMO on GC-

They probably don’t honestly know what they have.
They probably never remove necks on used gear for any reason.
They’ve probably never taken anything off the floor and destroyed for any reason.

That said, as I said in another recent post, they often have great deals on used instruments because they’re not emotionally attached and simply want to move at a profit. This is where buyer beware enters. Educate yourself , know more about what you’re looking at than they do and reap the benefits.

 

[FishDub]

I'd pass without question..everything stated just doesn't make sense. The sad part is that the person who traded it/sold it to GC probably made out well.
There is also a 78 Sabre listed on the GC website for 1599, and if you look at it, it is in tremendously good shape for a 40 yr old Sabre...not enough mojo. Unless of course it was babied but highly unlikely. I would be curious what the neck pocket and neck reveal..

 

[beaglesandbass]

There's no way that's a real Stingray. Manager is trying to pull a fast one.

 

[gln1955]

Remind the manager that knowingly selling a counterfeit bass is criminal fraud. Not that he would ever be prosecuted, but give him something to think about. Tell him you'll give him $200 for a parts bass of dubious origin.

 

[TjMetalhead]

No way that this is a genuine made in USA Stingray. More than likely it's a modified Sterling by Musicman. There was probably a GC employee who was high off of his ass and bought this bass thinking it was the real deal.

 

[LT131]

I would not give a dime for it. If you ever chose to sell you probably could not give it away unless you misrepresented.

 

[Raw N Low]

When prices get inflated and supply is abundant, somebody gets taken for a ride.

 

[wizard65]

Looks like one of theses with new pickguard, tuners, decal.

 

[JSandbloom]

Not USA, there isn’t the line on the back of the neck where the poly finish stops and the oil finish begins

 

[JakobT]

Not USA, there isn’t the line on the back of the neck where the poly finish stops and the oil finish begins

My old SBMM Ray34 also had this line.

 

[JSandbloom]

My old SBMM Ray34 also had this line.

Never seen a import ray with an oiled neck. Was your Ray43 the higher end of the import model?

 

[ProgressiveDoom]

Something fishy.

 

[JakobT]

Never seen a import ray with an oiled neck. Was your Ray43 the higher end of the import model?

No, it was a standard Ray34. I don’t think the neck was oiled, it was more like an untreated finish, but it had a laquered matching headstock, and the laquer ended in a line just below the headstock, like on a standard StingRay.

EDIT: I found a pic online. You can just about make out the line below the headstock.

 

[LowEndOperative]

The lack of a compensated nut ought to give it away

 

[JakobT]

The lack of a compensated nut ought to give it away

Not in and of itself - there are StingRays without the compensated nut, the pre-Ernie Ball StingRays, and the EBMM Classic series, for instance. But then, of course, a lot of other things on the bass would be different as well.

 

[InternetAlias]

All stingrays are fishy.