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Is this really a MM Sabre??

Hey so I was taking a look on Gumtree and found this. Now my eyes are really really bad so I could be wrong, but am I the only one who thinks this looks nothing like a Musicman Sabre? Invalid Link Removed
Tbh for $350 I'll still probably go try it out but does anyone know what might be up with that? Thank you
 
Nope. Pass. Just the tuners alone are a dead giveaway. They're the cheap kind one buys on e-bay for like 12 USD or less. Blank neck plate. No MusicMan stamp on the bridge.

[ETA: this looks like something from Aliexpress, or someone had assembled it from a kit.
 
I'm not an expert, but that does not look like a Sabre. I had an EBMM Classic Sabre, and those do not have exposed pole pieces, nor do they have the oval pickguard. The headstock looks weird too. A Sabre looks like this:

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That looks like a Stringray body, but I have no clue where that neck may be from, never seen one like it.

EDIT: apparently it is a cheap clone