SOS need help identifying Fender & Stingray 5 ASAP !

[MarkKAstrocat]

Ok so I'm traveling on vacation right now and I'm seeing what appears to be some very good deals on these basses but I'm hoping for help with identifying 1. If these basses are legit 2. What variation of a stingray is this ? Any help is greatly appreciated as I will only be in my current location for a few more days.

 

[IronLung1986]

That ain't a real Stingray.

 

[MarkKAstrocat]

I'm not very well versed in Ernie ball basses so it's hard for me to know . But I couldnt find any Stingray5s with that pickup / knob configuration so it seemed a little fishy to me. It also seems possible that they added the neck pick up themselves but idk.

 

[LadyLoveStingRay5]

That might might be a STINKRAY but it isn’t a StingRay.

 

[MIMike]

The P-Bass appears to be a legit 1978-1980 vintage version…possibly with the original strings still on it!
The pics are not great, but I don’t see any problems with what’s visible.

 

[mikeswals]

That is NOT an EB StingRay.

 

[brianrost]

The Fender just looks like a typical mid to late 70s P bass.

 

[Rabidhamster]

The Fender I'd check out looks to be legit in the pics, thankfully looks like a different seller I guess. The fake stingray has an interesting case if its bought-it-for-the-case cheap.

 

[Dave W]

The Stingray is definitely a fake.

 

[Dasgre0g]

Everything on that Stingray is wrong...

 

[mustBmtd]

StingRay Clone indeed Also looks like the scale and strings aren't balancing out evenly.

 

[swink]

I'm not very well versed in Ernie ball basses so it's hard for me to know . But I couldnt find any Stingray5s with that pickup / knob configuration so it seemed a little fishy to me. It also seems possible that they added the neck pick up themselves but idk.

With extreme luck, the strings are by ErnieBall. These will be the determining factor in the value of this Faked by Fakeman FakeFake Five.

Can someone post a pic of a EBMM Classic Stingray5 HH with the boomerang and no selector-switch?

 

[bigthemat]

the stingray looks more like the harley benton mm style basses with a stingray neck? Like the mb-5sb or the mm-85A sb or similar

 

[pineweasel]

The Stingray Classic 5 was styled like the 4s, and had the three knob configuration. But it isn't one of those.

Classic StingRay 5 | Basses | Ernie Ball Music Man

 

[ThudThudThud]

That Stingray is more likely to have come from Shandong than from San Luis Obispo.

 

[swink]

with a stingray neck

Dots are to small.

 

[Smooth_bass88]

Cake, steak or fake?

 

[Pdaddy1978]

The P looks EXACTLY like my 78...
Back before I put 30 years of hard milage on it.
So what's a good deal on it?

 

[RVRSCO]

P Bass looks legit. StingRay…ehhh, not so much. Lol.

 

[bigjames]

These are almost always my favourite threads.