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Thoughts on this bass?

#3
Looks like it was caught in a fire.

That bass is an atrocity. Many non-original parts, and it's overpriced to boot. The worst part is the overly wordy description. The more BS you see in a description, the more rubbish the product they're trying to sell is. This is my favorite -

" ***I will not take the neck off so you can see the stamps, there is no way in hell this thing isn’t authentic***"

Authentic?? It's clearly NOT authentic. Aftermarket wiring harness, aftermarket pickups, aftermarket bridge. My God, what an idiot!
 
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smcd said:
Looks like it was caught in a fire.

That bass is an atrocity. Many non-original parts, and it's overpriced to boot. The worst part is the overly wordy description. The more BS you see in a description, the more rubbish the product they're trying to sell is. This is my favorite -

" ***I will not take the neck off so you can see the stamps, there is no way in hell this thing isn’t authentic***"

Authentic?? It's clearly NOT authentic. Aftermarket wiring harness, aftermarket pickups, aftermarket bridge. My God, what an idiot!
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I like the update. He seems to say that he doesn't need to sell it but has dropped the price 40% over 6 months.

Edit: In looking at a photo of the headstock, I wonder if you are right about a fire and that is what I am seeing. It's odd that the damage appears to be more on the neck rather than the body.
 
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#7
Someone worked very hard but not very intelligently to make the bass look old. The cigarette burn on the headstock is just sad because while on a guitar a cigarette will stick there on a bass it won't. People used to do this to give guitars mojo. Nothing about this thing looks right to me but it is such a mess that maybe it is what they say it is. Not a Fender expert by any means.
 
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80jazz said:
Somewhat, but it had issues in the pics that were/are concerning. I dig the black body/black pickguard with the maple board and pearl block inlays.
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got it! thanks!

given the condition (via the pics) the price alone would be a deterrent for me, personally (+ the fact that it's fretted :) ). but folks look for '"mojo" in old, worn-out, junk pieces. IME: cheap crap is better than expensive crap. :D
 
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Hi guys :) You have no idea! :laugh:

80jazz said:
the third pic seems to show water damage. Will someone tell me if I am right or wrong?
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Somebody started to cultivate magic mushrooms! :wacky: That' s the real thing because...

jd56hawk said:
I'd be afraid of catching leprosy.
I think I'd rather handle an armadillo.
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that which does not kill us, makes us stronger! (F. Nietzsche)

smcd said:
" ***I will not take the neck off so you can see the stamps, there is no way in hell this thing isn’t authentic***"
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Some minor parts are aftermarket :D but...

This is "The authentic Gunkmachine"! You can' t take the neck off without a mojo hand! :laugh:

And gloves! :laugh::roflmao:


greetings

Wise(b)ass
 
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