I'd also add that worrying about what brand a faker is is fairly pointless. Where it was built is more important.
Modern Chickenbackers are obviously Chinese, and generally all use the same hardware, bodyshape and wrong scale length. The neck profiles all tend to be massive as well.
The older (better) ones are generally Japanese, there are a couple of other locations as well. With these the factory that made it is the important factor, any brand is just applied to it afterwards by the importer or company that ordered that batch.
The early 70s faker I posted above is an Aria, but as I bought it without a trussrod cover, it may as well be any of the other 'brands' that were sourced from the Matsumoku factory. The most important factor in perceived quality is that it's a Matsumoku, not an Aria.
For instance I recently bought a Gibson Ripper copy branded Kimbara.
After some digging it appears that there is a Shaftsbury and Kimbara Ripper, both built in the Matsumoku factory. If my Kimbara had been imported by Rose-Morris then it would have been a Shaftsbury, but it was imported by FCN Music so it's a Kimbara.
Both the same bass.