Custom built MIM Fender?

[polarislove36]

I found a Marcus Miller signature bass but different with the CIJ 7802.Here are pics. The seller told me it is a custom built on Mexico jazz bass. Could someone tell me is this a genuine or fake one? [attachment=65049:1.jpg]
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Edited November 26, 2010 by polarislove36

[Ou7shined]

[url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=111355"]This[/url] 'un?

[The Burpster]

I think its fair to say that its no more a genuine MM than I am Pope Bob the first!

[matski]

Maybe it was custom built by a Mexican though...?

[thebeat]

Faker than a fake thing at a forgery convention and is it just me ? but do those 'inlays' look like Scotchbrite reflective tape for bikes and sh*t?

[thebeat]

[quote name='matski' post='1038834' date='Nov 27 2010, 02:42 PM']Maybe it was custom built by a Mexican though...? [/quote]



Yeah, a fake mexican.

[Ou7shined]

[quote name='thebeat' post='1038835' date='Nov 27 2010, 02:42 PM']Faker than a fake thing at a forgery convention and is it just me ? [b]but do those 'inlays' look like Scotchbrite reflective tape for bikes and sh*t?[/b] [/quote]
They really do look silver in most of the shots.

[Ou7shined]

[quote name='thebeat' post='1038837' date='Nov 27 2010, 02:42 PM']Yeah, a fake mexican.[/quote]
A Fexican.

[LawrenceH]

It annoys me that this listing wasn't pulled a second time for being blatantly misleading. That fake signature decal on the headstock is enough for it to be a breach of copyright, but I don't really mind that, it's more that he's lying by omission about what it really is - at best a butchered Made in Mexico with stickers on the neck.

It's not going to sound any more like a Marcus Miller than a standard MIM maple-necked bass, since it doesn't have the right pickup spacing and the body is almost certainly not ash.

[jezzaboy]

Mail him and ask if he will accept payment in 18 pound notes. The notes would be as genuine as what he is selling. See what he say`s to that.

Jez

[Doddy]

I looked at that earlier. Everything about it is wrong. The colour,the inlays,the headstock logo,the bridge,the truss rod,the neck plate......all wrong. Even the chrome pickup cover is a Precision style and not a Jazz.

Horrible.

[AndyTravis]

I doubt it's even ever met a Fender, let alone started out as one.

It's just some geezer trying to pull a fast one on Mums and Dad's at Xmas.

We should all report it.

It's near me (m27) but after my initial jokiness in the previous thread, I fear i'd end up smashing it over his lying bastard head.

Edited November 27, 2010 by AndyTravis

[charic]

He could actually believe that as that's what it was sold to him as.

Doubt it but possible

[MikanHannille]

Dodgy

[spinynorman]

Stupid thing is, I put up a parts bass with a Fender logo on the headstock, no mention of Fender anywhere in the listing or the title and a complete inventory of what all the parts were and where they came from and that got pulled within 24 hours for VERO infringment.

[Musky]

[quote name='charic' post='1039639' date='Nov 28 2010, 09:37 AM']He could actually believe that as that's what it was sold to him as.

Doubt it but possible[/quote]
Not a chance - he bought many of the parts on ebay, including the stick on inlays!

[LawrenceH]

[quote name='Musky' post='1042984' date='Nov 30 2010, 09:19 PM']Not a chance - he bought many of the parts on ebay, including the stick on inlays! [/quote]

So he did - AND a load of waterslide decal paper. The cheeky f****r. The pre-amp was a tenner. Some poor sod paid over the odds there. I really hope it wasn't bought as a christmas present for someone else

[charic]

Fancy a lynching?

[mcnach]

[quote name='charic' post='1043604' date='Dec 1 2010, 11:50 AM']Fancy a lynching?[/quote]


I'd happily wear my Inquisitor's costume

[waynepunkdude]

"Wonder what you used

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120649310703#ht_500wt_949"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...03#ht_500wt_949[/url]

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=310214670548"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=310214670548[/url]

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150446295261"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=150446295261[/url]


I'm reporting it to eBay to make sure the person who bought your "Fender" knows it's a fake and gets a refund."

[zero9]

[quote name='polarislove36' post='1038226' date='Nov 26 2010, 08:09 PM']I found a Marcus Miller signature bass but different with the CIJ 7802.Here are pics. The seller told me it is a custom built on Mexico jazz bass. Could someone tell me is this a genuine or fake one? [attachment=65049:1.jpg]
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It's a genuine fake one.

[mcnach]

[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='1043764' date='Dec 1 2010, 01:47 PM']"Wonder what you used

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120649310703#ht_500wt_949"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...03#ht_500wt_949[/url]

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=310214670548"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=310214670548[/url]

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150446295261"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=150446295261[/url]


I'm reporting it to eBay to make sure the person who bought your "Fender" knows it's a fake and gets a refund."[/quote]


any response?

[waynepunkdude]

[quote name='mcnach' post='1043947' date='Dec 1 2010, 03:43 PM']any response?[/quote]


Not yet.

[waynepunkdude]

"
Yes all those parts and more,'custom built' into
mexican fender jazz bass MZ317566 2003/4 .READ THE TITLE SCRIPT 'STYLE' no reference to it being one of the original 2500 dollar guitars,but it is a genuine Fender Jazz Bass,custom built in marcus miller style.Which bit is fake?,buyer e-mailed me for details when first listed,he knew exactly what he was buying as he didnt jump to unfounded conclusions."

[Ou7shined]

Boy needs a slap.