Great headstock decal

[Happy Jack]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Fender-1973-Precision-Bass-Sunburst-with-case-/131598183095?hash=item1ea3dceab7

I'm not good at this spot-the-fake-Fender lark, but that decal looks nothing like the (genuine) one on my '75/'76 Precision, plus the decal looks utterly crap anyway.

[Low End Bee]

[size=1][size=4][font=Helvetica]"[/font][font=Verdana]Your guitar was made at the [/font][/size][/size]
[size=1][font=Verdana][size=4]Fullerton Plant (Fender - CBS Era), USA [/size][/font][/size]
[size=1][font=Verdana][size=4]in the ear(s): 1972”[/size][/font][/size]

[size=1][font=Verdana][size=4]Is it a Van Gogh or not?[/size][/font][/size]

[discreet]

That is not a 70s P-Bass decal. The one in the pic looks hand-drawn to me.

Edited October 6, 2015 by discreet

[Bassassin]

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1444135829' post='2880546']
That is not a 70s P-Bass decal. The one in the pic looks hand-drawn to me.
[/quote]

Agreed. It's a not-too-bad attempt at an early/mid 60s logo.




I'm definitely no expert, but the rest looks pretty convincing. Wonder what went on here?

Jon.

[Roger2611]

I don't think I would want to risk £1500 on that one, I am not sure about the body finish either there looks to be too much Black in the burst finish but that may be an illusion with the clearly wrong pick guard

[tauzero]

The pickup cover is nicely wonky. Sadly, all the photos are taken at an angle which precludes checking the neck pocket to see if it has an authentic Fender gape.

[3below]

Neck pocket (and other routing in body) looks 'rough' / 'torn out'. My Fender experience from that era did not encounter routing that 'rough'. This is only a limited experience though.

[cameltoe]

That decal looks hand drawn.

[Bassassin]

I think it is. I think it dates from long before the days of replica logos & Ebay - which might help explain a schoolboy error like putting an early 60s logo on a (purportedly) mid 70s bass. Probably the best - or only - example the artist could find to copy.

J.