Vintage 70's Fender P bass... Oh no it isn't!

[warwickhunt]

The seller knows it's a bitsa copy but is leaving enough doubt to trap the greedy!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Fender-precision-bass-road-worn-vintage-seventies-/282235194631?hash=item41b6874d07:g:e8oAAOSwcUBYEhCW

[Grangur]

Of the headstock we get to see "Fender" and "bass". I wonder why there's no clear shot of the whole headstock?
Misspelling perhaps?

[Bassassin]

From the long-lost era of glued-on maple fretboards!

That aside, the body does look like a proper thin nitro finish rarther than the thick poly (usually over ply or butcher block) most old copies had. Don't make it pukka though.

[FinnDave]

The seller is pretty clear that he doesn't know what this is, and even states that he was told by a retailer that it is a 70s copy, so I don't really see any attempt to to deceive.

[karlfer]

He's wrong about knobs. There's the ones that have bid nearly £300 on it so far.

[stu_g]

it looks like the pickups bridge and backplate are all new and it sems to have woodscrews in the back of the tuners
i dont think its worth anything like whats been bid on it.

[JapanAxe]

[quote name='karlfer' timestamp='1477747660' post='3164249']
He's wrong about knobs. There's the ones that have bid nearly £300 on it so far.
[/quote]

[nashmonster]

If you look closely the fingerboard is OAK ! you can see its medullary rays... people are bidding way too high on it but what can be done ? N

[JoeEvans]

I quite like it... Genuine relic and looks like some quite nice bits of wood in it. I'd snap it up if I saw it in a junk shop for £100, although £300 might be a bit of a stretch.

[ash]

It's worth about £70 some poor misguided fool is going to be very disappointed

[karlfer]

£310 bid retracted. Somebody smelt the coffee.

[yorks5stringer]

They've included message at the bottom where someone says it is not genuine...

[Bassassin]

[quote name='yorks5stringer' timestamp='1478378998' post='3168780']
They've included message at the bottom where someone says it is not genuine...
[/quote]
Well they're correct in that part of their assessment. Everything else is random rubbish they just made up. Why would someone do that?

[alyctes]

To me the worrying one is the first question... if I was going to ask someone who doesn't know anything about guitars to take the neck off, I'd want to tell them to TAKE THE STRINGS OFF FIRST! [size=3](Or at least slacken them completely.)[/size]

You can just see it happening...

Edited November 5, 2016 by alyctes