Jean-Luc Pickguard Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 Here's a bit of cheap tat that someone has gone to a lot of trouble to try to pass off as a Fender neck. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/fender-precision-bass-neck/124093722234?hash=item1ce48fee7a:g:5~EAAOSwkkxeUYKV 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prowla Posted February 28, 2020 Share Posted February 28, 2020 I spotted that one today and reported it to ebay (don't expect them to do much though...). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean-Luc Pickguard Posted February 28, 2020 Author Share Posted February 28, 2020 I reported it on Sunday, so don't hold your breath Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prowla Posted February 29, 2020 Share Posted February 29, 2020 I find it hard to trust "Fender" auctions & ads. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prowla Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 Oh well, it had bids, so someone now thinks their bass is going to be a Fender! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wateroftyne Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 52 minutes ago, prowla said: Oh well, it had bids, so someone now thinks their bass is going to be a Fender! ...or someone had bid on it fully in the knowledge it's snide. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stub Mandrel Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 Probably @andytoad 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andytoad Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 Stuff that, not me, 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewblack Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 Tell me how I know if a neck is what it says it is? I'd rather get a cheap bass and have the neck off it than get ripped off for a maybe Fender. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prowla Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 2 minutes ago, stewblack said: Tell me how I know if a neck is what it says it is? I'd rather get a cheap bass and have the neck off it than get ripped off for a maybe Fender. That's the problem with buying used Fender kit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewblack Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 Just now, prowla said: That's the problem with buying used Fender kit. People here all seem confident this is a fake, so it must be possible to tell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean-Luc Pickguard Posted April 16, 2020 Author Share Posted April 16, 2020 (edited) I'll list the main red flags that caught my eye, without having to look too hard: The shape of the headstock is wrong - it looks slightly bigger & more curvy like a 70's strat, but not so exterme. The width at the nut appears to be more like a jazz but this is labelled as a precision - Fender have made some precisions with a jazz-style neck, but I'm not sure whether this is the case for any MiM ones, so this on its own wouldn't necessarily be proof of a fake. The decal is a very poor fake - the letters of 'Precision bass' are distorted in different directions for some unknown reason - Fender never did that. The access hole for the truss rod tool is too wide. On a genuine Fender would have a fillet made of a dark wood (probably walnut) plug with a hole in it. On the back of the headstock the fake 'Made in Mexico' & serial decal looks nothing like it would on a genuine fender - it is using the wrong typeface and dimensions. The tuners look similar to the ones typically used on a MiM but appear to be possibly a cheaper type. Edited April 16, 2020 by Jean-Luc Pickguard 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prowla Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 ...and one of the tuners looks like it's been set at the wrong angle like one or two others which have featured in these hallowed halls... 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewblack Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 What do you guys think? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/313042749461 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean-Luc Pickguard Posted April 16, 2020 Author Share Posted April 16, 2020 Not sure. If it is a Squier the curvy headstock point to it being a bottom of the range job like an affinity P bass, although I don't think the affinity was available as early as 1995 but there may have been an equivalent. Whatever it is the whole bass it came off would probably be worth £100 at most so £69 for just the neck is too much in my opinion. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prowla Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 6 hours ago, Jean-Luc Pickguard said: Not sure. If it is a Squier the curvy headstock point to it being a bottom of the range job like an affinity P bass, although I don't think the affinity was available as early as 1995 but there may have been an equivalent. Whatever it is the whole bass it came off would probably be worth £100 at most so £69 for just the neck is too much in my opinion. My thoughts too - I sold a Squier Affinity P (a whole working bass) a few months back for £60. They are good basses for the money. I sold the Squier after I bought a beat-up Fender MIM Precision for £100. The body was knackered, but the rest of it was OK (and it had a Badass II bridge). I figured I could replace the body if the damage did turn out to be structural, but it seems stable. I do need to strip the finish though and re-do it (subject to not finding major issues). So, £77.50 (inc. postage) for a de-badged Squier Precision neck is too much, IMHO. (The only plus thing about it is that it's not had a fake Fender decal stuck on it!). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewblack Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 Thanks guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prowla Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 (edited) https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SQUIRE-by-FENDER-Bullet-Strat-Neck/324131626867?hash=item4b77c01f73:g:V6cAAOSw91tekF17As far as Squier stuff goes, I bought the pink Squier Bullet Strat on the right there for £7.50 in a shop closing down sale in February; I've had to put a pickguard & pickups on it, a new nut, and a set of strings; once it's done it's probably worth £60. It would be all too easy to get carried away and over-pay for parts, to then find you could've saved money by buying a whole working guitar. Which is what the person who buys this one is going to have done (currently £36.20 inc postage after 14 bids)... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SQUIRE-by-FENDER-Bullet-Strat-Neck/324131626867?hash=item4b77c01f73:g:V6cAAOSw91tekF17 Edited April 17, 2020 by prowla Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inthedoghouse Posted May 10, 2020 Share Posted May 10, 2020 So what do you think a reasonable price for a used genuine Mex P neck would be? I'll probably be looking for one in the fairly near future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prowla Posted May 10, 2020 Share Posted May 10, 2020 1 hour ago, inthedoghouse said: So what do you think a reasonable price for a used genuine Mex P neck would be? I'll probably be looking for one in the fairly near future. Well South of £200. I paid £150 for one a couple of years back and I believe I over-paid; however, the resulting bass turned out to be excellent, so I think I got a good one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inthedoghouse Posted May 10, 2020 Share Posted May 10, 2020 (edited) 3 minutes ago, prowla said: Well South of £200. I paid £150 for one a couple of years back and I believe I over-paid; however, the resulting bass turned out to be excellent, so I think I got a good one! Thanks for that - I think 200 seems a bit high too. There's one on eBay for 200, which is why I asked. I'm not in a rush. Edited May 10, 2020 by inthedoghouse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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