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Wrong tuners, dodgy transfer on the headstock and truss rod access at the headstock by the looks of it? Dodgy neck so the rest is prob dodgy as well.

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Yep, the instant giveaway is the truss rod access on the headstock.

 

Also the shape of the headstock is a bit off, even for 1970's Fender, and that decal was probably made by someone that's seen a picture of a fake Precision bass once on the internet and tried to replicate it.

 

Hard avoid.

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Looks like a Squier VM Precision with a dodgy Fender decal (or the body and aftermarket neck at very least)

The truss rod access looks off and the fact it has a cheaper looking 'Duncan Design' pickup makes it suss immediately to me.

 

Pretty sure it's one of these...

https://images.app.goo.gl/oXmHr9NsPrZghDfL8

 

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7 hours ago, basshead56 said:

Looks like a Squier VM Precision with a dodgy Fender decal (or the body and aftermarket neck at very least)

The truss rod access looks off and the fact it has a cheaper looking 'Duncan Design' pickup makes it suss immediately to me.

 

Pretty sure it's one of these...

https://images.app.goo.gl/oXmHr9NsPrZghDfL8

 

It’s definitely a 2 piece body and those pieces don’t match in the slightest 😂

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I do not believe that is a genuine 70’s U.S.-made instrument. As others have said, the headstock looks wrong, the machine heads are incorrect, the matching of the body pieces look to be poor, cheaper “Dunacan-designed” pickups, incorrect vintage strap buttons. I think you get the picture.

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Many things not right with this for a mid 70s precision as above , also black screws on the pickguard and it looks like the bridge has a curve to the top so not an original bridge , I’d stay clear of this one 

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8 hours ago, basshead56 said:

Looks like a Squier VM Precision with a dodgy Fender decal (or the body and aftermarket neck at very least)

The truss rod access looks off and the fact it has a cheaper looking 'Duncan Design' pickup makes it suss immediately to me.

 

Pretty sure it's one of these...

https://images.app.goo.gl/oXmHr9NsPrZghDfL8

 

This is 100% what it is. The tuners don't look like Squier tuners, so my best guess is an aftermarket neck (I'm thinking Mighty Mite), but the body is definitely a Squier Vintage Modified body.

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5 minutes ago, BassAgent said:

This is 100% what it is. The tuners don't look like Squier tuners, so my best guess is an aftermarket neck (I'm thinking Mighty Mite), but the body is definitely a Squier Vintage Modified body.

 

Mighty Mite necks are a whole lot better proportioned that that fugly thing, that looks like one of the rather cheap (£30) items that are sold from China via eBay. I've got one (not on purpose), it's not a bad neck for £30, but it has that same rather plump headstock :) 

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18 hours ago, OliverBlackman said:

It’s definitely a 2 piece body and those pieces don’t match in the slightest 😂

 

Rather a shame, the top half looks lovely and if both halves were like that it could have been made into an attractive bass.

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