Not a Limelight

[JJMotown]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/226627491102?_skw=bass&itmmeta=01JNDW97XC18X08QR4A30166EM&hash=item34c40d151e%3Ag%3Alp0AAOSw4zBnxYYp&itmprp=enc%3AAQAKAAAA4FkggFvd1GGDu0w3yXCmi1eJO9nBoi9cMXVIj5hRtqUtIVjArWKobiFEUrCrCaZgHUtQIZh%2B%2FMjXm%2F6RZGsy%2BeOSw0lQjKkBSIlLjUf6pX08aE1NHGmzmD2NfrPHCUU0UjC1TQHlel%2B73aNJNAY4A2prsXtOH9m7Rxjz3jAlnH3uVR7nW%2FTb5yLA2vFgdg3E3NYCxbH0YrajcPEPT%2FBL1xXAY%2BbX0alX80yVbHMAd88BLP%2BJOdq0NcpTK7Zt8Pujmi16LUKRp2aLKK49IqLQLNW15HwtWkRBYwAfhm54xBEy|tkp%3ABk9SR4b_pLyrZQ&LH_ItemCondition=7000|3000|2500|1500

[Reggaebass]

Don’t think limelight did this style of bass did they, isn’t it just precisions and jazzes 

[AndyTravis]

13 minutes ago, Reggaebass said:

Don’t think limelight did this style of bass did they, isn’t it just precisions and jazzes 

Yeah, that’s not a limelight 

[JJMotown]

1 hour ago, Reggaebass said:

Don’t think limelight did this style of bass did they, isn’t it just precisions and jazzes 

Mark has done 51 style p basses.

[Reggaebass]

1 minute ago, JJMotown said:

Mark has done 51 style p basses.

Cheers , I didn’t remember seeing any in the limelight thread 

[JJMotown]

Mmmmmm...

 

https://randtmusic.co.uk/collections/bass-guitar/products/limelight-51-style-p-bass-in-natural?srsltid=AfmBOopAN_C_Myi00qFA432lDYnI3QFTXYEfQelxLYhCcTnLnungO5th

[Noisyjon]

There's no '51 style basses in the sold gallery:

https://classicandcoolguitars.co.uk/limelight-custom-gallery/

[Jack]

The number is 012 but the build date is given as 2020. Limelight has been going for way longer than that, lending credence to the idea that it's not genuine.

[Jean-Luc Pickguard]

It's a fake of a fake.

[knicknack]

Mark confirms... not one of his! 

[prowla]

15 hours ago, Jean-Luc Pickguard said:

It's a fake of a fake.

 

It's as genuine as the Fender logo on the front of the headstock.

[Rosie C]

20 hours ago, JJMotown said:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/226627491102?_skw=bass&itmmeta=01JNDW97XC18X08QR4A30166EM&hash=item34c40d151e%3Ag%3Alp0AAOSw4zBnxYYp&itmprp=enc%3AAQAKAAAA4FkggFvd1GGDu0w3yXCmi1eJO9nBoi9cMXVIj5hRtqUtIVjArWKobiFEUrCrCaZgHUtQIZh%2B%2FMjXm%2F6RZGsy%2BeOSw0lQjKkBSIlLjUf6pX08aE1NHGmzmD2NfrPHCUU0UjC1TQHlel%2B73aNJNAY4A2prsXtOH9m7Rxjz3jAlnH3uVR7nW%2FTb5yLA2vFgdg3E3NYCxbH0YrajcPEPT%2FBL1xXAY%2BbX0alX80yVbHMAd88BLP%2BJOdq0NcpTK7Zt8Pujmi16LUKRp2aLKK49IqLQLNW15HwtWkRBYwAfhm54xBEy|tkp%3ABk9SR4b_pLyrZQ&LH_ItemCondition=7000|3000|2500|1500

 

No longer listed on ebay!

 

[prowla]

5 hours ago, Rosie C said:

 

No longer listed on ebay!

 

It had a brief moment in the limelight. 🙂

[Jack]

13 hours ago, Rosie C said:

 

No longer listed on ebay!

 

I reported it, I may not have been the only one. 

[prowla]

18 minutes ago, Jack said:

I reported it, I may not have been the only one. 

eBay don't care about counterfeits - they wouldn't take my word that something which had "Made in USA" on it and the seller described it as "Made in Japan" was really a counterfeit made in China!

[Jack]

1 minute ago, prowla said:

eBay don't care about counterfeits - they wouldn't take my word that something which had "Made in USA" on it and the seller described it as "Made in Japan" was really a counterfeit made in China!

They must have cared a bit. 

 

[prowla]

1 hour ago, Jack said:

They must have cared a bit. 

 

I guess you got the right person to look at it; I’ve stepped away from eBay. 
Did you report it as a counterfeit Limelight or a counterfeit of a counterfeit of a Fender?

[Jack]

Fake Limelight. Despite the logo it didn't actually say "this is a Fender bass" anywhere, it was being sold as a Limelight, which I don't think it was. If I'm wrong then great, I hope it goes back up. I just don't want some poor schmuck being scammed, which for all we know is how the current owner got it anyway, they might not be evil themselves.  

 

You only get like 100 characters so my message said something like "not a limelight, handwriting wrong, serial # and build date implausible".

[prowla]

40 minutes ago, Jack said:

Fake Limelight. Despite the logo it didn't actually say "this is a Fender bass" anywhere, it was being sold as a Limelight, which I don't think it was. If I'm wrong then great, I hope it goes back up. I just don't want some poor schmuck being scammed, which for all we know is how the current owner got it anyway, they might not be evil themselves.  

 

You only get like 100 characters so my message said something like "not a limelight, handwriting wrong, serial # and build date implausible".

The pictures form part of the description and the logo says "this is a Fender bass"; you can't sell a fake Fender by saying "this is not a Fender" or just not mentioning it at all.

So, it was neither a Limelight nor a Fender, but had branding for both.

(Another group goes so far as to say they won't even allow sale of parts instruments with genuine Fender necks on them.)

[Jack]

Indeed, but it is my understanding that some (most?) Limelights do have Fender logos on them, and as you have mentioned necks and stuff get swapped all the time with FSOs. It's murky, isn't it?

 

Again there was a really tight character limit and the Limelight-fakery seemed more obvious and egregious than the Fender-fakery. To me at least.

[prowla]

Just now, Jack said:

Indeed, but it is my understanding that some (most?) Limelights do have Fender logos on them, and as you have mentioned necks and stuff get swapped all the time with FSOs. It's murky, isn't it?

 

Again there was a really tight character limit and the Limelight-fakery seemed more obvious and egregious than the Fender-fakery. To me at least.

Sure - I just find it ironic.