Jean-Luc Pickguard Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 (edited) I always thought of Wunjo as the "good guys" of Denmark street. I popped in for a browse today as I was in the area & fell in love with a candy apple red squier jaguar short scale which was lovely in every way except for the "Special Denmark Street Markup" price. Looking at the other shorties on display a bass labeled as a 1978 musicmaster priced at £795 jumped out at me, but for the wrong reasons. Where do I start with this? [url="http://www.wunjoguitars.com/shop/bass/fender-musicmaster-bass"]http://www.wunjoguitars.com/shop/bass/fend...usicmaster-bass[/url] Lets see: Neck & fingerboard looked OK except for Badly cracked & glued together headstock Aftermarket (possible Gotoh?) tuners Truss rod adjustment looked a bit weird - possibly drilled out or could be allen key adjustment - didn't seem to be the cross shape I expected to see. Everything else - body/pickup/bridge/single-ply pickguard etc appears to be from a cheapo torino red squier bronco except for a pair of grotty old amp knobs I asked the salesman whether it had the correct price/description card on it, politely pointed out why I believed a mistake had been made in the description & suggested that they look into it and amend accordingly. I'd hate to think that someone might buy it thinking its an all-original vintage bass as its from a reputable shop, but I wonder whether it'll still be offered as a genuine original one in a weeks time. Edited June 20, 2011 by Jean-Luc Pickguard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK Jale Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 I'm not sure Wunjo's is exempt from Denmark St disease... they sold a mate of mine a Gibson L-00 acoustic that was actually a re-badged Kalamazoo, as should have been obvious to them from the ladder bracing and lack of truss rod. In that case the money wasn't too bad, but I think it's buyer beware everywhere in the guitar market these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mykesbass Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 Brian (the boss, Scottish chap) always seemed a really genuine guy, sold some stuff for me, some on comission and some a straight sale and he was a pleasure to deal with. If you are confident in your judgement (sorry, not for one second doubting you) give him a call and tell him your concerns - and tell him abouot his good reputation on here! Cheers, Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean-Luc Pickguard Posted June 20, 2011 Author Share Posted June 20, 2011 [quote name='Mykesbass' post='1276202' date='Jun 20 2011, 06:51 PM']Brian (the boss, Scottish chap) always seemed a really genuine guy, sold some stuff for me, some on comission and some a straight sale and he was a pleasure to deal with. If you are confident in your judgement (sorry, not for one second doubting you) give him a call and tell him your concerns - and tell him abouot his good reputation on here! Cheers, Mike[/quote] I've told the Australian chap there - he can pass the info onto the boss if he thinks its important - The conversation stayed friendly, but I wasn't sure whether he was genuinely taking what I was saying on-board, bluffing ignorance whilst knowing it was an overpriced ringer, or humouring me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tony_m Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 Well, FWIW it certainly doesn't look a whole lot like my 1977/78 Musicmaster s/n S839xxx... [attachment=83198:musicmas...ceelliot.jpg] I'd also take exception to the description "[i]They're lightweight[/i]" - mine weighs a ton!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyTravis Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 Yeah, you're right, it's 100% Bronco Body with amp knobs. The neck may be off a Musicmaster, but the body is such a Howler I couldn't be arsed checking the details... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean-Luc Pickguard Posted June 21, 2011 Author Share Posted June 21, 2011 [quote name='tony_m' post='1276406' date='Jun 20 2011, 09:31 PM']I'd also take exception to the description "[i]They're lightweight[/i]" - mine weighs a ton!!![/quote] Yours possibly has a body made out of Heavy Northern "baseball bat" Ash - one of CBS's cost-cutting measures as it was cheaper than the lightweight swamp ash. My S8 serial Precision (actually made in 1981) is made of this. I used to lend it to the Royal Navy to use as an anchor for an aircraft carrier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dubs Posted June 21, 2011 Share Posted June 21, 2011 [quote name='Jean-Luc Pickguard' post='1276741' date='Jun 21 2011, 10:08 AM']Yours possibly has a body made out of Heavy Northern "baseball bat" Ash - one of CBS's cost-cutting measures as it was cheaper than the lightweight swamp ash. My S8 serial Precision (actually made in 1981) is made of this. I used to lend it to the Royal Navy to use as an anchor for an aircraft carrier.[/quote] ...and who said P's weren't versatile? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xilddx Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 Wunjo's S/H stuff is almost always ludicrously overpiced. They are friendly though, well of course they are Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stag Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 My Musicmaster is extremely light ('76) and has the old skool big back plate tuners on, so probably not a god comparison to this one! To be fair it looks a nice bass! Wunjo's - agree on the nice comments, top chaps... althuogh I would say the same for V&R. Bought my Les Paul from V&R when there was another one in Wunjo's and V&R moved more on the price (plus the one in Wunjo's had had the tuners swapped round at one point and was in a bit of a state... did have OHSC tho). I remember seeing a 5 string Ricky 4003 in a kinda turquoise colour with the OHSC for £1250... really should have had that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xgsjx Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 Does anybody think that red "Musicmaster" looks nice? To me, the horns look ridiculously small & the headstock looks almost as big as the body. Just IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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