Stuee Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 Those bits of paper are almost certainly 'proof'! haha Thoughts? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/111301957131 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ash Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 Charlatan ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kempy535 Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 The biggest red flag is that the fret board is too long No over hang on the JV series or any of the RI series Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuee Posted April 2, 2014 Author Share Posted April 2, 2014 (edited) Yes, 22 frets and an overhang?! Also no markings whatsoever on the neck butt; JV's weren't made anywhere near as late as '94 (or '92 - which is it dude?); and what is the "JV factory" anyway? I'm going to report it. Edited April 2, 2014 by Stuee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 (edited) [color=#333333]"Acquired and being sold on behalf of a German Luthier who has passed away recently .. All sales go to the Family estate ..."[/color] [size=4][color=#333333]Aaah, now isn't that nice....[/color][/size] Edited April 2, 2014 by TheGreek Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SubsonicSimpleton Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 Looking at the pictures, the counter-bored tuner holes is a really nice detail, and the fretboard overhang looks wrong, but I did manage to find some pics of fenders with this type of neck, no doubt someone with more knowledge could identify which models if any have had this type of neck fitted at the factory - warmoth certainly make 21 fret necks just like this. The seller also has a number of guitar necks listed, with vintage correct walnut plug+skunk stripe+heel truss access. The thing that grabbed my attention however, was the "selling on behalf of deceased german luthier's estate" story - no doubt the german legal system has some differences to ours, but sorting out an estate is complicated and time consuming, and it seems strange that someone would choose to send items to another country, to someone who speaks another language to then sell stuff through ebay on a comission basis - this looks to me like establishing plausible deniability in case everything goes wonky later. So curiosity aroused, I went to the sellers website, to discover that he specialises in replica 50/60s instruments - at this point my inner cynic thought well if business was slow, making up a bunch of necks and then passing them off as unused old stock might be a nice little earner as "MIJ", "matsumoku" and "fujigen" association is really pumping up sale values on ebay (like that [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Fender-Sunburst-Precision-Bass-Guiter-1962-Fantastic-Condition-/331159353161?ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:GB:3160"]MIJ reissue[/url] that sold for £1,270 ). Having a quick browse of his website, I found this pic http://www.josephkayeguitars.com/#!untitled/zoom/c1x0a/image18oi nicely illustrating a bunch of vintage correct fender necks during construction - not exactly a smoking gun, on which to launch accusations, but certainly intrigued my inner sherlock holmes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorks5stringer Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 This is the guy who made Norman W-R a replica Jazz Bass (not the Bass Collection ones).... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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