warwickhunt Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 The seller knows it's a bitsa copy but is leaving enough doubt to trap the greedy! http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Fender-precision-bass-road-worn-vintage-seventies-/282235194631?hash=item41b6874d07:g:e8oAAOSwcUBYEhCW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grangur Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 Of the headstock we get to see "Fender" and "bass". I wonder why there's no clear shot of the whole headstock? Misspelling perhaps? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 From the long-lost era of glued-on maple fretboards! That aside, the body does look like a proper thin nitro finish rarther than the thick poly (usually over ply or butcher block) most old copies had. Don't make it pukka though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FinnDave Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 The seller is pretty clear that he doesn't know what this is, and even states that he was told by a retailer that it is a 70s copy, so I don't really see any attempt to to deceive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karlfer Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 He's wrong about knobs. There's the ones that have bid nearly £300 on it so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stu_g Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 it looks like the pickups bridge and backplate are all new and it sems to have woodscrews in the back of the tuners i dont think its worth anything like whats been bid on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JapanAxe Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 [quote name='karlfer' timestamp='1477747660' post='3164249'] He's wrong about knobs. There's the ones that have bid nearly £300 on it so far. [/quote] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nashmonster Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 If you look closely the fingerboard is OAK ! you can see its medullary rays... people are bidding way too high on it but what can be done ? N Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeEvans Posted October 30, 2016 Share Posted October 30, 2016 I quite like it... Genuine relic and looks like some quite nice bits of wood in it. I'd snap it up if I saw it in a junk shop for £100, although £300 might be a bit of a stretch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ash Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 It's worth about £70 some poor misguided fool is going to be very disappointed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karlfer Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 £310 bid retracted. Somebody smelt the coffee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorks5stringer Posted November 5, 2016 Share Posted November 5, 2016 They've included message at the bottom where someone says it is not genuine... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted November 5, 2016 Share Posted November 5, 2016 [quote name='yorks5stringer' timestamp='1478378998' post='3168780'] They've included message at the bottom where someone says it is not genuine... [/quote] Well they're correct in that part of their assessment. Everything else is random rubbish they just made up. Why would someone do that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alyctes Posted November 5, 2016 Share Posted November 5, 2016 (edited) To me the worrying one is the first question... if I was going to ask someone who doesn't know anything about guitars to take the neck off, I'd want to tell them to TAKE THE STRINGS OFF FIRST! [size=3](Or at least slacken them completely.)[/size] You can just see it happening... Edited November 5, 2016 by alyctes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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