Surely this is a scam?

[lowlandtrees]

https://ebay.us/m/4yYAJN

[YellowLedBetterBass]

"we are a guitar factory in China"

 

Authentic? No. Scam? Also no.

Just don't expect high quality with it.

[jezzaboy]

It`s a fake from a factory in China selling on E bay. It`s says so down in the description. It doesn`t actually say it`s a fake but I do know a real one costs a few bob.

[chris_b]

Chinese factories selling on eBay. . . . what you see is not always what you get.

 

There was an article about people buying clothes from Chinese companies and a totally different design turned up. Good luck returning the product and getting a refund!! You'll find the postage back to China prohibitive.

Edited 22 hours ago by chris_b

[lowlandtrees]

I thought all this stuff but some Chinese factories do good copies and you would not expect high quality for that price. Just happens to be my dream acoustic guitar….never heard the bass

[Pea Turgh]

I’m not aware of the maker or the model, but I’m guessing the design brief was “can you make a bass out of my nan’s side table and lamp?”.

[chris_b]

19 minutes ago, lowlandtrees said:

I thought all this stuff but some Chinese factories do good copies and you would not expect high quality for that price. Just happens to be my dream acoustic guitar….never heard the bass

You are trying to tick the boxes and are only considering the positives. 

 

Look at it from  the other angle, what can go wrong, and what will you do when it does! Tick all the negative boxes and then decide if you want to risk your cash.

[Cato]

There's been a few threads from Basschatters who have taken a punt on this sort of thing from Chinese online marketplaces over the years.

 

My impression is it's a bit of gamble, while some have been pretty pleased with what turned up, I think most of the instruments have required at least some additional work to get them up to standard.

 

And , as pointed out above, if you're unhappy enough to want to send it back or nothing turns up at all then the usual consumer protections may well not apply with a Chinese based exporter 

Edited 18 hours ago by Cato

[Beedster]

What a f***ing awful looking instrument, frets aren't even parallel (might be photo), plus why such a wide neck, could easily fit another string on there  

 

And then, there's the feedback.....

 

[Beedster]

2 hours ago, lowlandtrees said:

I thought all this stuff but some Chinese factories do good copies and you would not expect high quality for that price. Just happens to be my dream acoustic guitar….never heard the bass

 

It has NOTHING to do with LB's acoustic, and trust me, you do not ned to hear the bass 👍

[Stub Mandrel]

5 hours ago, Beedster said:

What a f***ing awful looking instrument, frets aren't even parallel (might be photo), plus why such a wide neck, could easily fit another string on there  

 

And then, there's the feedback.....

 

 

Well no wonder the cast steel yoke broke! Who tries to grind freshly shelled cirnvwith a guitar?

[Kev]

Scam, in so far as I'd bet an awful lot of money that what you receive is not what is pictured.

[dave_bass5]

Christ, scam or not, why on earth would anyone even want that abomination  🤣

Edited 10 hours ago by dave_bass5

[itu]

These products do not seem to be suitable for your hands. If the price is right, you can buy ten instruments to cover holes in the wall.

[Doctor J]

17 hours ago, Beedster said:

why such a wide neck, could easily fit another string on there  

It looks like a Fender width neck but the bridge is a narrow-spaced Hofner type. It'd be resolved by putting a 19mm spaced bridge on there.