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I rolled the dice! GC And Stingray content...
- Thread starter Judge Nickels
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Not necessarily could be "fake". Some time to time I have seen EBMM ranging (cheap) from $699/799. So yours is in the ball park. But If is a Pre/EB i would say very suspicious.
But it's GC so you could score. I once got a SWR mint Goliath III for $310 shipped. And I mean Mint smelling new. I have tried myself no to visit GC anymore. Too much tentation!!!
But it's GC so you could score. I once got a SWR mint Goliath III for $310 shipped. And I mean Mint smelling new. I have tried myself no to visit GC anymore. Too much tentation!!!
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I hate dealing with GC cuz even with NEW item purchases I've received torn up crap from a floor somewhere or open box items listed as new. I've learned my lesson. I order only if the rep can tell me it's shipping from the warehouse and then the UPS number shows a Kansas pickup.
I can't imagine the angst buying used. And that's a shame cuz they do have some smoking deals.
Best of luck OP. Hope it works out. My bud at my local store was talking about a fake (iirc) Ibanez Premium 6 string recently taken in.
I can't imagine the angst buying used. And that's a shame cuz they do have some smoking deals.
Best of luck OP. Hope it works out. My bud at my local store was talking about a fake (iirc) Ibanez Premium 6 string recently taken in.
Sub'd because Im really curious to see how this turns out. I called about an SWR SM400S at the albany store two months ago and found out that it was not the S version. They did nothing to change it... I even contacted corporate via the IM system and advised them and they never did anything. They simply don't care.
Albany, NY store? If so, you are correct. They don't care. Might be the worst guitar center I've ever been to. Bass department is a ghost town. They have many amps mislabeled and mispriced, and when I brought that to their attention, they made it a big huff about how much trouble it would be to get it changed. Many weeks later, nothing is changed according to their website. The basses hanging on the wall are many times in very poor condition, with broken pots and output jacks. It used to be a decent store about 10 years ago, but it has really gone down hill...
Yup, thats the one. I informed the guy on the phone, a manager, and the corporate cs line. Nobody did anything about it regardless of the fact that they're basically ripping people off.Albany, NY store? If so, you are correct. They don't care. Might be the worst guitar center I've ever been to. Bass department is a ghost town. They have many amps mislabeled and mispriced, and when I brought that to their attention, they made it a big huff about how much trouble it would be to get it changed. Many weeks later, nothing is changed according to their website. The basses hanging on the wall are many times in very poor condition, with broken pots and output jacks. It used to be a decent store about 10 years ago, but it has really gone down hill...
I wonder if it is really a pain to change to the point that it is impossible once they have a wrong listing. Either way it is poor form. I had a similar experience recently, but mine was more like mislabling a pbass a jbass, so it was obvious in the pictures. Also, contacting the local store was so painful!
I would assume that the options are editing the listing, or cancelling the listing and opening a new one. Either way it seems that defrauding customers is their preferred way of business. I see wrong listings with them all the time and its funny how it always seems to fall in their favor.
They advertised it as:
Used Ernie Ball Music Man Stingray 4 String Electric Bass Guitar
even with the Logo - c'mon!!!
And will probably send you an „Sterling by MusicMan“ - decline acceptance or send it back.
Used Ernie Ball Music Man Stingray 4 String Electric Bass Guitar
even with the Logo - c'mon!!!
And will probably send you an „Sterling by MusicMan“ - decline acceptance or send it back.
I saw this particular bass yesterday and actually chatted with a GC CS person about it, but it was gone when she looked it up, so Im interested in seeing what comes of this.
And theeeeen, I was on the site again today and came across this little number.
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I called the store, had a very helpful gentleman pull it, inspect it, check the neck, test the truss, and verify the badges for me so I pulled the trigger. Im having it shipped directly to my local GC so I can inspect and decide upon receipt. Curious to see if this is too good to be true.
And theeeeen, I was on the site again today and came across this little number.
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I called the store, had a very helpful gentleman pull it, inspect it, check the neck, test the truss, and verify the badges for me so I pulled the trigger. Im having it shipped directly to my local GC so I can inspect and decide upon receipt. Curious to see if this is too good to be true.
Really curious as to how this will turn out. But either way... this is why I order from GC used and have it shipped to my local store. I unbox and test it there.. if its not right, I dont take it. They tried to charge me shipping once on a guitar that arrived not as described so I called Visa and they gave me my money back right away. They said that it really helps that I had never taken possession of the gear because it wasnt even debatable at that point. The store that shipped it had it listed as "excellent" and then it arrived with a corroded bridge, bunch of dings on the edge of the body and more swirl marks/scratches than you could imagine.
We have resolution! An employee from the GC in AZ helpfully called me to let me know the bass guitar in question was actually a Sterling by MusicMan that had been incorrectly listed as an EBMM. Some of y'all guessed correctly!
I thanked him for the call and he cancelled my order. Nice that he noticed the discrepancy and didn't go ahead and ship it on for me and my local GC to deal with.
Saga ended! It has been fun.
I thanked him for the call and he cancelled my order. Nice that he noticed the discrepancy and didn't go ahead and ship it on for me and my local GC to deal with.
Saga ended! It has been fun.
it doesn't look like a sterling by music man logo. maybe it was a real music man and he wanted you to cancel so he could buy it.
i'm not kidding. it doesn't look like any sterling by music man logo. certainly not SUB. not ray34.
I'm going to assume you're kidding... but I am not entirely sure
it looks like a fake stingray classic logo.
or did you mean kidding about it being real? i'm not sure. logo does look fake though given all the other details that other people have pointed out earlier.
oh, I thought you were just making a joke, sorry!
A few posts ago someone said "hey, that's the bass I bought last month from them and I returned because it was a Sterling by MusicMan with a fake logo on it" and he posted a link to more detail pictures...
The picture is really bad and blurry but you're right, the old style MusicMan logo was visible... but a lot of other details didn't fit, however the detail was missing to be able to tell which instrument it really was. You were right.