Saw this bass that was traded in at music store. Looks like an SD pickup and the bridge doesn't look right either. But is the body and neck legit or is that fake decal on the headstock too?
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The bridge is wrong as you said. Thats is the bridge from a SUB Ray4. What is with the holes in the headstock? Any higher res pictures? Definitely looks fishy...
Geez if your going to try a rip off a stingray, at least get the right decal.
Did anyone even look at the original when they made that?
Did anyone even look at the original when they made that?
Doesn't the wood grain on the neck look too nice for an OLP?
I owned an OLP many years ago, but never a Muicman.
I owned an OLP many years ago, but never a Muicman.
I was thinking the same ... that the neck wood looks pretty good and has that dark amber tint to it. But the body looks like a Sterling SUB.
Anyway - some poor guy at Guitar Center took it in thinking it was a real StingRay - I wonder how much they gave for it?
Anyway - some poor guy at Guitar Center took it in thinking it was a real StingRay - I wonder how much they gave for it?
This looks like a poor Chinese counterfeit. The bridge is of the type normally associated with a SBMM SUB, but it’s not a SUB - the battery compartment is in the wrong place, for one thing, and the neck is wrong for a SUB as well. It also has a 3-band preamp where the SUB has a 2-band.
Looks like a modified SUB:
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/bass...sub-ray4-electric-bass-guitar/h82042000006050
Same trans blue color (I've only found solid blue color OLPs so I doubt it's OLP). Probably had the headstock painted and the logo is in the wrong position (plus no R trademark symbol after Stingray). Could be a Chinese knockoff too with a modded pickup.
Preamp might have been replaced too for a 3 band one (SD perhaps?).
Anyways, sorry for anyone who bought this thinking it was the real deal.
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/bass...sub-ray4-electric-bass-guitar/h82042000006050
Same trans blue color (I've only found solid blue color OLPs so I doubt it's OLP). Probably had the headstock painted and the logo is in the wrong position (plus no R trademark symbol after Stingray). Could be a Chinese knockoff too with a modded pickup.
Preamp might have been replaced too for a 3 band one (SD perhaps?).
Anyways, sorry for anyone who bought this thinking it was the real deal.
Not that I would ever dream of doing it; but is it really this easy to fool GC employees? I mean, we see a thread like this at least every week, so it must be.
There's only seven pickguard screws. There should be nine.
This could have been made from a kit, with some extra effort on the scammer's part... I put a Saga MB-10 (5 string) together, last year, and the A, D, and G string tuner placement, including string angle between the nut and tuners looks eerily similar...
... this is a pic of mine, with the string tree relocated... where it originally was made the strings looks like they were dancing on the headstock... notice angle of G string... a day after I took this pic, here's what happened...
... a little hard to tune, as well as intonate.
A pic of final product (Stinger, not Stingray, as if there was any doubt...
), with solutions in the form of upgrades...
... 7 screws in the pickguard, as well. I must admit, the one questioned in this thread does have a nice finish...
Edit: Correction, FWIW... 6 screws, not 7... it's not even hardware correct enough to be a copy of a copy...!
... this is a pic of mine, with the string tree relocated... where it originally was made the strings looks like they were dancing on the headstock... notice angle of G string... a day after I took this pic, here's what happened...
... a little hard to tune, as well as intonate.
A pic of final product (Stinger, not Stingray, as if there was any doubt...
), with solutions in the form of upgrades...... 7 screws in the pickguard, as well. I must admit, the one questioned in this thread does have a nice finish...
Edit: Correction, FWIW... 6 screws, not 7... it's not even hardware correct enough to be a copy of a copy...
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Also, the “Made in San Louis Obispo” decal on the back of the headstock is in the wrong location.
Should be like this:
And correct front headstock decal
Edit: f@#k I miss this bass...
Should be like this:
And correct front headstock decal
Edit: f@#k I miss this bass...
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when i was working there we had a guitar salesman but in a fake ibanez JEM. i got a look at it before we shipped it off to corporate (i think it was corporate) and i have no idea how the guy didn't see the obvious signs. he was an ibanez guy, and we even had a real JEM in the store to compare it to. he nearly got canned over it.
