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Post subject: Is my Marcus Miller V real?
Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2018 1:20 pm
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Hi All,

I currently play a Marcus Miller Jazz as my main bass but was gifted a "Marcus Miller V", problem is I don't think its genuine. The serial number R0##### is recognised as a Marcus on the Fender site, but the build is poor, it is seriously heavy and the name plate on the back is the wrong shape.
It can be strung through the body, it can be active/passive and the neck is good, all signs of it being real, so I am not sure of what I have.
Any thoughts please


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Post subject: Re: Is my Marcus Miller V real?
Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2018 12:08 am
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Hi,

A couple of photos might help spotting possible fakes.

There are lots of fake Fenders on scam websites such as AliExpress.


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Post subject: Re: Is my Marcus Miller V real?
Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2018 6:30 am
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SteveH66 wrote:
Hi All,

I currently play a Marcus Miller Jazz as my main bass but was gifted a "Marcus Miller V", problem is I don't think its genuine. The serial number R0##### is recognised as a Marcus on the Fender site, but the build is poor, it is seriously heavy and the name plate on the back is the wrong shape.
It can be strung through the body, it can be active/passive and the neck is good, all signs of it being real, so I am not sure of what I have.
Any thoughts please

I see it is a gift, but where was it bought? New or used? Post photos. Weigh the damn thing and report real weight. Fakes are usually too light in that they use very cheap softwoods like pine for the body. Fakes usually have very cheap & poorly made imitations of the hardware. Counterfeits of expensive vintage Fenders is an entirely different sort of scam, and can be quite sophisticated in execution. Marcus Millers are too new and numerous with too low of a resale value for that sort of thing.

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