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Post subject: can you help me to know if this bass is real or fake?
Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2016 1:14 pm
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Hey ppl, some guy on my town wanna sell me this bass, he says is a Fender Precission Bass 62', this bass seems fake, but can you help me to know which things make this bass fake?

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Post subject: Re: can you help me to know if this bass is real or fake?
Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2016 2:02 pm
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Well, for starters, a 1962 precision would not have had active pickups.
I know there was a MIJ/CIJ 62 re-issue.
Being a re-issue, it too would not have been active.

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Post subject: Re: can you help me to know if this bass is real or fake?
Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2016 2:21 pm
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BMW-KTM wrote:
Well, for starters, a 1962 precision would not have had active pickups.
I know there was a MIJ/CIJ 62 re-issue.
Being a re-issue, it too would not have been active.


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The format of the headstock decal does not resemble that of a '62 P Bass. And nothing about the markings on the reverse side of the headstock seems familiar. The elaborate fretboard inlay is also suspect.

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Post subject: Re: can you help me to know if this bass is real or fake?
Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2016 4:20 pm
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It is a real fake. :|


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Post subject: Re: can you help me to know if this bass is real or fake?
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2016 3:36 pm
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I'm by no means an experienced Fender expert, but I've never seen a Fender with TRADE MARK ELECTRIC BASS on the back of the headstock like that.

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