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strato94

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Hi everybody,
I just want to know if this Sterling's design is an original or not. I would like to buy an original one and not a fake.
thanks a lot from Paris (i'm french)
best regards
Nicolas

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njhammer

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Looks right from those 4 pics in my opinion, but would like to see photos of the back of the body, neck and headstock too.
 

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Looks good to me but you might want to ask the seller for the serial number and post it in the serial number thread here.
Is the ebmm logo on the body a sticker?
 

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By the way, this bass is made between 2000 and 2005. Its post 2000 because of the matching headstock and the tm in the sterling logo being on top. And its pre 2005 since it has a normal nut.
 

strato94

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this bass is made between 2000 and 2005. Its post 2000 because of the matching headstock and the tm in the sterling logo being on top. And its pre 2005 since it has a normal nut.
I don't know the serial number but the seller tell me that this bass was made in 2002.
The logo on the body isn't a sticker.
 

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If the fancy finish is a factory special [show bass,
contest prize, whatever ... ] then it seems like a
no-brainer that the presence of a PG is definitely
NOT original, and is irreversible due to the holes.

I cannot imagine why anybody woulda done that.

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Never crossed my mind about a clear PG.
Whether this is factory finished or not, it
currently has PG holes and needs a clear
PG on it as of the day before yesterday !

If it's a phosphorescent black light glow
in the dark design it shouldn't matter to
anyone whether it's original [as long it's
quality job] ... it's too hawt to get hung
up on provenance issues !

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strato94

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Never crossed my mind about a clear PG.
Whether this is factory finished or not, it
currently has PG holes and needs a clear
PG on it as of the day before yesterday !

If it's a phosphorescent black light glow
in the dark design it shouldn't matter to
anyone whether it's original [as long it's
quality job] ... it's too hawt to get hung
up on provenance issues !

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Hi
I bought it last friday
I posted the partial answer yesterday with a photo.
Behind the pickguard there is another logo !
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"Emergenza 2002" and you can find another similar guitar actualy on the web... Google is your friend !
Key words "emergenza" "music" "man" "2002" "axis".
It's an MM Axis guitar
In fact, it seem to be a limited edition.

Ps :Sorry for the moderator, I didn't saw that my post had to be validate...
 
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This is soooooo waaaaay cooool ....

And even megamas puzzling about why anyone
hid that under an opaque PG, especially since it
still left an awkward portion of it partly visible ?

Awlzwell that enzwell !

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The design is not really my cup of tea but i wouldnt try to cover it up unless it would fit totally under the pickguard. I would go for a transparent pg on this.
 

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put black screws in the holes if you don't want a clear pg and play that bad boy
 

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I was just thinking about this tread. And if i remember correctly there was a guy here about a year ago that was thinking about painting over this or a similar bass. We all pretty much advised him to sell the bass and buy one that he did like. Might this be that bass? I will try to find the tread to get some more details...
 
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