Question Is my bass fake? Help

[David G]

Hi. I'm new to this. My girlfriend bought this bass a few years ago from a Facebook post, and today I started researching the features of this model. It turns out it's a well-known brand. However, I haven't found anything else like it on Facebook, and I've noticed some differences that make me doubt it's original or a fake. I hope one of you would be so kind as to help me with more information about this bass. Thank you.

 

[DrKev]

Hi David. Your suspicions are correct. The headstock has been reshaped from something else, the spacing of the tuners is wrong, the string tree is in the wrong place, the truss rod adjustment is in the wrong place, the fingerboard dots are the wrong size, the 4 bolt neck heel should be six bolt, body shape looks wrong. If it plays well, enjoy! But it's not what it pretends to be.

 

[David G]

Hi David. Your suspicions are correct. The headstock has been reshaped from something else, the spacing of the tuners is wrong, the string tree is in the wrong place, the truss rod adjustment is in the wrong place, the fingerboard dots are the wrong size, the 4 bolt neck heel should be six bolt, body shape looks wrong. If it plays well, enjoy! But it's not what it pretends to be.

Thanks for the info man! Actually sounds pretty good, and we paid for it like $60 usd. So isn’t a bad deal