Stingray 5 from China!

[Stingray 4 Nut]

Take a look:

Wholesale - New Arrival Music- man Ernie ball 5 string Ray eletric bass free shipping on TradeTang.com

what do you guys think of it?

I saw some imitations around but never with a Ernie Ball Music Man logo.

 

[Powman]

Wow. Big Poppa's gonna flip when he sees that.

 

[RaginRog]

You can tell it's a fake....the neck plate, the bridge, the pickups....even the logo looks f'd up. Pretty messed up.

 

[TheStiffness]

not good....

 

[bovinehost]

Does Wonderdog have a cohort in China?

 

[Stingray 4 Nut]

not good....

You can see it´s a five string in a four string body imitation. How can they get away with it? Looks like they are selling in big quantities too! And if you scroll down you can see Gib***s, Rick******s and other USA brands. Shame.

 

[rappa29]

WTF?? Why can't sellers just admit it's a copy and sell it as "Musicman Stingray COPY"!
As noted above, it's obviously NOT a real Stingray, so why try to fool someone?
Besides, who would believe ANY REAL Stingray is $300/$400 USD!
That's pretty effin' bold too, to put the EBMM logo on it, full well knowing it's a copy!
Gotta love interweb retail.

 

[jlepre]

Is it my eyes, or does the string spacing look a little tight?

 

[Bart B]

These guys do have guts for trying to get away with these..uber fake looking rays.. too bad beginning bassplayers in china might fall for the trap..

hope you guys at EB can stop this soon

 

[rappa29]

Not sure how much of a 'trap' it is. They're not selling them for $1500 USD. They're $300/$400 USD. That's about right for a copy of any bass.

However, using the real branding is complete BS and definitely should be stopped asap!

 

[Bart B]

Not sure how much of a 'trap' it is. They're not selling them for $1500 USD. They're $300/$400. That's about right for a copy of any bass.

However, using the real branding is complete ****e and definitely should be stopped asap!

true, but if it's crap and the people get to think the EB basses are crap...hopefully there's some effective (legal) way of stopping it

ofcourse Big Poppa could buy them all and use them as fire-wood for a BBQ, if they don't remove the 'ernie-ball'

 

[five7]

that is way f'ed up.

 

[iamcatwarrior]

How do you say "lawsuit" in Chinese?

 

[mixmastered]

I spy an OLP neck plate as well.

And my gosh.. that looks mighty fake!

 

[Powman]

How do you say "lawsuit" in Chinese?

Good luck with that. They simply close shop and then re-open under a new name. I have some personal experience with that.

 

[Sweat]

WOW thats pretty bad, there is an article in December 09 issue of Premier Guitar talking about the counterfieting business, especially in China and the company in the link is one of the worst, all I can say is scumbags.

 

[TheStiffness]

诉讼

 

[sitonmybass]

Dead giveaway for it being a fake:

Oval pickguard on a 'Ray 5.
Sunburst finish doesn't "fade" as much from color to color.
Black finished on the back.
No decal on back of headstock.
No stamped MusicMan name on bridge and tuners.
Four bolt neck attachment.

 

[TheStiffness]

Dead giveaway for it being a fake:

China.

I abbreviated it for you...

 

[oli@bass]

Nobody seeing the diamond in raw here?! That's a nicely flamed neck....











...especially if lit with a flamethrower...

(But are you all really surprised? That's what they do for decades with watches. Cheap poeple generally don't care about the quality but like to show off expensive stuff.)