Fender American Pro P Bass...not

[pjmuck]

Just a heads up in case anyone spotted this bass and thought the price was too good to be true. It is. I bought this bass from GC's used section (it was located in Florida) and returned the bass to my nearby NJ location. Long story short: It's a parts bass. The neck is an Am Std P bass, NOT a Pro neck/'63 profile. I took it off the bass to confirm as well. Manufacture date is Jan 2016, while body date is Jan. 2017. I'm guessing somebody really wanted the '63 P bass neck bad (that's the only reason I'm looking for a Pro bass), and swapped an Am Std neck for it and then returned the bass to GC and played dumb.

http://www.guitarcenter.com/Used/Fender ... -Guitar.gc

And naturally they're offering no disclaimer either, just re-listing it as a Pro bass.

[paulo]

The neck on the GC photo says Corona, CA, not made in USA.
Are you saying the guy even added the waterslide decal to it or GC is using a different photo?

[pjmuck]

The minute I pulled the bass out of the box and felt the neck, I knew it wasn't a Pro neck. It felt exactly like my Am Std. Plus, the Pros were not introduced until the end of 2016. There's no way Fender would make a lefty Pro neck in Jan. 2016 - 11 months before the line was even introduced - and wait a full year to marry it to a 2017 Pro body. (This ain't 1973, you know, when lefty necks would sit around for years; Lefties are readily available today). But there is something fishy about the serial #. I noticed perforated marks all around it. If you look very closely at the back of the neck pix, you can see them. Not sure what that means though.

[paulo]

So fishy it stinks!