Members _pete_ Posted March 27, 2006 Members Share Posted March 27, 2006 Originally posted by ArKay I mean, look at those... I've never owned one, BUT... I would tend to say the first one is fake because the trust rud cover looks so daaaaaamn cheap. "Gibson"??? Come on! But it's obviously the real one. They go for $200 there, so might still be worth it. And I checked exporter's prices yesterday, for fun... An LP clone can be had for $80 if you order a few hundred copies. All 3 are real. My Epi doubleneck has the identical "Gibson" truss covers, the Epi SG Custom I used to have had the "Les Paul Custom" truss cover, and the gold one is just an aftermarket cover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ArKay Posted March 27, 2006 Members Share Posted March 27, 2006 Originally posted by pete n. All 3 are real. My Epi doubleneck has the identical "Gibson" truss covers, the Epi SG Custom I used to have had the "Les Paul Custom" truss cover, and the gold one is just an aftermarket cover. The first one is from a real Gibson picture. The latter 2 are sold as Epiphone Les Paul Customs on a Chinese auction page (makes me suspicous). On number 2 & 3 the angle of the logo is weird. Also on the 3rd the tuners have a different shape, so does the headstock. I dunno Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members _pete_ Posted March 27, 2006 Members Share Posted March 27, 2006 Originally posted by ArKay The first one is from a real Gibson picture. The latter 2 are sold as Epiphone Les Paul Customs on a Chinese auction page (makes me suspicous). On number 2 & 3 the angle of the logo is weird. Also on the 3rd the tuners have a different shape, so does the headstock. I dunno This is the headstock of the Epi SG (Les Paul)Custom I used to own. I bought it brand new at a local store. I don't have a pic of the doublenecks headstocks which are identical to that 'Gibson' one but I do have one of my Epi Sheraton. The tuners in the 3rd pic are Grovers. Epi switched to them a few years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ArKay Posted March 27, 2006 Members Share Posted March 27, 2006 OK, I was a little suspicious about those cheap offers (we're talking about the land of fakes here! ). I think it's really hard to tell. The first picture I found at an online shop, I didn't consider that it could be outdated. The latter 2 are--like I said--taken off a Chinese eBay clone. The 3rd one even has a serial number on the back of the headstock. So it might actually be safe to get one of those next time I'll go there. Thanks for clearing that up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members xupernaut Posted March 27, 2006 Members Share Posted March 27, 2006 This is funny I was thinking about doing the same "modification" to mine.It's a 2002 model and has Gibson on the TR cover like the regular ones.I've never cared for that.mine looks much more yellow then the pic almost uniform. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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