Members Seano Porno Posted January 9, 2012 Members Share Posted January 9, 2012 http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270886842529#ht_934wt_1187 I reported this. Not to get into the ethics of whether or not I'm for or against Chinese, or replicas of any other origin, but this is up to Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members KCTigerChief Posted January 9, 2012 Members Share Posted January 9, 2012 Good for you. I hate people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JR13 Posted January 9, 2012 Members Share Posted January 9, 2012 maybe he doesn't know its fake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RockStringBendr Posted January 9, 2012 Members Share Posted January 9, 2012 you dumbass!! that's a 53 LP in unplayed condition!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Nerine Posted January 9, 2012 Members Share Posted January 9, 2012 Yeah, that's a swindle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Seano Porno Posted January 9, 2012 Author Members Share Posted January 9, 2012 maybe he doesn't know its fake Poss...but I seriously doubt it! If he doesn't know then I feel bad for him...but that doesn't mean someone else can get shafted! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NaturalBornBoy Posted January 9, 2012 Members Share Posted January 9, 2012 I've done this many times with fake Ibanez Jems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RockStringBendr Posted January 9, 2012 Members Share Posted January 9, 2012 not the same, the fake gems are better than the real ones Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NaturalBornBoy Posted January 9, 2012 Members Share Posted January 9, 2012 not the same, the fake gems are better than the real ones :ok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Zeppelin Rules Posted January 9, 2012 Members Share Posted January 9, 2012 Reported as well. Dirty fake. If the guy didn't know it's a fake he wouldn't have taken pictures designed to obscure all the markers of fakeness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Kardula Posted January 9, 2012 Members Share Posted January 9, 2012 guess I'm missing what the tell tale signs of fakeness are, can someone enlighten me? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NaturalBornBoy Posted January 9, 2012 Members Share Posted January 9, 2012 guess I'm missing what the tell tale signs of fakeness are, can someone enlighten me? The most obvious to my untrained eye is the fretboard. No way that's ebony. Looks like rosewood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cyprusg Posted January 9, 2012 Members Share Posted January 9, 2012 I suck at knowing if they're fakes or not. Gibson not make a Les Paul Custom with a rosewood neck? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Kardula Posted January 9, 2012 Members Share Posted January 9, 2012 The most obvious to my untrained eye is the fretboard. No way that's ebony. Looks like rosewood. i guess it's the settings on my monitor or something, but it doesn't appear like it couldn't be ebony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mavesicles Posted January 9, 2012 Members Share Posted January 9, 2012 Fretboard looks pretty brown in the first picture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members Tommy Horrible Posted January 9, 2012 Members Share Posted January 9, 2012 lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Crunchtime Posted January 9, 2012 Members Share Posted January 9, 2012 " Feels and plays like a true Gibson should." lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Seano Porno Posted January 9, 2012 Author Members Share Posted January 9, 2012 Woooo! Ace! When's my flight? Tell-tail signs with thie one (and common to pretty much all the fakes I've seen) are: Rosewood board (Customs have Ebony or Maple sometimes....excluding the recent Custom Classics and recent gibson wood {censored}storm) Fret end binding, or whatever it's known as. A real gibsons frets will not extend over the binding like they do with this one. OK you may find old, refretted ones which do...but paired with the wrong wood for the 'board... nah bruv. Plastic looking inlays: Customs have real M.O.P which looks more...i dunno...marble-y than the imitation pearloid. Diamond inlay on headstock too small. Headstock shape doesn't look quite right. Serial number is done like the regular USA Gibsons, Customs have been made in the Custom Shop for a long while now. This is a supposed 2005 so that's a give away Import bridge. See how the posts on the tune-o-matic are quite wide and have screw slots? A real Gibson would have narrow posts which are solid. There are probably more signs we can't see, but these are what the pics show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dkal24 Posted January 10, 2012 Members Share Posted January 10, 2012 Wow......I'm looking on a IPod touch and I can't tell at all that it's fake.....good eye dude. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TomCTC Posted January 10, 2012 Members Share Posted January 10, 2012 Good on ya man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members superflyinmonke Posted January 10, 2012 Members Share Posted January 10, 2012 I do that when I can, as well. I'm not in the market for one, so I try my best not to look these days or my GAS rises very quickly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Nerine Posted January 10, 2012 Members Share Posted January 10, 2012 I reported it too.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Scepter Posted January 10, 2012 Members Share Posted January 10, 2012 The headstock on this one looks like a boat paddle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SexWithRobots Posted January 10, 2012 Members Share Posted January 10, 2012 After looking at it then looking at a real one I see what you mean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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