Members Sheraton Posted June 14, 2010 Members Share Posted June 14, 2010 I'm looking at this on my local CL. Can anybody tell me if this is a real Gibson and if so which model? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tiltsta Posted June 14, 2010 Members Share Posted June 14, 2010 Looks like a copy of a Gibson Les Paul special. I say copy as the LP special typically has a different bridge than in that picture, and the few that came with tune o matic style units like the picture were single pickup models with a WBW pickguard, which this one does not have. There is a dual pickup special with a TOM bridge, but it has a different shape of pickguard. It also has different back control routing and four knobs, not two. I'm far from an expert on Gibsons, so I don't know if they made a version like in the picture, but it is certainly not a normal set of features for that model. Doesn't mean it is fake, or real, just that you should do more research. Buyer beware. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Yer Blues Posted June 14, 2010 Members Share Posted June 14, 2010 Looks like some type of Les Paul Special. I would get the serial number and look it up on the Gibson website. You use to be able to do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members aliensporebomb Posted June 14, 2010 Members Share Posted June 14, 2010 Doesn't look real to me. No headstock pic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jtr654 Posted June 15, 2010 Members Share Posted June 15, 2010 Fake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members D Carroll Posted June 15, 2010 Members Share Posted June 15, 2010 custom job? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sheraton Posted June 15, 2010 Author Members Share Posted June 15, 2010 Doesn't look real to me. No headstock pic? The guy said he bought it new for his grandson in California but his grandson wants a natural mahogany finish so he's selling it. Called it a 2010 model. I asked for a headstock pic and he sent me a stock Gibson LP Jr headstock shot (of a white guitar) from a website someplace. He said he thought he could get me an actual picture later tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Carbohydrates Posted June 15, 2010 Members Share Posted June 15, 2010 Pickguard, knobs, and bridge pickup are like a Junior. Bridge/tailpiece, neck pickup, and toggle are like a Special, but a Special would have soapbars. Case looks like it doesn't fit right, finish looks opaque or nearly so, and the back plate is rectangular for some reason. The pickguard is also strangle proportioned. Probably fake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members D Carroll Posted June 15, 2010 Members Share Posted June 15, 2010 It's got the t.o.m. bridge, 2 controls, and dog ears, all 3 things pointing away from a junior, im thinking fake now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ido1957 Posted June 15, 2010 Members Share Posted June 15, 2010 Fake.............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ital_Stal Posted June 15, 2010 Members Share Posted June 15, 2010 don't do it, doesn't look right at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rog951 Posted June 15, 2010 Members Share Posted June 15, 2010 Fake. Along with the other stuff mentioned, 4 screws in the (completely wrong-shaped) control cover? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bsman Posted June 15, 2010 Members Share Posted June 15, 2010 If it's a fake, too bad -- that shiny ferrari red looks great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ralph onion Posted June 15, 2010 Members Share Posted June 15, 2010 Go figure, he didnt photo the headstock. If it smells like s--t it usually is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JMR Posted June 15, 2010 Members Share Posted June 15, 2010 looks fake. The control plate is what gives it away for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cbc83 Posted June 15, 2010 Members Share Posted June 15, 2010 Also, the guy is fat. Cant trust fat people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Phillbis Posted June 15, 2010 Members Share Posted June 15, 2010 I thought the Les Paul Specials had a bound neck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mel Cooley Posted June 15, 2010 Members Share Posted June 15, 2010 It's a non-Gibson LP Special copy. Gibson never made one with that goofy pickguard or that tall generic Asian pickup switch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Elias Graves Posted June 15, 2010 Members Share Posted June 15, 2010 Could be an Epiphone. They get called Gibson all the time on CL.Correction...that control cavity cover isn't an Epi. EG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members HelloIaida Posted June 15, 2010 Members Share Posted June 15, 2010 it just doesnt look right at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Special J Posted June 15, 2010 Members Share Posted June 15, 2010 Total fake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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