Big Bill Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 "get over it". Sounds like you need to "follow your own sage advice". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rct Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 You guys are getting your panties in a bunch... Not me, I went al fresco today. rct Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Dog Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 You can't stop it. Drugs get in this country, and so will fake LP's. Buy a real one(or fake) and get over it. You can't change it. Mine are real, and Chinese is whats for dinner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allenjason95 Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 Sounds like you need to "follow your own sage advice". That's not mine. That's why it has quotes around it. There's a word for someone who tells people to do one thing and then does another.....starts with an "h"....it's right on the tip of my tongue......hippo.....hippie...Hippocratic... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 ...I'm righteous about other things, not fake guitars... I have been wondering about that brace of Cristal you bagged a while back... Pip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allenjason95 Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 I have been wondering about that brace of Cristal you bagged a while back... Pip. "brace"? Is it Talk Like A Pirate Day? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelT Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 I haven't "gone looking for it". I just see "it" when I look for guitars. And even if you don't look at guitars on Ebay or Craigslist or whatever Youtube is full of videos about Chibsons, both reviews and how to spot them and every guitar board has people asking "is this guitar legit". I don't go to Youtube to watch videos of Chibsons, they just pop up in my feed because I watch a lot of guitar videos. If you look at guitars or guitar videos on the internet or frequent guitar forums it's impossible not to notice fakes or posts or videos about them. Some of these guys seem older and maybe aren't on the interwebz all that much but I'm always looking for guitars, deals on guitars etc. Fakes are everywhere. Ebay for anything: Nope Craigslist for anything: Nope YouTube: Rarely and usually just when someone here posts something I don't really frequent any forums but this one. I'm definitely one of the "older" guys at 52 years old. I work in IT and I don't really shop for used guitars online. I've bought a couple things from Reverb but most of my Gibson purchases have been from a Gibson dealer, pawn shop or another music stores. So, you're encountering such things more than someone like me. That's not necessarily a bad thing but just the difference between me seeing them and you seeing them. I don't see it as big of an issue because I don't know anyone who's intentionally or unintentionally bought a fake Gibson thinking it's real. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allenjason95 Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 Ebay for anything: Nope Craigslist for anything: Nope YouTube: Rarely and usually just when someone here posts something I don't really frequent any forums but this one. I'm definitely one of the "older" guys at 52 years old. I work in IT and I don't really shop for used guitars online. I've bought a couple things from Reverb but most of my Gibson purchases have been from a Gibson dealer, pawn shop or another music stores. So, you're encountering such things more than someone like me. That's not necessarily a bad thing but just the difference between me seeing them and you seeing them. I don't see it as big of an issue because I don't know anyone who's intentionally or unintentionally bought a fake Gibson thinking it's real. Craigslist and Ebay are great places to buy guitars and equipment from if you know what you're doing. Especially Craigslist if you're quick. If I was better at fixing guitars and setting them up I'd flip guitars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 "brace"? Is it Talk Like A Pirate Day? Ooohhh Ahhrrrrr Me-Hearrrrtyyyyy!!!! Pip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Bill Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 That's not mine. That's why it has quotes around it. There's a word for someone who tells people to do one thing and then does another.....starts with an "h"....it's right on the tip of my tongue......hippo.....hippie...Hippocratic... Still sage advise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allenjason95 Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 If you are fool enough to buy a "Gibson" LP Custom for $300 from China. You did not get ripped off. You got what you paid for. Hell an Epi LP is only a few hundo. No one who complained on this page is going to do one thing about fakes but complain. LAUGHABLE. You're quite the humanitarian and obviously read what I actually wrote. "get over it". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabs Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 Ooohhh Ahhrrrrr Me-Hearrrrtyyyyy!!!! Pip. Some pirates have nice guitars.... :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rct Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 I have been wondering about that brace of Cristal you bagged a while back... Pip. The Roederer page asks for your bottle number to verify it. If it isn't, you print a page and return it to the retailer, assuming you didn't buy it in the parking lot at the office. It was exquisite. rct Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Bill Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 Some are real good guitar players Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rct Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 Some were fabulous singer/songwriter/arranger/frontman/video artists: rct Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Bill Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 All he had to do was put the costume on. He needed no makeup. Well, they did clean him up a bit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabs Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 Some were fabulous singer/songwriter/arranger/frontman/video artists: rct He was dressed like a Highwayman like Di*k Turpin... But I can see why one would think pirate (well, very camp pirate wearing lip gloss anyway ;) ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Bill Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 Then you have these pirates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rct Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 Then you have these pirates You never fail to succeed at not reaching my highest expectations! rct Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rct Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 He was dressed like a Highwayman like Di*k Turpin... But I can see why one would think pirate (well, very camp pirate wearing lip gloss anyway ;) ) Have you seen him lately? He lives like a block away from you, right? rct Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Scales Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 The copies in the 70's were made by legit guitar companies like Ibanez. Ibanez makes guitars? I thought it was just a brand used to make eastern produced products sound more western (albeit Spanish). That's what my luthier always told me. Oh well, the Internet is such a useful resource to broaden ones knowledge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Scales Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 You never fail to succeed at not reaching my highest expectations! rct ...or lowest for that matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Dog Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 I'll chime in from the perspective of a relative newcomer to this. When I first heard the term Chibson, I thought it may have been in reference to Epi's. I don't know where one would go to find one of these or how you would come across one. I assume Ebay or something like that. Maybe Craig's list. I do believe that anyone who thinks they're buying a real Gibson for pennies on the dollar from a sketchy source, it's probably not the first bad decision they've made and likely won't be the last. Likewise, if you think you've found a special, highly valuable instrument at market value from a sketchy source, and you proceed without knowing what you're doing, also, bad judgement. You can't protect people from themselves and it doesn't seem like anyone is ever going to be able to stop the manufacture of these fake products. So that's that. It's like cheep "Japanese" swords. You can probably find one on Ebay for $25 bucks and hang it on the wall, but it won't make you a Samurai. Everyone knows that real Samurai don't shop on Ebay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabs Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 Have you seen him lately? He lives like a block away from you, right? rct Yeah I just shouted out of the window at him.. He says hi and also doesn't care about fake Gibsons... :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Gibson Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 1511286720[/url]' post='1894065']Then you have these pirates Butt Pirates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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