TriCityTrader, on 05 October 2018 - 01:12 PM, said:
...I'm curious as to what the give aways are about the guitar that it isn't real?...
There used to be half-a-dozen fake 'Supreme' threads here each week a few years back. It got to the stage where complete neophytes became experts through sheer repetition.
That's a typical example and there are many signs of it being counterfeit but one of the most obvious is that instead of the script on the MoP peghead inlay saying
'Supreme' it says
'Suprome'.
Once Seen Never Forgotten.
Just a few others whilst we are here?
The general shape of the cutaway horn and peghead outline are incorrect.
Horn is too pointed and points
away from the body. On a real LP the horn is more rounded and points directly
forward.
Peghead 'moustache/open-book' shape is far too flat and the definition/carving is poor. Gibson's shape is much more precise.
Gibson Supremes don't have fret-over-binding at the fret-ends.
Gibson does not use screw-in posts for the bridge.
...etc...etc...
Pip.
This post has been edited by pippy: 12 October 2018 - 05:00 AM