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    Is my Epiphone Les Paul Custom Alpine White is real?

    in Epiphone Electrics

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    I am confused.

     

    You came on here to find out if a guitar was genuine or a fake, then when you are told it is a fake and shown why, now you say it is NOT a fake?

     

    I don't want to slam your purchase or put you down as a person. If you like it and are happy, then that is a good thing. But you didn't ask if you should buy the guitar or not, you didn't ask if it was a good guitar or not. You asked if it was a genuine Epiphone or a fake Epiphone.

     

    Not passing judgement-I used to have quite a few "fake" fenders, in addition to "real" Fenders made in Japan.

     

    Many won't be able to tell, and many won't care if they can tell. But many can tell the guitar in the Photos is a fake.

    Is my Epiphone Les Paul Custom Alpine White is real?

    in Epiphone Electrics

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    The guitar was purchased from UK... :)

    I didn't know about Epi fakes until I read about them from this site.

     

    What I gather though, is that they seem to be more common in the UK than in the USA. But that is not really the question, it is WHO it came from.

     

    The other thing that MAY matter, is why do you care and WHERE are you located? Reason being, in some counties, the Epi brand carries more prestige, and more of a premium as far as cost, and having a fake and/or selling a fake is more looked down on as far as Epi goes because of the cost.

     

    The other reason, regarding the origins of WHO you bought it from has to do with the whole fraud thing.

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