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Poit well taken RotcanX,ergo the reason Gibson quit verifying there serial numbers on there web site my experience got me details and the guitars I've contacted them about have turned up enough to let me know they were sold to retailers from the area that I bought them in,only after I went around the ring with them on why I was calling them about the guitars. And there are other slight variations as I mentioned that a novice would not always notice and other variations that are so bogus that you can't help but to chuckle over,but the point that I forgot to mention is no laughing matter and thats the fact that once you have bought one of these guitar its yours,with no warranty nothing if its junk you have just been taken to the cleaners with no recourse,you might have a chance through paypal but the fact is if you buy one on your own through a web site your pretty much done for. I read in one forum where these guys were so brazen that they even showed up at a NAMM show and were approaching music store owners with their instruments,this actually was the cause for one music store owner here in the states who ended up going to prison over selling them in his store front. As far as not being able to get in the web page I noticed last night that it timed out on me but I was there not more than an hour ago I'll grab pics but will have to get help posting them.

Hi everyone. First I'd like to thank you guys,and gals out there who have shared some useful information thought I'd put my two cents in as I've noticed that a lot of people seem to be posting on the subject of counterfeit guitars and plenty of those questions seem to be coming from people looking to buy from an auction on Ebay. I too have had run ins with these counterfeit guitars and decided the best thing to do is to look into this situation a bit further which led me to the web site of what I figure is one of that largest sellers of these counterfeit guitars in fact I suspect this web site to actually be run right out of the factory in which produces not only Epiphones but Gibson and just about any brand of guitar you would like to have. I confronted this seller and told him I knew the pictures he had in his site were not legitimate ,and he gladly supplied me with the photos of the real guitar I wanted to buy since investigating this situation I have fount there are plenty of actual photos to be seen that are of what you would get if you ordered from this fellow located in China,my best advice is this go to Bizaar of China and become acquainted with their offerings look into the acoustic versions of the Epiphones that there pawning off as the real thing and notice how Epiphone is spelled and placed on the head stock. And go to youtube there are plenty of people from the UK who own knock offs of Gibson and Epiphone guitars,I'm not sure how many make it into the US but I'm sure there's been more than a few I've gotten mixed information on them but for the most part I think the only thing that I've read is their lacking in the pickup department,I'm not promoting these peole I'm saying that first of all right down to the protective plastic covering over the pickups on these guitars screams counterfeit. These people have done their homework but one thing that I've noticed about them in general is they will do mixed variations of their guitars like putting trapazoid inlays on the neck of a counterfeit copy of a EJ-200 and subtle differences in the bridge inlays to the same make,they go as far as to print the name Epiphone on the shipping box spelled(Epiphune)if you look close enough. And even though there are a lot of different variations of different models of Epiphone guitars there is one thing that seems a safe bet if in doubt call Gibson they can get to the bottom of the question if the seller will provide serial numbers call and find out if its real or not,as for counterfeit guitars and the problem with them in my own opinion don't believe this is ever going to be stopped now Bizaar of China does on the other hand seem to be one of the last places that you can actually buy a $3000.00,or $4000.00 guitar from for only $400.00+ minus the case which cost extra. And one last point to be made is this wouldn't be more of a sure thing if you went and played an instrument in person before purchasing how do you even know its fits,and feels right? But I do suggest stopping by Bizaar of China to look and their pretty electricity guitars they guarantee each one of their bags are of the highest quality=d>