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JohnnyReb

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  1. I don't particularly care for it on a nice Gibson sunburst. My AJ is 3 years old and has some checking here and there already. I'd just assume it not be there, at least not this early in its life.
  2. Oh Fred your a funny guy :)

  3. No sir the originals were Brazilian rosewood, just like the D28. Gibson only made roughly 300 AJ then and was the first rosewood dread for them. The OJ ( original jumbo) was mahogony
  4. That hasn't been true around here at all. I live in the Nashville Tn area and it is VERY rare to see a used AJ for sale. I got mine used 9 months ago and haven't seen another one for sale since. But different area and different people. It makes a difference I suppose. Op.... Yea it's just a plain AJ. Gibson is all over the place about that sorta thing. Some are reissues, some historic collection, ect. A marketing thing I suppose. Mine is a 2010 and it just says Advanced Jumbo on the label. They are pretty close to the original 1937 model no matter what you call them minus the Brazilian rosewood. Somebody once said something about making a AJ true vintage like the J45TV....but the AJ is already about as true vintage as it gets.
  5. I totally agree Aussie. I have to get more than the name on headstock and laminated doesn't cut it when buying a Gibson
  6. I don't call it one dimensional thinking, it's reality. This guy is a small fish in a mud hole. And this " counterfeit" guitar is being referred to like its a hot 100 dollar bill. Not the same thing. We're talking about copyright infringement here. This guy isn't responsible for any copyright infringement. Did he make the guitar and use Gibsons trademark for a logo? I think not. If I were producing them in my garage and labeling them with a trademarked logo without permission, there would be a problem. The producers of the instrument who use the logo are the responsible party. And since there in china what do you do? Media companies advertising them, I agree. But here is where the money comes into play. A company making profits of advertising and selling trademark violations. This would also be a responcible party and I would expect Gibson to legally pursue them. A trademark lawsuit=money....and preventing monies made off their name. Going after a small fish in a mud hole, joe blow in the local trailer park with a Gibson copy doesn't fix the problem or gain anything. Plus it wouldn't be very good customer relations to try to intimidate individuals. I'm not trying to beat the drum in defense of the guy. I just give him benefit of a doubt that he got suckered into it by somebody, and now he's trying to sell it and at least being honest about it. The fact that he has possession of it doesn't make him a criminal, it's not a crack rock rolled in a counterfeit Ben Franklin. The producers of the instrument, and the party responcible for distributing them to a unknowing public is the guilty party. Forming a lynch mob after a individual person just trying to sell a guitar isn't solving the problem as far as Gibson is concerned. However, to be UN ONE demonsional I think the guy does have a responsibility to contact Gibson and provide information about where it come from originally. This helps track down the real problem here. If he knowing bought a fake, and sold it as the real deal, well I'd say he was a peice of you know what. And some of you may be correct in saying him selling it is illegal. May be. I'm just trying to make the point that it won't help to pursue a individual nobody and throw him behind bars. A good investigator knows the small fish lead to the big pond.
  7. Illegal or not, do you really think Gibson is going to spend time and money on legal fees and lawyers to pursue some guy for selling a fake he acquired for 400 bucks??? If he were selling hundreds of these and making thousands of dollars, yes. But the burden is on Gibson here to pursue this. If you call the local pd and say somebody is selling a fake Gibson there not going to break this guys door in and arrest him. It is up to the violated party to press charges.I think the fish is way to small for Gibson to be concerned about it and spend time and money to prosecute this guy. Trademark violations are about money, and there's none to be made here I'm not a lawyer, but I do have a college degree in criminal justice and some legal system studies. I also have a law enforcement background, but it just wasn't for me. I learned real quick that the system wasn't about taking criminals off the street, it's about making money
  8. I actually emailed the guy about this. He stated that he found out it was a fake from calling Gibson to verify the serial number. They told him it was a counterfeit. He said Gibson was unconcerned about it and told him to get rid of it if he wished. My guess is the guy bought it and got scammed. This is the real problem with these things. At least he is honest enough to say its fake, a lot of novice guys probably would never know
  9. Fair Enough sir. I was kinda worried you would take take my posts as being a little aggressive. not meant to be at all Glad you took it all in good humor. Keep us posted I'm curious as to what a string change will bring. Maybe a jangly set of 80/20s will wake it up
  10. Well I can't disagree with that. Another thing that came to mind was the OPs playing style. But nobody else said anything so I didn't either. I'm fairly confident a heavy handed bluegrass picker like me Could pull a little more sound out of it. Not knocking his playing at all, but sometimes a new tight guitar needs a little extra oomph
  11. It sounds like every other Hbird I've played. Which is why I don't own one. I dont think there's a thing wrong with it, it's just not your cup of tea or mine either. I've always felt the same way about j45s too. Which is largely why I wrote off Gibson when looking for my first high end guitar. After owning a few Martins a stranger introduced me to a Advanced Jumbo and I was hooked! But anyway, I never thought anything was wrong with the Hbirds I played or j45s, just not my ear flavor. But ALOT of people do like it. So if it appears to be fine and the strings are fresh, maybe it's just that you flat out don't like a hummingbird.
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