[What DAW do you use?]

I use FL Studio.

 

[Gibson Epiphone SG 'Neck Dive" Poll]

An Epiphone G400 without neck dive, IN-CRE-DI-BLE , your Epi will become collector ...

 

:lol:

 

Is this statement even close to reality? I mean, my XPT700 dives like an eagle/firebird, so it was quite refreshing to play a guitar that doesn't.

[Gibson Epiphone SG 'Neck Dive" Poll]

My Epi SG - G400 Pro does not neck dive. Not sure if the strap locks is original but they were on the guitar when i bought it. However, I don't use the original nylon strap. I use an Ernie Ball nylon strap.

[Gold (not goldtop) Les Paul Authenticity Suspicion]

EDIT: In the last few hours, I have found out that fraudlent guitars isn't as simple as I thought. I will let someone with a better trained eyes than mine decide, so I don't make you believe this is real judged by me. However I will leave this information, for other to see and compare in a quote:

 

 

I believe what you got there is a 1980 Gibson Les Paul Custom All Gold nr. 9 of 50.

 

Here is the one on reverb.com just for reference.

 

And you know what, all the details matches. The square pearloid plaque, the color and the black and white stripes on the edge, the tuners, the volute and everything, except the pickups (these were originally two Tim Shaws pick-ups dated 1979). Judging by the picture of your guitar, it also have the same first digit as the reverb.com guitar. Only that one says number 23 on the plaque. But here you can decide for yourself.

 

https://reverb.com/item/39050-gibson-les-paul-custom-custom-shop-1980-all-gold

 

The guitar dater project says this about the reverb guitar:

 

Your guitar was made at the

Kalamazoo Plant, MI, USA

on March 5th, 1980

Production Number: 107

 

 

I also found this of the number 45 in this video on youtube:

 

 

The guitar dater project says this about the youtube guitar:

 

Your guitar was made at the

Kalamazoo Plant, MI, USA

on April 30th, 1980

Production Number: 9

 

 

Here is another one, but not easy to verify it is exactly the same model except the text at the bottom of the picture:

 

http://www.rinideguitars.it/index.php/en/gibson

 

I hope this will make you relax a little. It would be nice if Gibson could verify the existence of these too ofc. =)

 

If this by any chance is a forgery, the forger has gone to great lengths to find all the details for this particular model. Looking at other forgeries, they usually have obvious signs, like bad paintwork, wrong covers, wrong or badly fitted inlays, wrong head stock and so on.

 

Judging by the evidence found, I feel confident enough to say have gotten yourself a real jewel.