Bongoscot Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 I have never heard of the Model, so correct me if I am wrong before I confront this seller and tell him its a fake. Just looks fake to me. http://tampa.craigslist.org/hdo/msg/4076177509.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigKahune Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 . Sonex, yes. Looks fine. Check 'em here - http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_trksid=p2050601.m570.l1313.TR6.TRC1.A0.Xgibson+sonex&_nkw=gibson+sonex&_sacat=0&_from=R40 - $800 seems a bit high. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NHTom Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 I don't know much about the Sonex, but what makes you think it's fake? NHTom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 Sonex. Has anyone else mentioned that?....LOL! I believe Rocketman has one. I further believe the p'ups (Dirty Fingers?) are reputed to be scary-powerful! P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bongoscot Posted September 18, 2013 Author Share Posted September 18, 2013 Well for example, here is another on ebay, same year but has a different truss cover, and the serial number print looks different, but then I see others the same. Inconsistency or is one not genuine? http://www.ebay.com/itm/1982-GIBSON-SONEX-SILVERBURST-WITH-CASE-/261285763518?pt=Guitar&hash=item3cd5d859be Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manse Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 I have never heard of the Model, so correct me if I am wrong before I confront this seller and tell him its a fake. Just looks fake to me. http://tampa.craigsl...4076177509.html Looks fine to me. Saw a few of these back in the day and there is nothing strange about this one... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NHTom Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 I remember them having the truss rod cover with the sonex writing on it. NHTom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted September 19, 2013 Share Posted September 19, 2013 The TRC in the second ad is just a regular Gibson blank version. It has almost certainly been swapped-out for the original as, judging by the 'colour' of the black, it looks to be a recent one. The guitar in the second ad has a non-original roller-bridge but other than that......? IMHO the Sonex would be an unlikely choice for a counterfeiter.. They were made in an unusual way. The body had a central core of solid wood - usually, but not always, mahogany - onto which slabs of "Resonwood" (basically a solidified goo made up of sawdust and wood-glue!) were bonded back and front. Why would any counterfeiter go to so much trouble to re-create what were, at the time, the lowest-priced (and just about the least popular) guitars in the Gibson catalogue? Having introduced the range in 1980 Gibson started phasing out the models as early as 1981(!) and the last examples were made in 1984. Hardly the success story Gibson had hoped for. I suppose lack of familiarity might be one reason to re-create the models. After all; who except a geek would know exactly what to look for in an original? But I'd be very surprised if anyone thought it a worthwhile exercise. Incidentally; the current ebay asking price of about $800 is also around 4x what they cost when new....... But the forumite who has one (I'm pretty sure it's Rocketman) says his is an all-out Rock-Machine and I have no doubt that he's right. P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rct Posted September 19, 2013 Share Posted September 19, 2013 You've never heard of it? "confront[ing] seller and tell them its a fake" sounds like a bad hobby to me. rct Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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