J-200 Koa Posted March 12, 2009 Share Posted March 12, 2009 The fake Gibson is still for sale if anyone is interested. The seller says he has not yet received fonfirmation from Gibson as to the authenticity. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=110360136254 This link shows the guitar removed but if you plug in the auction number it is still active. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLiveSoundGuy Posted March 12, 2009 Share Posted March 12, 2009 I reported that to Ebay yesterday. Glad there's no bids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerpopper Posted March 12, 2009 Share Posted March 12, 2009 Removed now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-200 Koa Posted March 12, 2009 Author Share Posted March 12, 2009 Not removed yet. The link does not work....the guitar is still for sale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadgrateful Posted March 12, 2009 Share Posted March 12, 2009 Dibs on it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLiveSoundGuy Posted March 12, 2009 Share Posted March 12, 2009 Here is the working [url= http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=110360136254LINK[/url] 2 hours to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerpopper Posted March 12, 2009 Share Posted March 12, 2009 My bad, it is still for sale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred_Engr Posted March 12, 2009 Share Posted March 12, 2009 Removed now, darn, wanted to see it Fred Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heyhey Posted March 12, 2009 Share Posted March 12, 2009 It's still there but bidding has ended. It's fugly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilliangirl Posted March 12, 2009 Share Posted March 12, 2009 Rats, I missed it. What was it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLiveSoundGuy Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 Rats' date=' I missed it. What was it?[/quote'] A Mess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 The pics in the previous post reminded me of when I was looking to buy my Hummingbird. I saw one on eBay with 'Hummungbird' on the interior label! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albertjohn Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 Not being an expert in these matters but merely a keen student, would someone care to summarise the "problems" with this guitar and why it may be concluded to be a fake? I'll start - the shape of the headstock looks wrong, particularly near the nut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLiveSoundGuy Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 I didn't post all the photos, but if you copy and paste the entire original link you can still see the post on ebay. headstock mustache label neck heel body materials lack of truss rod cover Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albertjohn Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 I didn't post all the photos' date=' but if you copy and paste the entire original link you can still see the post on ebay. headstock mustache label neck heel body materials lack of truss rod cover [/quote'] Thanks LSG. Now I've looked at the photos, you cannot see the centre join of the back woods from the picture of the soundhole so therefore it must be a laminated back and therefore cannot be Gibson. Yes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-200 Koa Posted March 13, 2009 Author Share Posted March 13, 2009 Thanks LSG. Now I've looked at the photos' date=' you cannot see the centre join of the back woods from the picture of the soundhole so therefore it must be a laminated back and therefore cannot be Gibson. Yes?[/quote'] Well where to begin: No truss rod cover, maybe no truss rod. The scallop on the top of the hesdtock is wrong. The interior label is wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albertjohn Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 Well where to begin: No truss rod cover' date=' maybe no truss rod. The scallop on the top of the hesdtock is wrong. The interior label is wrong. [/quote'] I missed the lack of truss rod cover initially - schoolboy error! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drathbun Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 How difficult is it to copy the headstock of Gibson? H E double hockey sticks! I could do it! This looks like it was shaped by hand by someone who was told by someone who once saw a Gibson headstock in a photograph which they lost when they moved back to China. The label SHOULD look like this: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksdaddy Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 Back in the 80s Steve M of Angela Instruments put out a catalog of used parts and some used guitars and it was a scream. He was selling a Gretsch Astro Jet and he called it "a copy of an SG as interpreted by Pakistani workmen with dull tools". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albertjohn Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 How difficult is it to copy the headstock of Gibson? H E double hockey sticks! I could do it! This looks like it was shaped by hand by someone who was told by someone who once saw a Gibson headstock in a photograph which they lost when they moved back to China. The label SHOULD look like this: Good one Drathbun. I'm beginning panic - I've rung Mrs AJ and left a message for her to read me the words on the label of my SWD, just in case. She's offered to give a clean while she's at it with some fab new bleach cleaner she bought today. She does love me after all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drathbun Posted March 14, 2009 Share Posted March 14, 2009 Good one Drathbun. I'm beginning panic - I've rung Mrs AJ and left a message for her to read me the words on the label of my SWD' date=' just in case. She's offered to give a clean while she's at it with some fab new bleach cleaner she bought today. She does love me after all![/quote'] LMAO! Reminds me of a cleaning lady we had when I was a teen. My Dad came home one afternoon to find her standing on his brand new slate pool table with a vacuum cleaner vacuuming it saying "Table poolie! Table poolie!" If nothing else... she was earnest! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pohatu771 Posted March 14, 2009 Share Posted March 14, 2009 I missed the lack of truss rod cover initially - schoolboy error! Since my two primary acoustics are both Martin-style (one being a Martin), I tend to overlook the truss rod cover. My Gibson is the only one that has one, and it's still not in playable condition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flight959 Posted March 14, 2009 Share Posted March 14, 2009 That has to be one of the most shocking headstocks I have ever seen... Flight959 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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