Elizabeth 0 Report post Posted November 22, 2020 I have this guitar I found at some family’s house and I have no idea if it is real or fake? Can someone please let me know what they think and/or how to check myself?? Thank you!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sgt. Pepper 903 Report post Posted November 22, 2020 (edited) That's not much to go on. Edited November 22, 2020 by Sgt. Pepper Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jedzep 150 Report post Posted November 22, 2020 We need a little more in the way of well-lit images Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Elizabeth 0 Report post Posted November 22, 2020 @Sgt. Pepper @jedzep I don’t have anything else at the moment as it is not with me. If you check my other post though there is one other photo- equally as bad quality but it has the full guitar shown. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BigKahune 449 Report post Posted November 22, 2020 Here’s your other post with additional pic - It doesn’t appear to be a genuine Gibson. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Red 333 136 Report post Posted November 22, 2020 It looks fake, but more photos would let us reach a more definitive conclusion. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
slimt 111 Report post Posted November 22, 2020 Not a Gibson Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zombywoof 250 Report post Posted November 22, 2020 (edited) I will add to the chorus. You do not even need to see the photo of the whole guitar. The logo sure ain't anything I have seen on a Kalamazoo or Bozeman-made Gibson. Edited November 22, 2020 by zombywoof Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dave F 235 Report post Posted November 22, 2020 Very poor fake. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
62burst 144 Report post Posted November 22, 2020 The tuner buttons are giving me the heebie-jeebies 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Boyd 76 Report post Posted November 23, 2020 What they said. Looks fake to me also. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dhanners623 79 Report post Posted November 23, 2020 I'm not sure it even rises to the level of "fake." More like, "bad joke." 1 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
E-minor7 221 Report post Posted November 23, 2020 I too have to say it's real fake. But could be a good guitar still. Send more pic when possible. 85 % of us are curious - and we can all learn from it 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ksdaddy 546 Report post Posted November 27, 2020 I owned 3 of these "Gibsons" in the 90s. The ones I had were not much more than GSO's (guitar shaped objects). They were solid wood, amazingly. I could tell because every piece was cracked.... top sides, and back, and the wood was warped so bad you'd never pull the pieces back into alignment. Not one of them actually functioned as an instrument. And I'm being kind, especially in the wake of me saying there's nothing to gain by insulting someone's instrument in another thread. If they had any redeeming qualities, I would surely point them out. There were none. One was a crude copy of a Gretsch Rancher (yes, with the triangle sound hole). Sunburst, wood binding. Yet it had a Gibson logo. I sold it on consignment at an antique shop for $25. Bet they walked on air until they found out the truth. The other two looked like 70s J45s from 50 feet away. I literally tossed both of them into a dumpster at our landfill. I wonder if they got fished out... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
J-1854Me 31 Report post Posted November 28, 2020 Fake fake fake Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
