turnpkegates Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 Won the auction on Ebay and started to get suspicous after and had the seller send me some more pictures. Does anyone know if this looks real or not. The serial numbers look fishy to me but i am not an expert on reading them...any help would be greatly appreciated...Seriel number is stamped and is 02005560 and stamped on the back with Made in USA under it...dont know how to post pics or i would Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuitarJunkie Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 I'll tell you right now based on the serial number, I'm 99% sure it's fake. Serial numbers starting with "02005..." are extremely common on fake Gibsons. Go here... http://forums.gibson.com/Default.aspx?g=posts&t=11276 and then post some pics. The ebay link would also probably be enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flight959 Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 Hit the brakes big time until you know.... Just post the item number and we will post the pics for you.. Flight959 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Plains Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 Oh dear... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuitarJunkie Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 A quick google search... http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1006793 http://www.gitaarnet.nl/forum/showthread.php?t=120295&page=8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesus Is Dead In My Basement Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 Yes it is fake do not buy anything from Ebay if you do not know how to spot a fake. Go look at Gibson Dealers on the main website and find a good mom and pop store hell even look at Guitar center if you want to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flight959 Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 Here's the guitar in question.... The GUITAR Looks ok to me.. The pics could be taken from a website.... The guitar pictured may not be the guitar you get.... Regards Flight959 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Plains Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 Flight, the pictures you posted are of a real Gibson Les Paul Custom. The serial number turnpkegates posted is 02005560. Meaning, it's a 2005 model. Any regular Custom made in 2005 would have a CS____ serial number. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgTime Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 Flight' date=' the pictures you posted are of a real Gibson Les Paul Custom. The serial number turnpkegates posted is 02005560. Meaning, it's a 2005 model. Any regular Custom made in 2005 would have a CS____ serial number.[/quote'] Hmmm.... have the seller send you the back of the headstock, and also have him send his address and contact information and clarify in every way possible that the info is current. If he doesnt send you the info (or if the info doesnt match up) then it is more then likely a fake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flight959 Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 Flight' date=' the pictures you posted are of a real Gibson Les Paul Custom. The serial number turnpkegates posted is 02005560. Meaning, it's a 2005 model. Any regular Custom made in 2005 would have a CS____ serial number.[/quote'] Tim, Those pics are from the actual ebay auction the guy won... He PM'd me... Hence my coment about the guitar not being the actual guitar he would get.. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280328009210&_trksid=p3907.m32&_trkparms=tab%3DWatching Regards Flight959 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveinspain Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 I just saw this on ebay, as fake as they get.... This has everything wrong and the serial number is very similar to the one you bought... Fake Gibson Custom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveinspain Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 This is a real 2005 White Gibson Custom the real deal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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