Olivius Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 Hey all. I haven't ever used this website since this would be the first time i have ever bought any sort of electric guitar. The guitar in question is a used Gibson Les Paul 50's Tribute from 2016. The seller is extremely nice but i thought i couldn't be too safe, i have some images. Regards, Oliver. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
10PoundLester Posted March 27, 2023 Share Posted March 27, 2023 (edited) If it's fake they did a pretty good job on the front of the headstock. The tuners look right. I have two Gibson electrics. Neither has the word "MODEL" on the back of the headstock. Serial number doesn't come up in two of the lookup services I know of. Go https://serial-number-decoder.com/gibson/gibson.htm here and enter it and it tells you the guitar is from 1960. That probably doesn't mean much though since their serial numbers have been known to be a bit "off" from time to time. Edited March 27, 2023 by 10PoundLester fix a typo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Bill Posted March 28, 2023 Share Posted March 28, 2023 The first pic is a bit distorted. However, that Lester is the real deal. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinch Posted March 28, 2023 Share Posted March 28, 2023 12 hours ago, 10PoundLester said: If it's fake they did a pretty good job on the front of the headstock. The tuners look right. I have two Gibson electrics. Neither has the word "MODEL" on the back of the headstock. Serial number doesn't come up in two of the lookup services I know of. Go https://serial-number-decoder.com/gibson/gibson.htm here and enter it and it tells you the guitar is from 1960. That probably doesn't mean much though since their serial numbers have been known to be a bit "off" from time to time. There's a "1" to the left of the "6"... I think the "MODEL" stamp is how it's done on the Tributes? Check the truss rod nut. But it looks perfectly legit from here. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marco mancini Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 On 3/11/2023 at 12:23 AM, Olivius said: Hey all. I haven't ever used this website since this would be the first time i have ever bought any sort of electric guitar. The guitar in question is a used Gibson Les Paul 50's Tribute from 2016. The seller is extremely nice but i thought i couldn't be too safe, i have some images. Regards, Oliver. You should have the opportunity to look at the paper documents , the Americans use to make the number 4 in a unique way look at that , it looks like real but the service number seems to be a little bit round if i look at the 0 and 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinch Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 45 minutes ago, marco mancini said: the Americans use to make the number 4 in a unique way Huh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marco mancini Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 (edited) 27 minutes ago, Pinch said: Huh? Yep this is a thing that my Italian luthier , the great LUCIO CARBONE explain to me to work out other than seeing the guitar itself ,to look also at papers if that is a fake or not , the Americans almost always do the number four in this way https://ibb.co/p6Ttbzt same kind of four ........ https://ibb.co/tzJNpY2 Edited March 29, 2023 by marco mancini Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silversurfer Posted March 30, 2023 Share Posted March 30, 2023 It’s real. It’s also a lower end Les Paul model. People making fakes try at least to make a Les Paul Classic. You can also email Gibson with the serial number and they’ll tell you what it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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