onewilyfool Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 Buyer beware.....straight from China and on to EBAY....lol...... http://www.paylessguitars.com/products.asp?pclass=GIBSON%20ELECTRIC%20GUITAR&c_code=0002 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Plains Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 Wow...a real Custom for only $200. I'm gonna order one right now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LT ED Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 Very very very very nice indeed, they are the dogs bollocks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverbursted Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 Ooohoo, me to, hey Tim which one are you gonna get? I'm thinking the fire engine red with the flames. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoubleSixx Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 I hope someone from Gibson see that link. Thanx for the heads up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erol Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 maybe gibson should sue them, they sue everyone.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingarmadillo Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 Why sue? There appears to be a better route. On their website they're advertising "Genuine Epiphone" in addtion to the fake Epiphone models. It would appear that this is one of the factories that Epi uses in China. All Gibson needs to do is to pull the Epiphone production from them or threaten to do so if they don't stop selling fake Gibsons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundergod Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 i was about to say the same "genuine epiphone models"... but then i looked... they sell an epi custom for $230... strange price for a guitar that sells for much more anywere. it kinda funny... "gibson guitars, epiphone guitars, ORIGINAL REAL epiphone guitars" they may be one of the plants that make epis... gibson can do something here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundergod Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 oh man... you gotta take a look at the "prs singlecut" hahaha it is a les paul with a prs type headstock... shame on you chinamen (and kids) you cant even do your homework and take a look at the actual guitar before trying to duplicate it... here is the link: (to the PRS Les Paul, or is it the LP Paul Reed Smith? ^_^ ) http://www.paylessguitars.com/product_detail.asp?Pid=1159 MAybe this is part of the secret fender agenda (trying to make gibson look bad so they can buy it cheap buying gibson) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Plains Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 Ooohoo' date=' me to, hey Tim which one are you gonna get? I'm thinking the fire engine red with the flames.[/quote']Why limit yourself to just one...prices like this on real Gibson's only come across once in a lifetime! I'm getting one of each! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverbursted Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 Your right...sign me up for 10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onewilyfool Posted April 4, 2008 Author Share Posted April 4, 2008 You know, Imitation is the highest form of flattery, HOWEVER.......the problem is unscrupulous people on places like EBAY are actually passing these off as originals.....so people NOT in the Know are getting screwed. Everything about those guitar is fine...EXCEPT the Gibson Logo....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuitarGod319 Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 ive seen this forever.im just sticking with g-base or guitar center. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinner 13 Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 I have a fellow musician here in the Boston area who bought one knowing it was a copy and I had the chance to inspect recently. it has its flaws(the biggest being it is a counterfeit Gibson). But the thing is a freakin' tone monster, and it weighs a ton, and it plays really well. Mind you though, I in no way support the sales of these guitars as marketed. Nor would I ever buy one, I prefer the real deal. Call me an elitist.......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrosurfer1959 Posted April 5, 2008 Share Posted April 5, 2008 since they sell them so cheap and obviously don't try to trick most buyers I wonder sometimes why they fake the Gibson name instead of just selling them as brand x or whatever is the Chinese equivalent. it's not like they would be the first I actually have a Burny from the late 80's nice guitar and the VH1 pickups are amazing in there own way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundergod Posted April 5, 2008 Share Posted April 5, 2008 since they sell them so cheap and obviously don't try to trick most buyers I wonder sometimes why they fake the Gibson name instead of just selling them as brand x or whatever is the Chinese equivalent. it's not like they would be the first I actually have a Burny from the late 80's nice guitar and the VH1 pickups are amazing in there own way i have said the same thing a thousand times here in the forum... this people could be making a lot more of money if they put a different name in their guitars... they clearly are above most cheapo guitars, so they could sell for the same price or (more likely) higher. They could make a name for themselves, how many "new" guitar makers are out there that werent there in the 80s and are now famous? a lot. (not gibson famous, more like washburn famous... but that is something). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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