jakatone Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 i´m doing this for a friend,i am pretty much sure that it is a fake but he asked me to double check on the forum,so hare are the pics... http://s306.photobucket.com/albums/nn242/jakatone/?action=view¤t=body.jpg http://s306.photobucket.com/albums/nn242/jakatone/?action=view¤t=cavity2.jpg http://s306.photobucket.com/albums/nn242/jakatone/?action=view¤t=Head.jpg http://s306.photobucket.com/albums/nn242/jakatone/?action=view¤t=head2.jpg http://s306.photobucket.com/albums/nn242/jakatone/?action=view¤t=pickupcavity.jpg http://s306.photobucket.com/albums/nn242/jakatone/?action=view¤t=pots.jpg http://s306.photobucket.com/albums/nn242/jakatone/?action=view¤t=pups.jpg http://s306.photobucket.com/albums/nn242/jakatone/?action=view¤t=serial.jpg http://s306.photobucket.com/albums/nn242/jakatone/?action=view¤t=switch.jpg http://s306.photobucket.com/albums/nn242/jakatone/?action=view¤t=trussrod.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Royal Gurner Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 I say fake theres no metal plate with the components on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FennRx Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 looks fake to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LynyrdSkynyrd-14 Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 Yes it, the top of the bridge has the notch's for a flat head screw driver the ABR-1 does not have that they a tiny holes, and you postion it with thumb wheels. and those cavitys are nasty. the wires are plastic coated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeRom Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 It's a fake. All Gibson guitars come with the strings attached at both ends. Perhaps I should view the other pictures as well ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoubleSixx Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 Doesn't look real, many things scream out fake. I think the headstock is the most obvious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfpup Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 Yeah - fake. Those have to be the ugliest pickup cavities ever - even for a copy! It looks like they were hewn out by hand with a sharpened rock in an Indonesian village or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bender 4 Life Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 The tuners don't even line up correctly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LT ED Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 100 % Fake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LT ED Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 Just seen the back of the headstock pic 1,000,000% fake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundergod Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 1.- The toggle switch "plate" is wrong: epi style 2.- Pickup rings, wrong: epi style 3.- Those cavities look like sh¡t! 4.- Gibson logo seems a little off... the letters are all in different angles. 5.- The TRC is wrong... 2 screws alright, but the gibson TRC doesnt go all the way to the nut. 6.- GibsUn? 7.- Neck binding should go all the way to the fret sides, this one doesnt. 8.- Ok, the cables... WTF? did they think putting some color in would help the guitar look original? I dont think so... 9.- Again, those cavities (loking at the control cavity). 10.- Those caps look like bought at radio shack (look like those comming on epis). 11.- The serial number is a little to perfectly engraved in the wood, you dont see many like that. 12.- Toggle switch is the correct type but not the correct size (if that makes sense), it should be a little longer, this one looks like it doesnt even fill half of the cavity. 13.- O my God! Look at that truss rod... damn didnt they even look at an actual picture of a real gibson to do this? The truss rod is totally incorrect. 14.- Last but not least... as LynyrdSkynyrd-14 noted: the bridge looks like a china bridge. Of course I could be wrong... I just woke up and my eyes arent at 100% yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RONNIESIZE Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 yeah fake! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AXE® Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 1.Of course I could be wrong... I just woke up and my eyes arent at 100% yet. Ah join me with a cup of freshly ground Venezuelen stout blend with a tick of Jack Daniels . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundergod Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 Jack Daniels... hm... :D breakfast of champions (insert Jakc Daniles smiley here) Cheers AXE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrktwn Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 Fake. But kind of a good one! It looks like they keep getting better. Maybe Gibsons will be made in China someday! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AXE® Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 Yeah I'm not going to be worth killing today . No gig tonight, so WTF Make a day of it , I'm going to the beach . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichCI Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 In addition to what Thundergod noted: - "Les Paul" logo type face looks wrong; it should be more elongated. - Truss rod cover should simply say "Standard" and be in a script type face, not serifed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troels Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 Volume and Tone controls are wrongly located in relation to each other... compare with a picture of a Les Paul. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundergod Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 you are right... they should be in a straight angle (if you drew a line from the tailpiece) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveinspain Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 Very fake... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flight959 Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 Fake. But kind of a good one! It looks like they keep getting better. Maybe Gibsons will be made in China someday! A good one? No its not this is a crap one! This guitar has all the classic things wrong with it to suggest its a fake.... One of the worst I have seen... This one even has paint in the really shitty looking control cavities.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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