GISON OR EPI

[RICHIECANTONA]

I hope someone can help! I bought a Gibson Explorer some time ago and am now told its an epi? How did they come to that conclusion? Well they tell me that the cover over the trussrod has 3 screws (which it does) but Gibson's only have 2? Although it is stamped on the back 'made in USA'.

[pohatu771]

Although I've never seen one, it wouldn't be out of the question to wonder if this is a fake Gibson.

 

I double-checked, and Gibson Explorers do have two-screw truss-rod covers. I wasn't sure, because Flying V headstocks have a unique truss rod cover, and it is three screws.

 

Pictures?

[fenrirlupus]

if it doesn't say epiphone on it, it's not epiphone.

 

it could be a fake gibson, but it's not an epiphone.

 

 

remove the pickup rings and take a look inside the pickup cavities once. if they're painted black, it's fake. If not, I'm not sure.

[ghero1014]

a picture would help please

[IntelligentAl]

Sounds suspicious. Who told you it was an Epiphone? Pictures and a few more details will help.

 

I was just thinking, if painting the pickup cavities black is such a giveaway as to a Gibsons authenticity, why do they still do it? I heard that Epiphone do this on their guitars, but not Gibson.

[stan 58]

It's not that hard to take that foil Epi sticker of the Head stock. Stan.

[Freuds_cat]

if it doesn't say epiphone on it' date=' it's not epiphone.

 

it could be a fake gibson, but it's not an epiphone.

 

 

remove the pickup rings and take a look inside the pickup cavities once. if they're painted black, it's fake. If not, I'm not sure.[/quote']

 

Unless its an Epiphone Allen Woody bass in which case its still an Epi.

[Follow It Home]

also, not sure if it means anything, but my gibson doesnt have "made in usa" stamped on it, but actually recessed into the wood, like carved out