View Single Post
Old 10-11-2008, 09:43 PM   #3 (permalink)
GNR4EVR
V.I.P. Member
 
GNR4EVR's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Chesterfield, Michigan
Posts: 1,521
Thanks: 13
Thanked 20 Times in 3 Posts
Re: Suspected fake of Epi SLASH tobacco sunburst in German Ebay

Quote:
Originally Posted by kspeed View Post
You have a good eye. If we give the seller the benefit of the doubt (255 feedback and 100% is nothing to sneeze at) one could argue that the color of the back and neck and tuning keys might have been altered by the lighting and/or camera flash.

That said, I just double checked a retail box Alnico II Pro I have on hand and the pole pieces are definitely chrome, not black. This sucks, though - the fakers have gone to such lengths that it's not unexpected they'd start faking the Slash sig within a year of its release.
Yep, thats fake alright.
__________________
**MLP FAKE HUNTER**


2005 Epiphone Elitist Standard Plus Honeyburst
"If you always do what youve always done then youll always get what youve always got!!
GNR4EVR is online now   Reply With Quote