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Re: The Fake Epiphone Thread!
Definatly a fake.
Epiphone by GIBSON Les Paul Custom BLACK BEAUTY guitar! on eBay, also Epiphone, Electric, Guitars, Musical Instruments (end time 14-Sep-08 16:35:13 BST) Epiphone by GIBSON Les Paul Custom EBONY guitar! L@@K!! on eBay, also Epiphone, Electric, Guitars, Musical Instruments (end time 14-Sep-08 16:40:37 BST) God they are even selling the double neck SG Epiphone GIBSON SG DOUBLE TWIN NECK 12+6 STRING GUITAR! on eBay, also Epiphone, Electric, Guitars, Musical Instruments (end time 14-Sep-08 16:38:37 BST) Sellers own words... After payment your guitar will posted shipped from the Epiphone Factory in china and may take UP TO a couple weeks for delivery.time. Jamess_music is obviously a fake guitar seller
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Re: The Fake Epiphone Thread!
Holy frig Sin, I looked at that and thought it looked okay especially the serial number. Man there's a lot of crap out there.
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Re: The Fake Epiphone Thread!
Epiphone Les Paul - eBay (item 320291342313 end time Sep-04-08 17:47:03 PDT)
Hey everyone, first post. I decided to step up from my Special II and bought this. This damn thread has me scared to death though...figure I might as well either confirm or wash away those fears. Is my soon-to-be baby a fake? |
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Re: The Fake Epiphone Thread!
Looks good to me.
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Re: The Fake Epiphone Thread!
that g-1275 listing is a joke. most of the pics are of a gibson!
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Re: The Fake Epiphone Thread!
Text from the auction you linked to:
Yeah, this guy knows his guitars - dunno, but I'VE never seen an ebony sunburst - musta lead a sheltered life! Feedback related to guitars is scarce and kinda shady - then again, most of his feedback has to do with an amazing muscle mass e-book he's hawking that is changing everyone's life over there in the UK - gotta be ripped to hold much less play an LP!! ![]() ********(I AM ALSO SELLING 1 Epiphone Custom EBONY Sunburst Les Paul , PLEASE CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING LINK TO SEE THIS ITEM!!!!) *********** ![]() Quote:
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Re: The Fake Epiphone Thread!
Here's another of the types of materials he was hawking - sounds like a guitar shop to me, eh?
EBAY AUCTION THIEF MAKE EASY MONEY! CHEAPEST ON SALE!!! on eBay, also, How-To Guides, Information Products, Everything Else (end time 10-Aug-08 18:00:00 BST) No disrespect to my English friends, but they WERE able to sell a certain bridge, weren't they - oh, the power of persuasion!
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Re: The Fake Epiphone Thread!
Usefull...
Thats all...
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Re: The Fake Epiphone Thread!
Fake
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Re: The Fake Epiphone Thread!
On the topic of Slash, here's a Gibby USA Slash that appears to be a deal if its real. No one has bid on it though. I know this is the fake EPI thread but I thought I would throw this in for the experts.
Gibson 2008 Slash Les Paul Standard USA Limited Edition - (eBay.ca item 330269341486 end time 15-Sep-08 11:33:57 EDT) It does appear to be his first guitar sale, the rest is all Disney stuff.
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Re: The Fake Epiphone Thread!
hello, i just purchased a epiphone les paul custom and im just making sure its legit.
the serial number starts U03101xxx, its a 3 pickup model had gibson on the truss rod cover. i checked the pickups and they have epi stamped on them and also the models it can go in as well, (like epi dot,les paul) neck or bridge. it also has epiphone stamped on the input and on the 3 way twice. everything seems legit,but it doesnt have epiphone stamped on the bridge or tailpiece? is it a fake or real? i checked the serial in the dater and its from 2003, but im just making sure thanks, matt |
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Re: The Fake Epiphone Thread!
Legit
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Re: The Fake Epiphone Thread!
cool, i was just checking, i thought it was but u never know.
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Re: The Fake Epiphone Thread!
Hi there people,
Been looking to get a second hand EPI for a while now an got a lot of info on them in this forum. On a Belgian Site I found the following LP. Buyer says its made in KOREA in '92. The POT position is a little off, the screw on the pickguard lokks too far to the outerside. This 's a fake right? Epiphone Les Paul Custom 1992!! te koop aangeboden > Elektrische gitaren > Muziek en instrumenten > kapaza.be |
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Re: The Fake Epiphone Thread!
Legit.
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Re: The Fake Epiphone Thread!
I've first hand experience with payless guitars. Here's the story. They are all fake, they know it and they will tell you so. They believe they make quality guitars that are (almost) as good as genuine Gibsons (or Epi's or Fenders or PRS, etc.) They don't really hide the fact that they make counterfeit goods and the Chinese Gov't has no plans to stop them or anybody else that's doing so.
They charge a high price for what you get. Which isn't much. I bought a "Gibson" Standard from them about 6 months ago to use the body for a "franken-guitar" I was building for fun. When I took it all apart, it consisted of the following: *Unknown wood-looked like painted pine, very blonde, sounded shitty *No binding-it's painted on *Fake Tuners-but they were locking and useful *Fake Bridge-but it worked *Crappy Electronix-but bith pickups switched and V/T were correct. wiring was sloppy *Fake Flamed Maple-it was a picture of flamed maple under the varnish *Varnish *Slightly mis-aligned knobs- but they worked *REALLY BAD PICKUPS-thought I could get away with them but WRONG What I ended up with was the musical instrument version of a 45 year old Groupie. She looked good from far but she was far from good. I ended up putting it all back together with a pair of Seymour Duncans and I fart around with it occassionally. It is a very good looking guitar that sounds....mediocre at best. My plan for it is to use it on Halloween this year and smash it to shit after a single bad note on the first song. Should get a few laughs. Seriously though, for $350 you end up with a guitar that, while a known fake, actually looks halfway decent but sounds like shit. If I had it to do over again, I'd buy a MIM Strat for the same price. |
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Re: The Fake Epiphone Thread!
Fake.
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Re: The Fake Epiphone Thread!
Hi guys!
What about these? EPIPHONE LES PAUL CUSTOM RED FLAME TOP IN STOCK NOW - eBay (item 200255785652 end time Sep-28-08 16:24:16 PDT) http://cgi.ebay.com/Brand-New-Epipho...d=p3286.c0.m14 Fake or legit? Thx! |
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Re: The Fake Epiphone Thread!
The first one is iffy, and the second one looks good. Ask for more pics though. I would never ever buy a guitar unless it has 5+ pics.
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Re: The Fake Epiphone Thread!
Fake, I love how they claim its the 3rd one made too.
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