Craigslist Gibson Flying V - fake? 1/2 fake?

atheos · 10-26-2009, 03:22 PM

Here's the post:
Guitar Gibson Flying V Second

My BS detector is pegging pretty high (fakeola), but I gotta wonder if that's a neck off a Gibson Invader, matched with some knock-off body. I e-mailed asking for more information (pictures of the back, serial) but haven't got a reply. yet.
Any thoughts?

dennistruckdriver · 10-26-2009, 03:51 PM

I'd bet that's not a Gibson neck. Look at the TR opening....no 'bottom' hole for the cover, and the plastic washers around the tuners....looks fakey to me.

zeppelin101 · 10-26-2009, 03:58 PM

it just doesnt look right i dunno im no expert

Wickedlester · 10-27-2009, 10:13 AM

The V necks if they don't have the small bell shaped trc have three holes on the trc and the top hole is even with the middle set of machine heads.

Bolt on? Some of the Chinese replicas were bolt on. I would bet that thing is fake, the guy even says the neck isn't from a gibson. WTF? It says gibson but it isn't from a gibson? That is the guy priming you on the fact it might be bogus.

AngryHatter · 10-27-2009, 06:32 PM

A real Vee for $200?

I don't think so.

LPinmydreams · 10-28-2009, 11:42 AM

probably a murauder neck.

Leendrix · 10-28-2009, 11:49 AM

Three words...

Fucking Bull Shit

It's more real than the gnome that lives in my shoes.

atheos · 10-28-2009, 12:32 PM

yea, I didn't think the body was real, I was just speculating about whether the neck might be some gibson variety. I'm not interested in buying it regardless, it's bastardized

10-26-2009, 03:22 PM	#1 (permalink)
atheos Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Indianapolis, Indiana. USA Posts: 27 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Craigslist Gibson Flying V - fake? 1/2 fake? Here's the post: Guitar Gibson Flying V Second My BS detector is pegging pretty high (fakeola), but I gotta wonder if that's a neck off a Gibson Invader, matched with some knock-off body. I e-mailed asking for more information (pictures of the back, serial) but haven't got a reply. yet. Any thoughts?

10-26-2009, 03:51 PM	#2 (permalink)
dennistruckdriver MLP Trucker Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 15,646 Thanks: 234 Thanked 275 Times in 60 Posts	Re: Craigslist Gibson Flying V - fake? 1/2 fake? I'd bet that's not a Gibson neck. Look at the TR opening....no 'bottom' hole for the cover, and the plastic washers around the tuners....looks fakey to me. __________________ "I'm male, between the ages of 18 and 49 with a loud mouth and a gun; I AM the American Dream"-Anthony DiNozzo "I've never used one, but I hear good things about them."

10-26-2009, 03:58 PM	#3 (permalink)
zeppelin101 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 1,029 Thanks: 3 Thanked 9 Times in 4 Posts	Re: Craigslist Gibson Flying V - fake? 1/2 fake? it just doesnt look right i dunno im no expert __________________ My vocation is more in composition really than anything else - building up harmonies using the guitar, orchestrating the guitar like an army, a guitar army. Jimmy Page

10-27-2009, 10:13 AM	#4 (permalink)
Wickedlester Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Ever buzzing Posts: 121 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: Craigslist Gibson Flying V - fake? 1/2 fake? The V necks if they don't have the small bell shaped trc have three holes on the trc and the top hole is even with the middle set of machine heads. Bolt on? Some of the Chinese replicas were bolt on. I would bet that thing is fake, the guy even says the neck isn't from a gibson. WTF? It says gibson but it isn't from a gibson? That is the guy priming you on the fact it might be bogus.

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atheos Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Indianapolis, Indiana. USA Posts: 27 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Craigslist Gibson Flying V - fake? 1/2 fake? yea, I didn't think the body was real, I was just speculating about whether the neck might be some gibson variety. I'm not interested in buying it regardless, it's bastardized

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