The Fake Epiphone Thread II

[aloarayacr]

FAKE OR REAL?

Epiphone Les Paul Pro/fx - ¢ 245,000.00 en MercadoLibre

 

[straybeat]

FAKE OR REAL?

Epiphone Les Paul Pro/fx - ¢ 245,000.00 en MercadoLibre

They didn't make them in that color, unless it was refinished? Plus, it's really hard to tell from that pic.

 

[Carl17]

Is this fake? Definitely looks it to me, although it's a Korean '98 so I could be wrong. The knobs look off and the switch looks way off. The horn looks sharper than on my Epi. Epiphone Gibson Les Paul For Sale in Castlebar, Mayo. Buy Electric Guitars

 

[davies]

Is this fake? Definitely looks it to me, although it's a Korean '98 so I could be wrong. The knobs look off and the switch looks way off. The horn looks sharper than on my Epi. Epiphone Gibson Les Paul For Sale in Castlebar, Mayo. Buy Electric Guitars

No mate, it's fine. As you say, it's a turn-of-the-century Korean - take consistently regular placement of hardware and forget all you know.

 

[mudpie]

guys,is the epiphone les paul standard trans blue still been produced today?

 

[Hack]

Sweetwater says no.

 

[paruwi]

guys,is the epiphone les paul standard trans blue still been produced today?

Sweetwater says no.

Thomann.de says yes, it's in stock (as a Plus Top)

Epiphone Les Paul Standard Plus TB - Thomann UK Cyberstore

 

[aloarayacr]

This is a rare Pro/FX plus top

Here are images

Tell me if its a fake or real

 

[paruwi]

They didn't make them in that color, unless it was refinished? Plus, it's really hard to tell from that pic.

This is a rare Pro/FX plus top

Here are images

Tell me if its a fake or real

See post above....

Only explanation would be - it could be a special run for a dealer.....

 

[aloarayacr]

See post above....

Only explanation would be - it could be a special run for a dealer.....

But the headstock and the parts, bridge etc are REAL? (IGNORING THE COLOR)

If the parts are real its real but with an odd color.

 

[paruwi]

But the headstock and the parts, bridge etc are REAL? (IGNORING THE COLOR)

If the parts are real its real but with an odd color.

They look real.....

Best way to get 100% prove is to send some pics with the serial to Gibson Customer-Service, they can look it up in their database

 

[aloarayacr]

Yeah but i dont think they will reply me fast.. Haha

 

[ChrisTahoe]

I just bought this on ebay. Hasn't shipped yet so I figured I should find out if it's real or not. Supposed to be a 93 Korean LP custom, and the SN matches up. Don't have a picture of the side of the headstock. So, real or fake?

 

[paruwi]

I just bought this on ebay. Hasn't shipped yet so I figured I should find out if it's real or not. Supposed to be a 93 Korean LP custom, and the SN matches up. Don't have a picture of the side of the headstock. So, real or fake?

Shouldn't the serial be without the '9'

 

[ChrisTahoe]

Shouldn't the serial be without the '9'

I'm not an expert. I just used the online serial dater project thing and it matched up. It followed the format of a 94 Korean LP custom that was also for sale on ebay, unless they are both fakes...

 

[paruwi]

I'm not an expert. I just used the online serial dater project thing and it matched up. It followed the format of a 94 Korean LP custom that was also for sale on ebay, unless they are both fakes...

the guitardater doesn't tell you if its fake or not....

my 94 LP special has this serial....

S4051909

 

[ChrisTahoe]

So because of the serial, are you leaning towards fake?

Edit: Found another 93 LP and it followed the same format... Maybe they changed from 93 to 94?

www.mylespaul.com/forums/epiphone-les-pauls/184744-93-epi-les-paul-plain-top-i-think.html

 

[LP-lover-1976]

Those tuners are too straight to be real Just Kidding...

They'll probably need a shot of the side of the neck where the headstock binding meets the neck.

 

[paruwi]

So because of the serial, are you leaning towards fake?

Edit: Found another 93 LP and it followed the same format... Maybe they changed from 93 to 94?

www.mylespaul.com/forums/epiphone-les-pauls/184744-93-epi-les-paul-plain-top-i-think.html

It seems the Korean factories are not 'consistent' with the serials...

just the same with the 'quality'......

 

[Joe Dirty]

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