Bargain of the day... (unless you want a real one)

Legionreturns

Stunning...

https://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/-Wi1-Gibson-Les-Paul-Standard-1959-Reissue-VOS-2010-Sunburst-with-Hard-Case/392090193584?_mwBanner=1&ul_ref=https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F392090193584&rvr_id=0&rvr_ts=e4a9acb41640aca46d80475efffa7d7d&ul_noapp=true

gringopig

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Deadman

2 bids on it too.

DrCornelius

Wow ,that actually looks pretty nice. I need to be educated here as other than the lack of nibs I can't see much wrong with that (although that sticker on the back looks pretty dubious)

HarrySeven

I've messaged the seller to point out the fact, so let's see what happens...

Jack_

That's quite clever; giving your Chibson to a pawnbroker in exchange for a "loan".

richardhomer

DrCornelius said:

(although that sticker on the back looks pretty dubious)

No - I’m not taking the bait....

gringopig

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gringopig

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DrCornelius

richardhomer said:

DrCornelius said:

(although that sticker on the back looks pretty dubious)

No - I’m not taking the bait....

Honestly I'm not being disingenuous although it's early and I may have missed something obvious !

FatPete

The sticker is probably genuine Gibson

richardhomer

DrCornelius said:

richardhomer said:

DrCornelius said:

(although that sticker on the back looks pretty dubious)

No - I’m not taking the bait....

Honestly I'm not being disingenuous although it's early and I may have missed something obvious !

My standard forum ‘joke’ is the word ‘sticker’, based on a vintage dealer selling a guitar which had lost its serial number, with some cock and bull story about the removal of a sticker having caused the loss of the number.

Sorry - I wasn’t in any way having a pop at you.

Funkfingers

Deadman said:

2 bids on it too.

Even the bids are fake. There is a bunch of words declaring that the bidder identities are private instead of the usual eBay format mixture of letters, numbers and asterisks.

Clue is in the seller business name - Cash Recycler

DrCornelius

richardhomer said:

DrCornelius said:

richardhomer said:

DrCornelius said:

(although that sticker on the back looks pretty dubious)

No - I’m not taking the bait....

Honestly I'm not being disingenuous although it's early and I may have missed something obvious !

My standard forum ‘joke’ is the word ‘sticker’, based on a vintage dealer selling a guitar which had lost its serial number, with some cock and bull story about the removal of a sticker having caused the loss of the number.

Sorry - I wasn’t in any way having a pop at you.

Ah yes of course, I remember that now and I didn't think you were having a pop I just thought I was being dopey and missing something obvious !

stonevibe

Just report it as fake to Ebay and get it pulled. I've already reported it and hopefully, they will remove it from sale.

DefaultM

Whats going on around the lower horn area? Just the wrong dimensions or something? My eye keeps getting drawn to it as looking wrong.

Phil_aka_Pip

If you had some gigs to do in dodgy venues, maybe a cheapo Chibson would be the kind of guitar to take in there so long as the usual musical parameters are not too compromised.

hotpickups

This isn't a real Gibson is that what you're saying ?

p90fool

Phil_aka_Pip said:

If you had some gigs to do in dodgy venues, maybe a cheapo Chibson would be the kind of guitar to take in there so long as the usual musical parameters are not too compromised.

Why not just use an Epiphone rather than something this shoddy? 

gringopig

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midlifecrisis

maybe a dumb question but given modern cnc technology why is it so hard to make a copy/fake that is not dead on correct, at least in shape, knob, bridge positions and correct truss rod cover. or is it deliberately off?