Ebay Les Paul Custom 'Bargain'

fatherchewielewie

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Gibson-USA-Les-Paul-Custom-Special-2017-with-GigBag-BARGAIN-PLEASE-LOOK/254341721840?hash=item3b37f2aef0:g:mMsAAOSwQCBdYBaC

Holeeee fuck.....

tomajoha

Just wow

zepp76

Faker than a Towie tan!

Kittyfrisk

Masterclass in Gibson authentic traditional paint finishing.

darthed1981

Nut is well cut though, now I KNOW it's a fake...

Sassafras

Has the paint been applied with a roller or a sponge?

timmypix

Nothing fake about that as far as I can see - Gibson did some weird budget USA models in 2017/2018 that were roundly panned by reviewers. Basically, cheap guitars milking the badge to get that bit of the market that values brand over literally anything better they could get for their money.

http://espanol.gibson.com/Products/Electric-Guitars/2017/USA/Les-Paul-Custom-Special-S-Series.aspx

Not sure why the spanish site is the best bet, but the main site appears to have gotten rid of all old model pages besides the current range.

Strangefan

Sorry not fake, just shit. 

ICBM

Not fake at all. Gibson line-up pic...



I quite like them, although not in that finish - the blue and the green, and maybe the gold, suit it much better than any of the traditional colours.

Much nicer than a Sonex - but I wouldn't pay £500 for one of these either.

OilCityPickups

Jeeeeeeeeeezzzzzzzzz ... that's as rough as a porcupine's scrotum ... it's not even a gawd awful copy of a bad copy made by someone who lost their glasses.

But then again ........

Yep ... it appears to authentic s--t   :-)

hollywoodrox

Plus he’s going to send it via parcelforce who don’t insure instruments 

ICBM

hollywoodrox said:

Plus he’s going to send it via parcelforce who don’t insure instruments 

Less of a problem than with most Gibsons since it has a maple neck... which is one reason I like them.

Kittyfrisk

ICBM said:

Not fake at all. Gibson line-up pic...



I quite like them, although not in that finish - the blue and the green, and maybe the gold, suit it much better than any of the traditional colours.

Much nicer than a Sonex - but I wouldn't pay £500 for one of these either.

10 out of 10 for consistency 
https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/94154/gibson-2017-les-paul-custom-special

ICBM

Kittyfrisk said:

10 out of 10 for consistency   

https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/94154/gibson-2017-les-paul-custom-special

No reason not to be - I really do quite like them and I'd happily play one if I needed a straightforward two-humbucker guitar and it was a sensible price. The green is my favourite, but actually most of them are fine except that awful black one with the grain showing through - the other black one is OK.

Best budget guitar Gibson have made for decades.

OilCityPickups

I don't mind the homage to the Marauder etc in the body shape ... though the Marauder had a much prettier headstock.

But for the love of god that paint finish ... didn't anyone actually look at it and say ...'hey Ed ... these look like they've been shat out by a badger ... perhaps black ain't a good choice ...' 

zepp76

zepp76 said:

Faker than a Towie tan!

ICBM said:

Not fake at all. Gibson line-up pic...



I quite like them, although not in that finish - the blue and the green, and maybe the gold, suit it much better than any of the traditional colours.

Much nicer than a Sonex - but I wouldn't pay £500 for one of these either.

My apologies, seems you learn something new every day!

MLten80

Mark, get in here to authenticate authenticness 

steveledzep

But.....it doesn't appear to have any paperwork ! 

SlopeSoarer

hollywoodrox said:

Plus he’s going to send it via parcelforce who don’t insure instruments 

Uhmmm, I received a Melody Maker via Parcelforce last week.... wrapped in some bubble wrap. I didn't know until the guy sent it that it was via Parcelforce, sounds like the enhanced insurance was a waste of money. Amazingly though it arrived in one piece! 

ICBM

SlopeSoarer said:

I received a Melody Maker via Parcelforce last week.... wrapped in some bubble wrap. I didn't know until the guy sent it that it was via Parcelforce, sounds like the enhanced insurance was a waste of money.

Parcelfarce insurance for musical instruments is pure fraud. They will take your money knowing full well that they are specifically excluded.

In fact almost all couriers will exclude damage insurance if the guitar isn’t in a hard case.

SlopeSoarer

ICBM said:

SlopeSoarer said:

I received a Melody Maker via Parcelforce last week.... wrapped in some bubble wrap. I didn't know until the guy sent it that it was via Parcelforce, sounds like the enhanced insurance was a waste of money.

Parcelfarce insurance for musical instruments is pure fraud. They will take your money knowing full well that they are specifically excluded.

In fact almost all couriers will exclude damage insurance if the guitar isn’t in a hard case.

As you say it is fraud as there was no mistaking it as anything else other than a guitar!