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Faking has been going on forever of course. There are even fake Spanish classicals made in the 19th century purporting to be from the top luthiers of the time.
A fake has to be a definite attempt to mislead of course by label, sale details, or in this case headstock. For anyone apart from Gibson to put a Gibson logo on a headstock is just criminality. Obviously.
A couple of other very obvious ones -
The pale non-mahogany or laminated maple neck, with a wrong-shaped volute and heel.
Bridge the wrong shape with the saddle set too far back.
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