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"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Speaking impartially, is the chibson you're working on a good guitar? Say, if it had Ltd, epiphone etc on the headstock, would you believe it?
Nice working on stamping it with its birthplace, too.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Another common mistake they make is the "Les Paul model" transfer font is wrong, the thickness of the line is too constant.
It always strikes me as an odd mistake, given how easy it would be to get right compared to say, fret nibs.
Great stuff from @ICBM. Really good to get properly analytical pictures of all of that. Between this fake with nibs and new Gibsons without them it's going to get really hard to tell someone just a couple of points to look out for. Even the strap buttons on the 2014 Gibsons are more like these ones! The bridge posts are the next most obvious thing that the fakers will probably fix next.
The rest is more of a feel thing. It's all the tiny details; the exact shape of the headstock, the positioning of the knobs, the fricking font on the logo, the feel of the finish and colour of the binding, the shape of edges of the pickup covers. Noobs aren't going to be able to pick up on all that.
Nil Satis Nisi Optimum
One's got shoddy workmanship, no attention to detail and poor quality control.
The other's made in China.
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Great post. The headstock is far too straight and narrow... almost Melody Maker shaped.
Many of the chambered Les Pauls only weight around that. The one I picked up was just a shade over 7Ibs, and a friends 2007 Standard weighs just under 7Ibs.
If the Chinese go that last mile and get all the details right including a much larger range of serial numbers its going to cause paranoia when buying any Gibson.
My bank balance lol
The £1500 I saved could have been spent on a new blow up doll
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Oh... You're right. Have a LOL.