is this a real gibson?

Greenfuz · Post by **Greenfuz** » Sun Oct 20, 2013 12:45 pm

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/231073057631?ssP ... fresh=true

so I won this, but I'm not sure what model it is

the fact that the headstock wings are never in view and truss rod cover says les paul custom is kinda throwin me off

MEC · Post by **MEC** » Sun Oct 20, 2013 1:15 pm

I'd be a little skeptical too.

Try and get as much info from the seller as you can and if it's not real Gibson USA
as it states in the ad, you SHOULD be covered by eBay Buyer Protection.

Jeff-7 · Post by **Jeff-7** » Sun Oct 20, 2013 3:07 pm

Logo and tuners look legit, TRCs are switched so often I wouldn't even question that. If needed you can show this to the guys on the gibson forums, some of them live to spot fakes. They notice so many of the little things that counterfeiters still screw up.

AxAxSxS · Post by **AxAxSxS** » Sun Oct 20, 2013 3:21 pm

yeah, the guys at http://www.mylespaul.com/forums/ wold be all over it. Me looking at it, I might not have bid. No specific reason, just not screaming Legit at me.

Greenfuz · Post by **Greenfuz** » Sun Oct 20, 2013 3:33 pm

ehhh I can always not pay for it right? :idk:

but if it is real I wasn't gonna let some other bastard have it

Jeff-7 · Post by **Jeff-7** » Sun Oct 20, 2013 3:35 pm

I shared it over on the GF to see what those guys think. Have you requested pics of the top of the peghead?

Greenfuz · Post by **Greenfuz** » Sun Oct 20, 2013 4:14 pm

yeah, no reply yet though

Greenfuz · Post by **Greenfuz** » Sun Oct 20, 2013 10:54 pm

it kinda looks like this, but this has no binding/block inlays?

and then there's this, the gibson LPB2 from the 90s

I still haven't found one with body binding though

fishtankdork · Post by **fishtankdork** » Tue Oct 22, 2013 3:15 pm

i think the silverburst paul bass was a gibsson guitar of the month. one of the few basses that made it. i could be wrong, but i remember seeing pics of a similar axe circa 2008

Ancient Astronaught · Post by **Ancient Astronaught** » Tue Oct 22, 2013 3:21 pm

The truss rod cover is upside down and the bridge is one commonly found on chinese import guitars and not one I've seen on american gibson basses (all though i haven't looked all too much).... Seems sketch bro.

Jeff-7 · Post by **Jeff-7** » Wed Oct 23, 2013 7:45 pm

Ancient Astronaught wrote:The truss rod cover is upside down

Eh?

Ancient Astronaught · Post by **Ancient Astronaught** » Wed Oct 23, 2013 8:20 pm

Jeff-7 wrote:
Ancient Astronaught wrote:The truss rod cover is upside down

Eh?

It's a right handed truss rod cover on a left handed bass, when he's playing the words will be upside down.

Jeff-7 · Post by **Jeff-7** » Wed Oct 23, 2013 8:27 pm

Oh, duh. I'm such a spaz, I didn't even notice that.

fishtankdork · Post by **fishtankdork** » Wed Oct 23, 2013 10:57 pm

That's pretty serious. Gibson is pretty retarded sometimes but they wouldn't do that. Really sketch.

Greenfuz · Post by **Greenfuz** » Thu Oct 24, 2013 10:38 pm

here are the photos he sent me:

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