Seymour Duncans branded Firebird pickups from China

[thanaton]

This ebay seller is offering bulk quantities of what what appears to be Seymour Duncan branded Firebird pickups. I am curious to know how closely these apparent fakes match Seymour Duncan's Firebird pickups. Does anyone happen to know if they look like this?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/10pcs-Gold-Mini-Guitar-Humbucker-Pickup-Les-Paul-Guitar-part-Replacement-/231629887956?hash=item35ee3799d4

[Rand-O-Monium]

Re: Seymour Duncans branded Firebird pickups from China

I'd be very wary...

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[AlexR]

Re: Seymour Duncans branded Firebird pickups from China

Interesting.....no mention of SD in the description.....

[treyhaislip]

Re: Seymour Duncans branded Firebird pickups from China

They should remove the photo with SD logo

[thanaton]

Re: Seymour Duncans branded Firebird pickups from China

There's a solid chance that someone will buy 10pcs for $125 then try to resell them on ebay for, say, $50 a piece, for a ~$375 profit. It's good to look for signs that these are fakes so that they will be identified as such whenever this eventually happens.

[speed2dirt]

Re: Seymour Duncans branded Firebird pickups from China

Brass plates... not Duncan! Tonally will be very different as the Nickel Silver plates give Duncans their presence.

[Rand-O-Monium]

Re: Seymour Duncans branded Firebird pickups from China

No Stickers?

[superpete]

Re: Seymour Duncans branded Firebird pickups from China

they will likely match them in appearance only

[Mincer]

Re: Seymour Duncans branded Firebird pickups from China

Yeah, this ain't legal. But it is very hard to regulate overseas sellers. Buyer beware.

[dystrust]

Re: Seymour Duncans branded Firebird pickups from China

Yeah, this ain't legal. But it is very hard to regulate overseas sellers. Buyer beware.

Would SD be able to have ebay pull the listing? I'm pretty sure that selling counterfeit merchandise is a violation of ebay's TOS.

[treyhaislip]

Re: Seymour Duncans branded Firebird pickups from China

Would SD be able to have ebay pull the listing? I'm pretty sure that selling counterfeit merchandise is a violation of ebay's TOS.

Probably could get eBay to at least pull that pic.

I'm actually surprised it is still up. Couple years ago I had put a newer Charvel headstock (the new Fender headstock) and my ad was pulled by eBay for selling a counterfit Fender neck. I had to explain to several employees that Fender bought out Charvel and that Charvel necks have the Fender style headstock.

[Mincer]

Re: Seymour Duncans branded Firebird pickups from China

I am sure SD HQ has people that regularly look for this sort of thing. I know some sellers that put up auctions as fast as ebay can pull them, so it is an ongoing battle. Guitar pickups are a tiny part of the illegal copy trade out there.

[BloodRose]

Re: Seymour Duncans branded Firebird pickups from China

Hey guys, I just bought a bunch of Seymour Dumplin pickups on Ebay!! Gonna put them in my Chibson. I would think Ebay could force them to prove legit or remove the listing. I know China cant be regulated from making them, but Ebay can stop brokering... Especially cuz when sellers make money, so does Fee bay..

[hamerfan]

I recently saw a pair of those in eBay Kleinanzeigen (the German Craigslist). Logo in the back is quite different. The strings in the S are not round but square.

[ICTGoober]

I bought a pair of zebra JB's, marked Seymour Duncan. They were not, I paid too much.