chibson les paul....chinese copy gibsons

[jon the art guy]

Re: chibson les paul....chinese copy gibsons

The one thing I've heard say over and over again when spotting fakes is that the pots are not aligned in a rhombus on the fakes usually. I assume that, since I heard that news like 10 years ago, things are different now and they've figured how to tool in accordance with the carved top or whatever their malfunction was. As LPs tend to break at the headstock easily, people buy up broken models and do a neck graft too so checking the stamps on back are no clear evidence.
And of course I've read a bunch about people reshaping Agile headstocks. That would be an easier fake to spot in person, but not online.

This sneaky sh!t is the reason I started not liking standard body shapes anyway; way less chance of a fake when nobody likes them. It wasn't until way after when I found out about all the bad business stuff.

[Aceman]

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Just to be clear, I would rather French-kiss Ed Roman's corpse than buy from one of these places.

Hey hey hey now! No need to besmirch Chinese Knockoff's like that!!!!

[edkar]

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i have chinese copy, its good

[edkar]

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put EMG 81

[AlexR]

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Yes, EMGs and ultra high gain is the perfect partner for these guitars

[alteredbeast]

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WTF just happened

[VanDerchuck]

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Another dead thread about reissue Lawsuit Les Paul's not made by the original company.

[esandes]

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Yes, EMGs and ultra high gain is the perfect partner for these guitars

lol. no kidding. i couldn't hear any les paul in that boss metal zone boosted solid state amped chibson. any plank of wood would have sounded the same.

[superpete]

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sorry for the necropost, but i have a chinese les paul, and for the money it's pretty nice. way nicer than i expected.

[uOpt]

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sorry for the necropost, but i have a chinese les paul, and for the money it's pretty nice. way nicer than i expected.

Does it have its own brand and headstock or does it try to be a Gibson-branded guitar?

[Stratman]

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Everyone seems to forget that GIBSON owns a factory in Qingdao China (Epiphones and parts for Gibsons)

[Jocelyn]

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sorry for the necropost, but i have a chinese les paul, and for the money it's pretty nice. way nicer than i expected.

Does it say CHIBSON?

I don't have a problem with Chines/ Korean/ Indonesian guitars . My problem is with Fakes and Bad copies. A few weeks back someone was trying to sell a PG Ibanez out here in a local used instruments forum. A total RIP OFF, copy.

[superpete]

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It says Gibson on it. I have no issues with that. I wasn't looking for a gibson, i really just wanted to see what buying a bootleg guitar from china was all about. i was prepared for anything (wrong color, broken guitar, seized at customs, etc) but was actually pretty impressed with what i got. anyone who knows what to look for in a les paul would be able to tell it's fake right away, and i personally would never sell it. i put new pickups in it and gave a quick tweak of the neck. it's a lot of guitar for $230.