Spot the vintage

[St_Genesius]

Like "Spot the Gibson, only they're both Gibsons. One is in a museum. The other is a 2018 model.

 

[GuitarStv]

No clue which is original, but I like the look of the top of the one on the right better.

 

[St_Genesius]

Me too.

I like the look of the top of the one on the right better.

 

[Lucius Paisley]

If one is in a museum, and the other is next to it, aren't they, at the time the photo was taken, both in a museum?

 

[St_Genesius]

This is why you have trouble maintaining a relationship with others.

If one is in a museum, and the other is next to it, aren't they, at the time the photo was taken, both in a museum?

 

[Lucius Paisley]

This is why you have trouble maintaining a relationship with others.

That's not a 'no'.

 

[Mincer]

Ah, they all look the same to me.

 

[AlexR]

I don't think I've ever seen a deliberately sprayed/faded burst from Gibson with the top bout as unburst - as is found on the RHS one.
Also the pickup covers look more authentically vintage shaped on the RHS one too.

 

[playas]

I don't think I've ever seen a deliberately sprayed/faded burst from Gibson with the top bout as unburst - as is found on the RHS one.

This is my line of thought too.
Beyond that I could only guess, but would suspect the one on the right is the vintage guitar.

 

[NegativeEase]

This is why you have trouble maintaining a relationship with others.

Haha. Amazing.

 

[NegativeEase]

OK, here'e my guess

Left is the Vintage one in a Museum. Right is fake

Reasons:

Tuneomatic Bridge Positioning on the right guitar is wrong for a vintage LP -this evidence is strong IMO

Nitro is going to darken over time on the body -if one is in a museum -it's presumably a 50s/60s LP and gets some UV exposure causing this process of darkening to continue -but this is just a hunch.

 

[Leon Of Late]

The one on the left is the vintage Gibson, on the right is the Historic copy. It’s the bridge that gives it away for me. The post holes are smaller on the vintage Gibson and the bridge placement is just ever so slightly off.

Also, the one in the left is intonated more accurately.

 

[beaubrummels]

I would have guessed the one on the right is vintage. But the pictures are small for me; can't zoom in and see details.

 

[St_Genesius]

Some of you are correct.

 

[ehdwuld]

right side

 

[Securb]

I have a NOS aged Gibson, good luck telling the difference. I will throw up a Hail Mary and say the right based on the finish.

 

[formula73]

I need better resolution.

Not because I’d be able to tell, just because they’re pretty.

 

[JOLLY]

The one in the middle.