GUITAR BOARD

> It distresses me that someone is going to part with a lot of money for this
> item.
>
> The faker has gone to a lot of trouble to make this look convincing though.
>
> Can you spot the tell-tale giveaway signs?
>
> Item number: 280221455111
>
> Steve.
>
>

> It distresses me that someone is going to part with a lot of money for this
> item.

> The faker has gone to a lot of trouble to make this look convincing though.

> Can you spot the tell-tale giveaway signs?

> Item number: 280221455111

> Steve Robinson wrote:
>
> > It distresses me that someone is going to part with a lot of money for
this
> > item.
>
> > The faker has gone to a lot of trouble to make this look convincing
though.
>
> > Can you spot the tell-tale giveaway signs?
>
> > Item number: 280221455111
>
> The headstock looks wrong - too narrow, more like a Standard than a
> Custom. The Custom shape is wider and more flared.
>
> What are the other differences?
>

> JNugent wrote in message
> news:iPOdnQz1XMEOp47VnZ2dnUVZ8sTinZ2d@pipex.net...
>> Steve Robinson wrote:
>>
>>> It distresses me that someone is going to part with a lot of money for
> this
>>> item.
>>> The faker has gone to a lot of trouble to make this look convincing
> though.
>>> Can you spot the tell-tale giveaway signs?
>>> Item number: 280221455111
>> The headstock looks wrong - too narrow, more like a Standard than a
>> Custom. The Custom shape is wider and more flared.
>>
>> What are the other differences?
>>
>
> The bridge is a design never used by Gibson, but often found on cheap asian
> guitars.
>
> Chinese fake, no doubt.

> Ivar Arnesen wrote:
>> JNugent wrote in message
>> news:iPOdnQz1XMEOp47VnZ2dnUVZ8sTinZ2d@pipex.net...
>>> Steve Robinson wrote:
>>>
>>>> It distresses me that someone is going to part with a lot of money for
>> this
>>>> item.
>>>> The faker has gone to a lot of trouble to make this look convincing
>> though.
>>>> Can you spot the tell-tale giveaway signs?
>>>> Item number: 280221455111
>>> The headstock looks wrong - too narrow, more like a Standard than a
>>> Custom. The Custom shape is wider and more flared.
>>>
>>> What are the other differences?
>>>
>>
>> The bridge is a design never used by Gibson, but often found on cheap
>> asian
>> guitars.
>>
>> Chinese fake, no doubt.
>
> Fair enough - youre definitely more attuned to the details of that
> bridge than I am - and Ive *got* a LP Custom (thirty years old this
> very year - I bought in in October 78).

> JNugent wrote:
>> Ivar Arnesen wrote:
>>> JNugent wrote in message
>>> news:iPOdnQz1XMEOp47VnZ2dnUVZ8sTinZ2d@pipex.net...
>>>> Steve Robinson wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> It distresses me that someone is going to part with a lot of money for
>>> this
>>>>> item.
>>>>> The faker has gone to a lot of trouble to make this look convincing
>>> though.
>>>>> Can you spot the tell-tale giveaway signs?
>>>>> Item number: 280221455111
>>>> The headstock looks wrong - too narrow, more like a Standard than a
>>>> Custom. The Custom shape is wider and more flared.
>>>>
>>>> What are the other differences?
>>>>
>>>
>>> The bridge is a design never used by Gibson, but often found on cheap
>>> asian
>>> guitars.
>>>
>>> Chinese fake, no doubt.
>>
>> Fair enough - youre definitely more attuned to the details of that
>> bridge than I am - and Ive *got* a LP Custom (thirty years old this
>> very year - I bought in in October 78).
>
> the tuners in the headstock face pic are different to those in all the
> others

> JNugent wrote:
>> Ivar Arnesen wrote:
>>> JNugent wrote in message
>>> news:iPOdnQz1XMEOp47VnZ2dnUVZ8sTinZ2d@pipex.net...
>>>> Steve Robinson wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> It distresses me that someone is going to part with a lot of money
>>>>> for
>>> this
>>>>> item.
>>>>> The faker has gone to a lot of trouble to make this look
>>>>> convincing
>>> though.
>>>>> Can you spot the tell-tale giveaway signs?
>>>>> Item number: 280221455111
>>>> The headstock looks wrong - too narrow, more like a Standard than a
>>>> Custom. The Custom shape is wider and more flared.
>>>>
>>>> What are the other differences?
>>>>
>>>
>>> The bridge is a design never used by Gibson, but often found on
>>> cheap asian
>>> guitars.
>>>
>>> Chinese fake, no doubt.
>>
>> Fair enough - youre definitely more attuned to the details of that
>> bridge than I am - and Ive *got* a LP Custom (thirty years old this
>> very year - I bought in in October 78).
>
> the tuners in the headstock face pic are different to those in all the
> others
>