Knock-Offs, Rip-Offs, and Just Plain UGLY!

kcole4001 · Post by **kcole4001** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 11:36 am

That's what I suspected.
At least teach him how to use a measuring tape!
Oh, and while we're on the subject, perhaps he should learn what a radius is, what symmetry is,....

kcole4001 · Post by **kcole4001** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 11:38 am

He has cut back on the extraneous hardware bits, I see. That's an improvement.

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 12:09 pm

Yeah, at this rate the strings, pickups and knobs will soon be decals, too.

sowhat · Post by **sowhat** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 12:39 pm

Whoa. That's - ehm - toothy.

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Sun Apr 08, 2007 7:19 pm

I have been looking for a Les Paul Personal, Professional, or Recording model for a couple of years, now, to replace my mint, stupidly-traded-off '71 Personal...

Here's what today's search turned up:

http://cgi.ebay.com/GIBSON-LES-PAUL-RECORDING-GUITAR_W0QQitemZ250102346925

Living proof that luthiery and good taste can be mutually exclusive...Yeccchhhh!

elysrand · Post by **elysrand** » Sun Apr 08, 2007 7:28 pm

What in the ever-loving HELL was this nitwit THINKING? He actually appears to be proud of this dreck.....

elysrand · Post by **elysrand** » Sun Apr 08, 2007 7:43 pm

Hey Paul, if you could buy this one for a more reasonable price, does it have the potential to be refinished by you into a a more palatable and deserving finish? Or, do the issues run deeper than merely finish?

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Sun Apr 08, 2007 7:49 pm

Yes...it originally was a very open-grained natural mahogany. Hera knows whether this "high-end finish" has penetrated into the mahogany's grain. If it has, all is lost...

Then there's the issue of the missing knobs and switches which give this guitar its unique character. The "custom lilac pearl" switch plate has obliterated all this unique circuitry: in/out of phase switch, decade selector, etc...ERK...

sowhat · Post by **sowhat** » Sun Apr 08, 2007 8:30 pm

Reminds me of Henry Troyat's story about fake marble... and [color=#pink]pink[/color] pickguard? Gimme a break...

johnallg · Post by **johnallg** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 10:47 am

Looks way to busy to be considered, let alone implemented.

35012 · Post by **35012** » Fri Apr 13, 2007 4:12 pm

Here's some classic Dean guitar kitsch. One step closer to my dream of a flying-v banjo.

lyle_from_minneapolis · Thu May 03, 2007 11:24 am

The "Futura" guitar, as shown on a Craigslist ad. You know, it does have a certain appeal, in a way...

melibreits · Post by **melibreits** » Thu May 03, 2007 12:47 pm

Acoustic flying V? I wonder how it sounds.... it probably couldn't sound any worse than my Martin backpacker, which is just about as ugly, LOL!

That Futura guitar has an interesting streamlined shape.... but I don't do pointy guitars, LOL!

cheyenne · Post by **cheyenne** » Thu May 03, 2007 1:18 pm

Hey your not supposed to let little kids play with sharp objects.

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Thu May 03, 2007 1:21 pm

Did that thing escape from a Klingon battleship?