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Is this Gibson Real?
Posted: Tue Oct 05, 2010 1:58 am
by Danotron
If this is not an appropriate topic for this forum, please feel free to delete it.
I know we just added a new area under the Marketplace section to help educate our members on Rickenbacker copies and how to spot them, but as musicians and a community, I think we should be aware of any guitar being advertised as an original if it is not.
Does this SG look right to you?
http://cgi.ebay.com/Gibson-SG-RELIC-gui ... 20b430704c
Re: Is this Gibson Real?
Posted: Tue Oct 05, 2010 2:08 am
by sloop_john_b
That body shape looks WAY wrong to me.
Re: Is this Gibson Real?
Posted: Tue Oct 05, 2010 2:19 am
by egosheep
Agreed... the body is just off, period.
Re: Is this Gibson Real?
Posted: Tue Oct 05, 2010 2:29 am
by kiramdear
Headstock shape is not even close.
Re: Is this Gibson Real?
Posted: Tue Oct 05, 2010 2:38 am
by Danotron
Yeah, that's what I thought too.
So is this illegal, like a copy of a Rickenbacker, or just a misrepresentation because Gibson (and Fender, etc.) did not diligently defend their patents over the years like RIC has?
Re: Is this Gibson Real?
Posted: Tue Oct 05, 2010 2:45 am
by winston
That's a very poor copy!
Re: Is this Gibson Real?
Posted: Tue Oct 05, 2010 4:01 am
by octagon
Wow!
Re: Is this Gibson Real?
Posted: Tue Oct 05, 2010 11:11 am
by jdogric12
winston wrote:That's a very poor copy!
That's 9000 Brian! Congrats!
Re: Is this Gibson Real?
Posted: Tue Oct 05, 2010 11:37 am
by winston
jdogric12 wrote:winston wrote:That's a very poor copy!
That's 9000 Brian! Congrats!
Thanks Jason. It's just a number at the end of the day and now of course it's a new one.
Re: Is this Gibson Real?
Posted: Tue Oct 05, 2010 1:12 pm
by jdogric12
"You're older than you've ever been and now you're even older,
and now you're even older,
and now you're even older,
you're older than you've ever been and now you're even older,
and now you're older still."
-TMBG
Re: Is this Gibson Real?
Posted: Tue Oct 05, 2010 4:19 pm
by winston
Ah but I was so much older then I'm younger than that now.
Re: Is this Gibson Real?
Posted: Tue Oct 05, 2010 4:54 pm
by scotty
winston wrote:Ah but I was so much older then I'm younger than that now.
Huh and the grey tells you that does it?
Congrats on the 9000 mark B
Re: Is this Gibson Real?
Posted: Tue Oct 05, 2010 5:00 pm
by octagon
I reported it to ebay last night and it is still there?
Re: Is this Gibson Real?
Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2010 3:05 pm
by whojamfan
Big time fake-love the Gibsun logo
Re: Is this Gibson Real?
Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2010 3:14 am
by Danotron