January 22nd, 2010
I thought I’d mentioned this already but after a search of the site I couldn’t find it, a lot of the websites that sell shed loads of these fakes often use pictures of genuine Gibson guitars that they pinch from honest sources. One of those sources, meestursparkle, was surprised to see his own pictures being used to shift some dodgy R9 copies. As he points out; “… sellers are even going so far as to steal my pictures again even with the watermark…idiots.”
Great thing about this picture is the clear shot of the C.O.A. Quite a bit different from the picture of a C.O.A. shown in the item meestursparkle found. As he would say, idiots.
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January 22nd, 2010
Countless copies have been made of the Gibson Explorer by many different companies, some good, (Hammer, Ibanez) and some bad, (yes, this one).
The shape is pretty much bang on, along with all the hardware placement and Gibson logo. The obvious giveaways are the incorrect truss rod cover and the tell tell Gibson decals on the pick ups, they just don’t come on a real Gibson.
It does look pretty legit and from a distance it could pass off as some sort of Gibson Explorer Menace, perhaps. Certainly good for those Pete Townsend moments where you appear to smash up a “professional grade” instrument at the end of a show. Problem is, if you have to do this, it is best that the guitar is played before it is destroyed. Don’t play your very nice guitar all through a gig and then suddenly walk off at the end and then reappear with a “Les Paul” to smash up. It doesn’t look good. Just ask my mate Jim.
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