July 13th, 2010
For those (parents of?) blink 182 and Angels and Airways fans, if you want to buy a Tom Delonge sig, you’re better off buying from a reputable dealer. This one is a fake.
Why? Well, the frets, (though hard to see here) go over the binding, (which on this white model should be brown). A re-fret? Well, not when it’s advertised as “New”. The headstock appears to be at the wrong angle. Also, notice that the headstock is a different color/colour to the rest of the guitar. The pickup surround on his white one is black, the one on the natural one is white, (the fake white one has the white surround but a natural headstock). Also, the only Delonge model you can get from Gibson, (unless you can get a custom order) is chocolate brown satin with cream racing stripes.
The real one, (pictured above) has been made for Tom in a few different colours/colors, I’m thinking the manufacturers of the fake are trying to combine two models. For a bit more information on the real ones check out this website.
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June 22nd, 2010
Well it might. Here is the new rather nice looking LP Studio tribute 50, at $1,399 MSRP it is relatively affordable and quite frankly looks pretty damn, er, pretty.
These things are coming out in various “worn” finishes but it is the Gold Top pictured above that caught my eye. It looks a lot like a ’56 reissue minus binding, (except for knobs and logo inlay and Custom Shop playability) so watch out for the serial numbers, and how do you feel if you were only forking out for the Custom Shop version just for the looks?
Here’s one you can buy for a lot less yen.
It just takes one con man to change the truss rod cover and slap on a pick guard, voila! a ’56 for that hard to get big payday or add Top Hats and it’s a Gold Top Studio 50s Tribute, (with binding?) except for the obvious…
That headstock is terrible, it looks like they sort of gave up shaping it properly. The Gibson logo is almost off the end of it and if we had a side on view you’d bet the angle is wrong. (also notice frets going over the binding ).
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