Ok, bad title but I’m all out of Menace quips.
As described by the Giibson website; “Brute force and raw power. With take-no-prisoners looks and face-melting tone, the Les Paul Menace delivers over-the-top metal performance like no other. Not for the faint of heart.”
I suspect if you were to buy the one below, (main picture) it would more likely be, “limp wristed feeble yelp, with a touch of, “I made this out of drift wood” build quality and lacklustre crackly drone”. I doubt any metal shredding guitarist would appreciate this piece of plop.
At a quick glance not much can be said, it looks like a real Gibson Les Paul Menace, without a clear look at the headstock it is hard to know if it is a forgery or not. If you look at the pick ups on the fake Menace compared to the real ones on the smaller picture, you can see that, though covered in protective film, they are not the special smoky-coil 490R & 498T brass stud humbuckers found on the Gibson. Another thing to check out, (if you come into contact with such a guitar) is the fret board, which should be made of ebony not rosewood. More obviously, the grooves on the top before the bridge are too short and the other grooves above the selector switch also appear to be incorrect in their size. The real give away of course is the price, this one is a wallet friendly $289.43. A good copy though so take extra care if you are buying one from the ‘Bay.
