February 26th, 2009
Thanks to Matt Yee who emailed me with this Les Paul Custom. Matt is sure it’s a fake and he’s right.
It is a very good fake, a two screw truss rod cover with the correct text and fonts but the headstock shape and the angle of the Gibson logo are a little off.
Turn it round and there is an 8 digit serial number and made in the usa stamped underneath it, fine on a Les Paul Custom if it’s made by Gibson USA and almost all the other guitars coming out of the Nashville factory, but not right on this Les Paul Custom. The serial number shows it was manufactured in 2005 but all Gibson Les Paul Customs made after 2004 are made in the Gibson Custom Shop and therefore have a different serial number system that is printed on, not stamped in.
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February 2nd, 2009
Billed as a Gibson Les Paul and a starting bid of $499 Australian! Somethings not right. Add to the fact that shipping is $3.50!!! For those in the USA that works out roughly at $2.22, for those in Europe around 1.74 Euros – to ship a 9lb guitar, somethings not right.
And wadda ya know, it probably doesn’t weigh that because it’s a fake Gibson Les Paul Supreme.
Notice the Gibson USA stickers on the pickups, they shouldn’t be there and the shape of the headstock is way off. If you had a picture of the back of the body I would be willing to bet this months morgage payment that it had plastic cavity covers on the back, a real one does not. Search fibsons.com for more information on these suspect Supremes.
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