April 13th, 2010
Ranjit‘s sent in another one, this time a nice looking Les Paul Custom. Could you spot the differences?
“Here’s another one for ya. Of course if you sell it as a fake it’s okay right …. yeah right.”
A tricky one. Look at the pots placement. Do you see? Ok, look at the headstock…
Yes the headstock looks ok, yes the Gibson logo isn’t the worst you’ve seen, but look at that split diamond inlay, that is way off the genuine article, as is the truss rod cover. If you want another discrepancy look at the frets going over the binding, you see? Oh you do, good.
Many thanks again to Ranjit for the email and the pictures. If you’re in need of a new Gibson and you’re in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, be sure to seek him out at Long & McQuade.
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March 16th, 2010
Ranjit sent in this little gem, (actually Gibson did make a Gem Les Paul, so scrub that), this is one of those brilliant fakes that appears to suffer from some kind of dissociative identity disorder.
I’ll leave it to Ranjit to explain as he is something of an expert on Gibson guitars;
“Les Paul Custom … or is it a Supreme? But wait…. it has 3 pickups…okay…. but with a terrible Flame Neck inlay? And of course the classic Pickup Stickers. Horrible case too.”
It’s dodgy as hell and Ranjit would know because he works for Long & McQuade, the sister company to Yorkville, the distributors for Gibson in Canada. I told Ranjit that I’d put a link up to his store but as there are so many stores I put up the main site link. To make up for it here’s a map of where you can find Ranjit’s store if you’re ever in Calgary looking for a deal on a Gibson;
Thanks for the email and picture Ranjit, hope you’re not overwhelmed by the amount of customers you’ll undoubtably get from the readers of this website…
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