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You could PM me a link of the auction, that might help. Of course I won’t be able to tell you for sure, but I could tell you my opinion from my experiences.
Rampant_MouflonParticipantWell, I sent it back to the seller but it got lost in the post and I claimed my money back from Royal Mail. Never did find out if it was a bootleg or not, but if you bought it “from the factory” or brand new at a ridiculously low price, chances are it’s a chinese fake.
Can you take some pictures of it like the ones I took? That would help.
Rampant_MouflonParticipantHere’s a quick post with a few pics:
Headstock:
[URL=http://imageshack.us]http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/4839/image069cfx1.jpg%5B/URL%5D
Blurred logo:
[URL=http://imageshack.us]http://img74.imageshack.us/img74/4738/image070ccr2.jpg%5B/URL%5D
Wood/Internals – looks kind of cheap:
[URL=http://imageshack.us]http://img74.imageshack.us/img74/651/image075cgm7.jpg%5B/URL%5D
Cheap looking inlays:
[URL=http://imageshack.us]http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/8479/image071csj4.jpg%5B/URL%5D
Dodgy binding:
[URL=http://imageshack.us]http://img53.imageshack.us/img53/1793/image074cfs4.jpg%5B/URL%5D
Rampant_MouflonParticipantThanks Tim, from that I suppose if my guitar was white it should be white inside too? Mine seems rougher in the inside, not like chipboard/particle board but rougher in the bits that are routed.
Hmmmm.
Rampant_MouflonParticipantThanks Tim, what colour is the guitar?
There are many other factors that made me suspicious:
“Made in Korea” sticker on back of headstock when guitar was shipped “new” from China (Direct from the factory was mentioned in eay listing).
Slightly Blurred “Les Paul” logo on truss rod cover.
Misaligned screw/hole on truss rod cover.
Les Paul Custom logo on headstock seems too small compared to Epiphone model which reaches E tuners.
Material used for inlays looks wrong/suspicious.
Tuners seem cheap (Once again, like the tuners on my previous Gibson bootleg).Plus there is the inside. It is a white Les Paul Custom and when I take the backplates off the wood seems cheap looking. That’s what I want to confirm.
Rampant_MouflonParticipantIt might be, if it’s made from alder/mahogany….I think the material behind the backplate would be similar at least in part….let’s see what you’ve got, thanks for the help too.
Rampant_MouflonParticipantWhile my other post is awaiting moderation I’ll just say that what I suspect it is is an *unauthorised* copy (The serial starts with I but it came from China? Seems….wrong) like an increasing amount of the ones listed on ebay. There are many things that have led me to suspect that and the internals/wood are pretty much the last thing to confirm.
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