counterfit Les Paul

[Smooth_bass88]

Is that US, Korean or Indonesian? Tough to tell.

It's actually a special rare Siberian one. They're impossible to get over here in the US, but luckliy I was able to sneak this one out the back door (thanks Vladdy!!!!).

 

[AndyPanda]

Read closer, I spent $25 on a Rolodex watch . Awesome looking watch, faked everybody out. "Look the bass player in that metal band is wearing a 30k Rolex"
The women were the "worst" part of it, so transparent , depraved.

It said Rolodex on the face.
Seriously enlightening social experiment changed my view of people forever.
Altered my respect level for a few of my friends too.

Back in about 1971 when the European 10 Speed bike thing was getting really big in the USA I couldn't afford a fancy one so I bought a $99 no-name japanese bike at a hardware store. I carefully cut out the Porche Logo lettering from white tape and stuck it on the tubing of the bike frame and cut out the badge from a magazine ad and glued on the front. I don't even think Porche ever made a 10-speed bike but I thought it was funny/cool. All my friends thought I had a much better bike than their expensive French and Italian bikes. And of course it got stolen within a few months.

 

[Mosfed]

We need to hope they stay private too. A little lack of transparency is far better than private equity firms and greedy shareholders making decisions about our guitars. Because if you thought pre-2019 Gibson was inconsistent and out of touch, just you wait until the entire company is driven by the next quarter’s earnings.

Gibson, Iconic Guitar Company, Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection

 

[Panther]

what's worse? bragging about a knockoff made of sawdust or having friends that will be impressed by it...

 

[rashrader]

Back in about 1971 when the European 10 Speed bike thing was getting really big in the USA I couldn't afford a fancy one so I bought a $99 no-name japanese bike at a hardware store. I carefully cut out the Porche Logo lettering from white tape and stuck it on the tubing of the bike frame and cut out the badge from a magazine ad and glued on the front. I don't even think Porche ever made a 10-speed bike but I thought it was funny/cool. All my friends thought I had a much better bike than their expensive French and Italian bikes. And of course it got stolen within a few months.
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I did something similar to my Telecaster.... I bought a USACG neck for it and couldn’t handle the blank headstock, so I put a kickass bike decal on it!!! Good thing for me is that no one steals a HUFFY!!!

 

[Toddcaster64]

By the way, if you were gonna go get a counterfeit LP to impress your friends (which in all likelihood will have the opposite effect), wouldn’t the smarter move have been to choose a finish that Gibson might actually have made, instead of this catastrophe which bears no resemblance to anything the company ever put out? It would be like putting together a printing press to counterfeit money and then using red ink.

If you’re thinking of pursuing a life of crime, stop right now. You suck at it.

 

[5StringBlues]

I did something similar to my Telecaster.... I bought a USACG neck for it and couldn’t handle the blank headstock, so I put a kickass bike decal on it!!! Good thing for me is that no one steals a HUFFY!!!

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Brilliant!


I need to find a SPAM sticker for my parts P bass.




And I did get my Huffy stolen a few years back.

 

[catcauphonic]

Tough crowd. Must be some greedy Gibson shareholders in here

 

[JCW308]

Intentional counterfeit buyers should be in jail along with the counterfeit makers.

 

[Scoops]

I would venture to say that the total expenditure for Gibson on one of those LP's is right around $200.00. this does not take into account advertisement, corporate parties, mistresses, ad infitum.

I think you are off a bit here.

If it takes the company say 20 labor hours to make, at say $20/hr, thats $400 in labor costs alone
Raw materials may come in at @$200 (wood, paint, hardware etc)
Infrastructure costs (keeping the lights) isn't cheap
Tooling costs
Supply chain costs, and the resources required to keep the supply chain going
Marketing
Etc, Etc....


Granted, this probably doesn't add up to what the MSRP is, but it surly isn't $200

I looked on Reverb for an extra $150 over what you spent, you would have your choice of a REAL LP

I'd rather have a real one.

 

[rashrader]

Brilliant!


I need to find a SPAM sticker for my parts P bass.




And I did get my Huffy stolen a few years back.

Sorry about your ride getting stolen. That’s the worst.

Spam Bass!!! Yes!!!

 

[dalkowski]

what's worse? bragging about a knockoff made of sawdust or having friends that will be impressed by it...

My head a splode.

 

[vvvmmm]

If it's "counterfit" rather than "counterfeit", do that make it a alternative-fact Gibby?

 

[ICM]

Jerked off the tuners

I’m sorry...you WHAT?

 

[Mister Boh]

With used studios going for 7-800 I don't get buying a fake and upgrading it for 600 or so.

 

[AboutSweetSue]

You could also grab up a legitimate Gibson SG for about $600-$700. Really doesn’t make sense to buy a fake, not if you’re going to pour hundreds in parts into it.

 

[buldog5151bass]

No motivation, I know the head stock is not good but I'm not parting with it, it's only to impress my non-music friends they don't know squat. I had to change the bridge also, I use a Gotoh but the tail piece was O.K

 

[TheReceder]

I just think the strings are too skinny.

 

[Shishka Bob]

The bridge is crooked.

 

[buldog5151bass]

Ok, you got new tuners, but, bridge, and pickups, and paid a Luther. How much did everything cost, including the guitar and shipping?