Question for Gibson Lovers Out There

[mikeluke]

Folks

Spotted an unusual one on eBay - link below - I've tried to track this one down via searches and can't get a guitar that matches - few things make me think that it might be a fake - serial number seems odd and is printed on rather than embossed in the wood - tuners are kidney-shaped not tulip shaped - tuners are not branded (Grovers???)


http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=350128888690&fromMakeTrack=true&ssPageName=VIP:watchlink:middle:uk

Anyone out there have a view if this is genuine or a fake?

Thanks

Mike

[FELINEGUITARS]

FAKE!!
Truss rod cover is the biggest giveaway - 3 screws to hold on
Doesnt use the normal Gibbo truss rod
Serial numbers for Gibson dont start with a letter

And look carefully - just doesn't look like a Gibson

[mikeluke]

Agree - it just doesn't look 'right' to me

[Ratrod]

Yep, it's fake.

The shape is a little off. The truss rod cover is a dead give-away.

Probably Chinese.

[Twinfan]

Wonky diamond inlay on headstock
Three screw truss rod cover
Non-Gibson serial number
Serial number not stamped into the wood
Non-symmetrical headstock?

Going by the serial number, it's a Korean 335 that has been Gibsonised.

[Philly Q]

I wonder if the seller knows it's dodgy?  He's certainly not using the "I know nothing about guitars, selling this for a friend..." approach.  :?

[mikeluke]

Let's ping him and see what he says.....

[Philly Q]

Let's ping him and see what he says.....

Go for it Mike!

[Ian Price]

Let's ping him and see what he says.....

Good idea - I saw a blondish early 80's 335 on eBay once. I asked the seller a question about it as he had claimed some famous people had played it. He said that Hendrix had had a go on it - when challenged that Hendrix wasn't alive in the 80's the seller apologised and said it was Jimmy Page that had played it.  :? :o

[Ian Price]

And look carefully - just doesn't look like a Gibson

The waist 'looks' too narrow IMO. Is there such a thing as a 365?

[Philly Q]

I don't think there is a 365.  There is a 356 though, which he mentions elsewhere - I believe it's a scaled-down model like the 336 and 339.

[FELINEGUITARS]

Can anyone spot what is wrong with this one ?
Signed by all of the Who including Keith Moon (who sadly died in 1978)
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110309136270&ru=http%3A%2F%2Fshop.ebay.co.uk%3A80%2F%3F_from%3DR40%26_trksid%3Dm38%26_nkw%3D110309136270%26_fvi%3D1

[mikeluke]

Let me guess - guitar was not manufactured until 1980s/1990s?

[Ian Price]

Can anyone spot what is wrong with this one ?
Signed by all of the Who including Keith Moon (who sadly died in 1978)

Ridiculous!

As a side issue why would somebody sell this guitar when it has absolutely no connection to the guitars that Townshend plays (citation needed but I don't recall him playing a floyd rose equipped guitar)!!

[WezV]

here is a 335 i have in at the moment, i think its genuine and all that... but the serial number and label bug me






pot codes put it at about 2000 which suggests a 63 re-issue - but that should have an orange label.  they did change production factories in 2000 so maybe its a transition one.  Gibson dont recognise the serial number but dont think its fake either and every aspect of its construction is pure gibson