Quite possibly the worst attempt at a fake I have ever seen

[Ian Price]

Many things on this made me laugh. The wings, the dot neck with the split diamond headstock, the f-holes and the sellers "I can't tell the difference" statement.

Unf*ckingbelievable:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/GIBSON-ES-335-DOT_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp3286Q2ec0Q2em14QQhashZitem27aaab153bQQitemZ170367063355QQptZUKQ5fMusicalQ5fInstrumentsQ5fGuitarsQ5fCVQQsalenotsupported

[Philly Q]

Now withdrawn from sale, I see.

But how bizarre!  The seller has nearly 800 feedback, 100% positive... not the profile of a scammer at all.

[gwEm]

the f-holes are pure LOL material

[Ian Price]

The seller has nearly 800 feedback, 100% positive... not the profile of a scammer at all.

I hadn't seen that - makes it even stranger. Perhaps a kind person pointed out the errors and the listing was swiftly removed.

[richardjmorgan]

That split diamond on the headstock is a total catastrophe.

[d1dsj]

Rooks rike a Res Pore to me!

[Dmoney]

im going on out a limb and saying its genuine.
build quality is just slipping.

[Prawnik]

For a second, I thought you all were dissing one of the guitars I built.

n.b. I have never tried to sell a guitar as anything other than what it is.

I like how the seller added a comment on the two-screw truss rod cover; it seems that the seller may know more than he lets on - Epis and most Chinese fakes have a three-screw cover.

[hunter]

the f-holes are pure LOL material

At least even with my sausage fingers it would be a breeze to fit some proper pots - which it surely needs :O)

[WezV]

For a second, I thought you all were dissing one of the guitars I built.

have we seen any of those?

[jpfamps]

Worst I've seen is a Vintage VEC500 with a Martin logo lashed on the headstock being sold as a DC-28! Slight price difference......

I wouldn't be too judgemental about the seller unless you know better as ebay accounts do get hijacked by fraudsters. This happened to be. Fortunately ebay managed to put a block on my account before any serious harm was done. A rare case of ebay being helpful......

[Tellboy]

the f-holes are pure LOL material

At least even with my sausage fingers it would be a breeze to fit some proper pots - which it surely needs :O)

 :D - Yes looks enough room there to slip the soldering iron in and do the connections without  removing the pots. :lol:

[Ian Price]

Rooks rike a Res Pore to me!

I see you've gone all Scooby Doo on us.

[Philly Q]

the f-holes are pure LOL material

At least even with my sausage fingers it would be a breeze to fit some proper pots - which it surely needs :O)

 :D - Yes looks enough room there to slip the soldering iron in and do the connections without  removing the pots. :lol:

And you could carry your cables, strings, picks and maybe a pedal or two in the other half of the body.  Perfect!

[tomjackson]

I think it's a Gibson 348 from about 1990, they only made a few, great guitars - a little smaller than a dot but sound just as good