Another Fake Guitar..., this time it's a Gibson
ZakkWylde
May 24 2009, 12:46 PM
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Hey guys!

I was searching through the German Ebay, looking for some guitars when I stumbled across this one:

http://cgi.ebay.de/E-Gitarre-Gibson_W0QQit...93%3A3|294%3A50

The article says that she inherited this guitar and does not know anything about it besides it being a Gibson. I thought I might get a steal on a over 3k Gibson Zakk Wylde sig and asked the seller for more pictures (for me to make sure it's the real deal) because she said that it didn't come with a case which made me suspicious...

The pictures arrived and I took a closer look:

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The headstock seems legit but I noticed the truss rod cover saying *Zakk Wylde Les Paul Custom* while the original ones just say *Les Paul Custom*. Mmh...

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The pickups are wrong (EMG HZ while the original has active EMG) and looking at the neck I noticed that the fretboard is Rosewood but the Original has Ebony!

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The back looks alright

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The back of the headstock is where it gets ugly: First of all those are no name tuners while the original has Grover tuners. There is the Gibson logo, a *made in the USA* stamp, a serial number, the Zakk silouette logo and even an autograph by zakkk himself so it seems...
BUT comparing it to a real one (took some pictures of a real one at my local store) I see that logo and silhouette are at the wrong places and that Zakk models have a special 3-digit serial number while this one has a regular serial.

What really pisses me of is that they even faked Zakks autograph on the back -.-

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This post has been edited by ZakkWylde: May 24 2009, 12:48 PM


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- ZakkWylde   Another Fake Guitar...   May 24 2009, 12:46 PM
- - Tolek   That´s sick. Why do people such horrible things ...   May 24 2009, 01:01 PM
- - audiopaal   RE: Another Fake Guitar...   May 24 2009, 01:10 PM
- - Jesse   RE: Another Fake Guitar...   May 24 2009, 01:26 PM
- - berko   QUOTE (Tolek @ May 24 2009, 02:01 PM) Tha...   May 24 2009, 01:59 PM
- - MickeM   Really nasty! Good think you know how a real o...   May 24 2009, 04:46 PM
|- - ZakkWylde   QUOTE (MickeM @ May 24 2009, 05:46 PM) Re...   May 24 2009, 08:28 PM
|- - MickeM   QUOTE (ZakkWylde @ May 24 2009, 09:28 PM)...   May 24 2009, 09:53 PM
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- - Fran   At least they made some obvious mistakes, had they...   May 24 2009, 09:58 PM
- - Xuestor   Trussrod cover totally gives it away, a very clump...   May 25 2009, 04:05 AM
- - NoSkill   I really hate stuff like that, especially because ...   May 25 2009, 04:37 AM
- - Santiago Diaz Garces   I saw once a seller that was selling an Ibanez Jem...   May 25 2009, 06:26 PM
- - playaxeman   Probably you can ask for Gibson support if the reg...   May 25 2009, 06:34 PM
|- - ZakkWylde   QUOTE (playaxeman @ May 25 2009, 07:34 PM...   May 25 2009, 07:15 PM
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- - wrk   This obviously seems to be a fake guitar, but read...   May 25 2009, 07:08 PM
|- - MickeM   QUOTE (wrk @ May 25 2009, 08:08 PM) This ...   May 25 2009, 10:05 PM
|- - wrk   QUOTE (MickeM @ May 25 2009, 11:05 PM) I ...   May 26 2009, 08:30 AM
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- - Hammerhead   I hate cheats! At least report it to the selle...   May 26 2009, 06:13 AM
- - Gilmore   The nut looks like a cheap plastic Epiphone one to...   May 26 2009, 09:04 AM
- - Ivan Milenkovic   Amateurs   May 26 2009, 12:15 PM
- - inertia   There are so many fake gibsons, even a lot of fake...   May 27 2009, 09:20 PM
- - Marcus Siepen   This one definitely seems to be a fake. The origin...   May 29 2009, 10:47 AM
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