Authentic and genuine have different meanings. Authentic means it might pass inspection (authentication), but genuine is the real deal.
Yup... stay away.. Also, there’s only 3 screws in LP Junior pickguards. Looks like something Dillion would have made in China. Worth about $250.... maybe
”... 10 out of 10 ...”I’m set to meet the guy today but there are some red flags. The super low price as well as the fact that I can’t find any LP jr pics where the pickguard has two screws on the bottom. What do y’all think? Screamin’ deal, or scam? Thanks!
Did you get one or know someone who did? As a boy, I always wanted one of those.
I‘d still come across the ads in old copies of “Richie Rich,” and figured the “Polaris submarine” was just a dumb cardboard cutout dealy. Or something.
Let's just say that they were their own shipping carton.”... 10 out of 10 ...”
Did you get one or know someone who did? As a boy, I always wanted one of those.
After I grew up some, like, became a teenager
This. It's not a Gibson. If you can get it for cheap $$, it may be OK, but don't fall for any BS stories about being real.
Heh, I do know the difference -- I was referring to the stupid Gibson "Play Authentic" debacle last year.
It's a fake. Too many red flags. Someone said the pick guard looks off. It is. Look at the pic of the real one. the pick-guard almost touches the pu. On the "yours" it's no where near it. The bridge doesn't look right. It doesn't seem to have enough of that tune-o-matic angle to it. But the biggest flag, next to the fact it's so cheap, is he won't show you head-stock pics. He knows it's a fake and is hoping you're not smart enough to tell. Run from this.I’m set to meet the guy today but there are some red flags. The super low price as well as the fact that I can’t find any LP jr pics where the pickguard has two screws on the bottom. What do y’all think? Screamin’ deal, or scam? Thanks!
Move on!!He won’t share photos of the headstock, said the ones I’m the ad were all he’s willing to share before meeting face to face
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Its not a dead give away. Some people dont have time, some may be out of town and away from their gear, some may not like the like the idea of being run around by the buyer.
Sorry, but you have to expect buyers are going to want to see the headstock of a supposed Gibson this day and age. Is it possible the sale is legit? Sure. But refusing to take a picture of something you should've taken a picture of from the getgo is a dead giveaway, in my opinion.
You dont buy from a picture. You wouldnt purchase a car from a picture would you? If you want something that badly, go look at it. I wouldnt kiss the a5s of every perspective buyer just because they make demands. Especially with the way most buyers act....."Will you take $300 for it?"................"Sure, im willing to negotiate, what are you seeing as a problem?"..........."Ummm, well"........"so nothing really, i guess you just dont feel like paying what im asking for it - maybe you should come look at it first".
No, and we're not talking about making a purchase based on a photograph. We're talking making a reasonable determination as to the authenticity of an item based on a photo, and it can be a hell of a lot faster and more convenient to contact the seller and ask questions / ask for more images than to waste time and gas driving to who knows where without doing so first, especially given we're in the middle of a pandemic.
You're putting the cart before the horse. Whether I'd want the guitar in the first place would depend on whether I could establish, with a fair degree of certainty, that it's genuine.
Asking for a picture isn't making a demand, and asking if the seller can add an image to the listing is a benefit not just to a particular buyer, but all prospective buyers.
The seller is advertising the guitar as a Les Paul Junior. Les Paul is a trademark of the Gibson brand, and since no other company has the right to use the Les Paul name, if it's not a Gibson then he shouldn't be advertising it as a Les Paul. In this case, it turned out to be a counterfeit.
