There was a similiar style logo like that on some cheaper 80's guitars and also some bolt ons were made in the wacky 80's on some cheaper gibby's(invader ,challenger?????)
Just saying!!
Call the cops.
A new 'vintage music' store opened in town a little while ago, so I finally stopped in to see what the buzz was yesterday am. Used LP's and Vintage amps and guitars.
Hmmm...spotted this, so I went back to my car to grab my spycam:
Check out the logo:
Gibson never used that logo on any guitars from the the period. That's one clue it's fake.
Here's more....check out where the strap button is, let alone the BS bolt-on neck:
Finally, I jotted down the s/n that was indeed embossed on the back of the head. Seemed legit, with it's 8 digits in Gibson's mysterious date code convention:
82590580. That number today would make it made in Nashville on the 259th day of 1980. But in the 60's, they actually ran 8 digit 3's like this one... only NONE started with 825.
The owner wasn't in. I wanted to ask what he wants for it to see what the game is.
I'd offer him 30 bucks for the Grover keys and the knobs, take them off, and let him keep the rest to put in his wood burning stove.
There was a similiar style logo like that on some cheaper 80's guitars and also some bolt ons were made in the wacky 80's on some cheaper gibby's(invader ,challenger?????)
Just saying!!
"I love being alive and I will be the best man I possibly can. I will take love wherever I find it and offer it to whoever will take it... seek knowledge from those wiser and teach those who wish to learn from me."
"Develop your talent, man, and leave the world something. Records are really gifts from people. To think that an artist would love you enough to share his music with anyone is a beautiful thing."
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You come to a point in your life when you really don't care what people think about you, you just care what you think about yourself." - Evel Knievel
Gibson used a bolt on neck with that style logo on th Sonex 180s I think. I have never seen a bolt on SG style from gibson though.
Patrick
Yea the sonex was one of those wacky ones.There were some others.The sg above ,I have no clue but was just stating stuff Wings most likely knows already :
"I love being alive and I will be the best man I possibly can. I will take love wherever I find it and offer it to whoever will take it... seek knowledge from those wiser and teach those who wish to learn from me."
"Develop your talent, man, and leave the world something. Records are really gifts from people. To think that an artist would love you enough to share his music with anyone is a beautiful thing."
Duane Skydog Allman
You come to a point in your life when you really don't care what people think about you, you just care what you think about yourself." - Evel Knievel
Did Gibson ever use 3 screws for holding on the truss rod cover on their SG's?
Guitars: Vox standard model 24,Framus jumbo acoustic,
Crafter Telecaster copy,Crafter D-7 acoustic,
Samick les paul copy.
Dillion SG
Amps: Behringer GMX1200H, Epiphone valve jr.
Nope - two screws front and back.Originally Posted by mechanic
Guitars: 2008 Gibson SG Classic, 2006 Gibson Les Paul Standard LE, 2002 Gibson SG Supreme, 2001 Gibson Les Paul Studio Plus, 1996 Les Paul Studio Gem, American Deluxe Double Fat Strat, Bluesville "Super" Strat Copy, MIK Fender "Limited Edition" Tele, JD Bluesville "Night Pilot", Yamaha AES 820, Steinberger Spirit GT Pro, Taylor 355CE, Ovation 1897 Adamas, Ovation CC057 Celebrity
Amps: Axe FX centered rack rig, Mesa 4x12 cab. Germino Club 40, Johnson JM150 Millennium, Johnson JM250 Millennium, Gibson Titan Medalist Frankenstein.
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Looks like it could be a Gibson Baldwin Student series
Don't know that much about Gibsons other than the 'mainstream' ones I've had - 330, Melody Maker, LP's, 335, Special, Junior, BluesHawk. Have borrowed & played but never had an SG. What I know about Gibson and Epiphone serialization and logos comes from references like Blue Book and The Gibson Guitar Book.Originally Posted by mrmudcat
Don't know jack-shinola 'bout Sonex, Baldwin student models, etc., etc.
That logo and the location of the strap button smack in the middle of the neck behind the 15th or 18th fret? Just looks like a cheezy fake, but I'm sure I'm wrong. If I get to talk to the store's owner/guitar guru, I'll find out, though.
Ooh a mystery! I'm hanging out to find out what happens!
Also, all fakery aside, is that a massive crack evident in the shot from behind?
Not a crack, just the camera flash hi-liting the joints of what looked to me like a 5-piece body, like it did with the headstock's pieces. The finish is very thin, like an aged nitrocell finish would be.
This shop actually had quite a few interesting used guitars & amps. A red 60's Gretsch 'Monkees' model. An '88 or so burst Fender MIJ Strat. An MIJ Takamine NEX body 12. A white tolex'd Mesa Boogie 1x12, a couple of silver-face Fender Twins. And surprise of surprises, they carry new stuff, notably, they're actually a listed dealer for hard-to-find Orange Amps, with a couple of the English amps and heads besides the economy Asian 'Crush' models.
The shop's main business, though, is it's a Tatoo & Body Piercing 'Parlor'.:
I kid you not.
I hope to have a wooden or crete skate bowl(pool) and a tattoo piercing place in my studio.Among a few other things :
"I love being alive and I will be the best man I possibly can. I will take love wherever I find it and offer it to whoever will take it... seek knowledge from those wiser and teach those who wish to learn from me."
"Develop your talent, man, and leave the world something. Records are really gifts from people. To think that an artist would love you enough to share his music with anyone is a beautiful thing."
Duane Skydog Allman
You come to a point in your life when you really don't care what people think about you, you just care what you think about yourself." - Evel Knievel
RUN AWAY! It looks to me like a generic Japanese copy of the 70's with a fake decal.
Electric: Fat strat > Korg PB > TS7 > DS1 > DD-20 > Cube 60 (Fender model)
Acoustic: Guitar > microphone > audience
Things like that make me sick.
That reminds me of the Squier Standard Strat I`ve seen today listed as a Fender Custom Shop Stratocaster Pro.
Sorry for sticking Fenders in here, but.. if you are curious to take a look at it..
http://produto.mercadolivre.com.br/M...caster-pro-_JM
Now Google a for "real" CS Strat Pro (or check eBay), and see how many differences you can point ... there`s a quickly-growing thread about this one in a forum I`m a moderator. I`m glad many people are constantly going there and pointing the facts to the seller/scammer.
Last edited by Iago; October 14th, 2008 at 10:01 PM. Reason: typo
Mark
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