But it's almost worth the risk. One of you guys buy this and let me know how it turns out.
1981 Gibson Les Paul Guitar With Case One Owner | eBay | eBay
1981 Gibson Les Paul Guitar With Case One Owner | eBay | eBay
Or a mistake. First time seller. Probably screwed up.man, that just HAS to be a scam... I never knowingly buy an item from China. You know what they say about when it seems too good to be true...
bet the buyer never sees it
sweet
a friend of mine has a 59 Les Paul
about a decade ago he had decide to have it refinished/tended to
the topcoat had worn through from all the playing and there were a few little screws missing
he had heard from a friends friend about this guy who had known Les personally who supposedly had some original hardware laying around to replace the missing screws
well, it took the guy months and months to get the guitar back to him and my buddy was starting to think he would never see the guitar again
until one day the doorbell rang, UPS with a special delivery
on the box was a little note from the guy who fixed and refinished the guitar apologizing for the delay and that he hoped what was left under the topcoat would make up for it
my buddy opened the box and found all the missing screws replaced with original hardware and a beautiful shiny new top coat
underneath the top coat was the unmistakable signature of one Les Paul
apparently the guy fixing the guitar actually did know Les and he had happened to come by his shop while he was working on my buddies guitar
they got to talking about the axe and when the guy expressed his frustration about how long it took him to get it back together (had a hard time finding the right hardware) and Les decided to sign the guitar to make it worth the wait for my buddy
probably donating to a communist sympathizerI was almost going to pull the trigger. I've dropped more than that in a slot machine. It was the $46.00 bucks that threw the flags. Not $50.00, but $46.00. If the price was a little more realistic like somewhere in the ballpark of a thousand it would have been different. Or even like this identical guitar
1981 GIBSON LES PAUL STANDARD GUITAR 711106011035 | eBay
But $46 bucks. I should have done it just to see what happens
I can tell you that they are experts at forging high end guitars in China, and brazen enough to badge and market them as the real thing, even at trade shows right in the US!! I've seen this on the Martin forum over and over again!! To all but the saaviest of eyes, they are the real thing!!
My Les Paul story....
I had a 72 "Fretless Wonder", best damn playing guitar I ever did have, and sold it to a buddy about 25 years ago!! Never saw him or the guitar after that!!!......until about 2 months ago when he was playing in town!! I asked him about the guitar....yep, still have it, and no he's not selling it back!! First pic is as it stands today, 2nd With my buddy playing it in about 1985 or so!!!! Yes, that's also a Kalamazoo I'm playing that I jacked all up in the Van Halen era!!
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I can tell you that they are experts at forging high end guitars in China, and brazen enough to badge and market them as the real thing