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Some useful tips indeed.]]> Guitar Players Discussion chuckster https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/ibanez-counterfeit-warning/paged/2/#post-184669 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/ibanez-counterfeit-warning/paged/2/#post-184651 Wed, 21 Jun 2006 12:21:13 +0000 Some have, already, stopped putting in close-ups of the headstock.
The worst problem is EBay, though. Getting them to do something is getting very hard. These sellers put in 4 or 500 hundred items, each with a listing fee of say 50p. If ebay pulls the auction, they must refund the listing fee. What do you think is going to happen? NOTHING!!!
I wonder if, by taking no action, they become accessories to fraud? They are aware that what is being sold is counterfeit and take no action - surely, that is a crime?

Edit: I've looked again at Harmony Central and see that I messed a few pages, that have some good info.]]> Guitar Players Discussion greybeard https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/ibanez-counterfeit-warning/paged/2/#post-184651 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/ibanez-counterfeit-warning/paged/2/#post-184613 Wed, 21 Jun 2006 03:44:06 +0000
Can you post a link on that forum]]> Guitar Players Discussion duffmaster https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/ibanez-counterfeit-warning/paged/2/#post-184613 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/ibanez-counterfeit-warning/paged/2/#post-184610 Wed, 21 Jun 2006 03:26:08 +0000
Anyway, a "Gibsun" SG just showed up on the DC Craigslist. Jerk is asking $750 for it.]]> Guitar Players Discussion slejhamer https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/ibanez-counterfeit-warning/paged/2/#post-184610 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/ibanez-counterfeit-warning/paged/2/#post-182682 Sat, 10 Jun 2006 15:01:35 +0000
Those headstocks are pretty funny, too. If you're going to cheat, why make it so obvious? It's not. Suppose you're playing live, nobody is going to see whether that's an U or an O. People will just assume it's a real Gibson, so they'll assume you're a really cool guitarist. It's just as much about faking the player as having the player fake the rest of the world.]]> Guitar Players Discussion Ignar Hillström https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/ibanez-counterfeit-warning/paged/2/#post-182682 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/ibanez-counterfeit-warning/paged/2/#post-182681 Sat, 10 Jun 2006 14:54:00 +0000
BTW there is some good info on that thread on tell tale signs to look out for which gives the game away that it is a fake (apart from the obvious that its from China).

It's also worth noting that at least one UK ebayer is buying dodgy guitars from China and them selling them on for a profit using the same username :roll:]]> Guitar Players Discussion chuckster https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/ibanez-counterfeit-warning/paged/2/#post-182681 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/ibanez-counterfeit-warning/paged/2/#post-182671 Sat, 10 Jun 2006 11:57:13 +0000 He is now no longer a member of Ebay. 1 down, too many to go.]]> Guitar Players Discussion greybeard https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/ibanez-counterfeit-warning/paged/2/#post-182671 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/ibanez-counterfeit-warning/paged/2/#post-181690 Mon, 05 Jun 2006 22:54:57 +0000 Guitar Players Discussion duffmaster https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/ibanez-counterfeit-warning/paged/2/#post-181690 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/ibanez-counterfeit-warning/#post-181638 Mon, 05 Jun 2006 17:23:17 +0000
Those headstocks are pretty funny, too. If you're going to cheat, why make it so obvious?]]> Guitar Players Discussion slejhamer https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/ibanez-counterfeit-warning/#post-181638 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/ibanez-counterfeit-warning/#post-181631 Mon, 05 Jun 2006 16:47:29 +0000 I've a good mind to write to Gibson, about these Chinese sellers, although they probably know already.]]> Guitar Players Discussion greybeard https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/ibanez-counterfeit-warning/#post-181631