Uwe did buy a couple of "Gibson customs" that were actually made by Roger Giffen using some Gibson parts, long after Roger had left Gibson. But we're trainspotters. We were suspicious and figured out and he chose to buy anyway.
I bought
just one because it was a fake! I wanted one good fake in my collection. Every good collection of anything has at least one forgery, just look at art museums!
My two other fake Gibsons are homemade fantasy Gibsons built by Bill (an LP Bass from Gibson parts) and John's Blueshawk (with a Ripper neck and G-3 pups) - again full disclosure and I cherish them for what they are, I have my own custom shop luthiers working abroad!
Some fakes are great in their own right. So this here is no longer deemed a Rembrandt, but why they have stopped displaying it even though it is from the same era, from one of his associated painters and so well painted is beyond me:
As for the guy who had Dave start this thread I'd say that he barely gets away by saying that it is "Gibson style" only. Doesn't justify if he has been more deceptive in the past. What is disturbing is this inset here though, which gives conflicting and plain untruthful information:
"Product Specs
Condition: Very good
Make:
Gibson Model:
EB Mahogany
Categories: 4-String, Short Scale
Made In: United States"
Don't know whether he was responsible for filling in that information or whether that was done automatically by Reverb, but it is his bass and ad and he should have seen it corrected.
