Counterfeit Guitar Bust Yields 861 Gibson Fakes, Ends with Prison Sentence

Denis · July 24, 2009, 09:13:02 AM

http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/Features/counterfeit-guitar-bust-708/

Good for them!

Dave W · July 24, 2009, 09:16:53 AM

Yeah, I saw that and wondered why the Chinese government actually did something about it. They usually ignore it. Maybe it helped that Gibson has its own investments in China.

uwe · July 24, 2009, 09:19:36 AM

Did Deceitful Dan offer nice TBird fakes too? I might have been interested ... Not to present the fake as an original, but to marvel at perhaps how good or bad it is.

Rembrandt collectors collect the (good) fakes too, all part of the myth.

OldManC · July 24, 2009, 10:56:46 AM

I'm with Uwe. If they're good copies I'd like a few!

the mojo hobo · July 27, 2009, 03:52:10 PM

Better hurry, there's only a few left:

http://www.dhgate.com/wholesale/search.do?searchkey=gibson+bass&catalog=

uwe · July 28, 2009, 03:59:19 AM

Ahum, practice will have to make perfect here ...

EvilLordJuju · August 03, 2009, 01:06:41 PM

Quote from: the mojo hobo on July 27, 2009, 03:52:10 PM
Better hurry, there's only a few left:

http://www.dhgate.com/wholesale/search.do?searchkey=gibson+bass&catalog=

that 1966 EB0 is pretty convincing.... going to have to look out for those on ebay over the next decades