Ebay Gibson, fake???

[amptech]

Gentlemen, let this one go... Place a bid on the nice sunburst '74 Les paul signature bass instead

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1974-Gibson-Les-Paul-Signature-Bass-w-OHSC-/151154620685?pt=Guitar&hash=item233184790d

[Granny Gremlin]

I can't say what it is, but I don't think is a real Gibson. Black plastic nut and generic TRC gives it away. A shot of the truss rod's nut would probably end all discussions.

Easily explained as aftermarket parts (I have real Gibsons with replaced nuts - not uncommon and hardly affects value.

As for Maple neck, I don't know if we can trust the seller to be knowledgeable enough to say, but Gibson did use maple long scale necks with 4x4 headstock for a time, even if not on LPs.  A third option presents itself; this could be real and highly modified, complete fake, or a bit of both (either genuine neck, as genuine Gibson maple bass necks were easily found on ebay for a while, with a random body or vice versa).

I suppose Sir Arthur is correct in any case, though I'd still say that knowing all this, it's worth the opening bid if you're into a project and live in Oz.

[uwe]

Maple does turn it into an Epi me thinks. No that a maple LP is per se bad, I have a maple neck thru Epi prototype LP and it sounds like a Ric, definitely gets itself heard.