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skippydmongoose
03-27-2009, 09:42 PM
http://cgi.ebay.com/1975-GIBSON-LES-PAUL-CUSTOM-EXCEPTIONAL-CONDITION_W0QQitemZ130295964411

:confused::confused:
Fu Schnikety
03-28-2009, 09:09 AM
What makes the headstock suspect?
skippydmongoose
03-28-2009, 09:32 AM
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zbasstringer
03-28-2009, 11:30 AM
Why is it a suspect headstock?
skippydmongoose
03-28-2009, 11:45 AM
Why is it a suspect headstock?

it looks strange to me :idk:

but iv'e been told that the norlin eras look different
skippydmongoose
03-28-2009, 11:52 AM
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d3/unclesmacky/3.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d3/unclesmacky/04ca_1.jpg
TIP
03-28-2009, 01:15 PM
Nothing wrong with it...the script (the lack of cut on the b and the o) are typical of that era(both my 73 Deluxes are the same)
skippydmongoose
03-28-2009, 01:26 PM
Nothing wrong with it...the script (the lack of cut on the b and the o) are typical of that era(both my 73 Deluxes are the same)

the edges seem to have more of a point too

and the scale is different
TIP
03-28-2009, 01:37 PM
the edges seem to have more of a point too

and the scale is different

well they are Customs:D



could be just different years...are those two headstocks listed both as 75's
skippydmongoose
03-28-2009, 01:48 PM
well they are Customs:D



could be just different years...are those two headstocks listed both as 75's

no idea

customs? :D

i always found it comical that a "custom" guitar is NOT made to customer specs

:facepalm::facepalm::facepalm:
DShep228
03-28-2009, 07:54 PM
I'm not an expert on Gibsons but shouldn't the i be doted?
skippydmongoose
03-28-2009, 07:57 PM
I'm not an expert on Gibsons but shouldn't the i be doted?

i'm sure it's been doted plenty

edit: also, i looked this up, didn't realize, ironically, dote means the decay of wood when used as a noun

hmmph, learn somethin every day
TIP
03-29-2009, 09:52 AM
I'm not an expert on Gibsons but shouldn't the i be doted?

Some 70's LP's had no dot...usually in the late 70's though.
TIP
04-01-2009, 08:44 AM
I'm not an expert on Gibsons but shouldn't the i be doted?

I was watching a doc on the man Les Paul last night(Chasing Sound)...and it actually opened up with a shot of Les playing a Custom without a dot on the "i".
This thread came to my mind.

I doubt he was playing a counterfeit.
hubberjub
04-01-2009, 06:43 PM
The corners of the headstock do seem a little more pointed than usual. I also find it unprofessional and a little suspect when sellers don't put in their location in the information box.
skippydmongoose
04-01-2009, 06:46 PM
I also find it unprofessional and a little suspect when sellers don't put in their location in the information box.

i bugs me because if they're right down the road, i don't wanna pay extra for shipping
Flight959
04-06-2009, 03:04 PM
There is NOTHING wrong with that headstock Logo or guitar...

Flight959