And those fakes just keep on coming...

[Rick31797]

The les paul on the headstock, looks too high up and doesn't look like it was done very well at all.
Rick

[bscott]

I am becoming more and more convinced that buying just about anything online is not a good idea. Just too man7y people looking to rip anybody off.

Brian

[Stonesy]

That git in the pic looks legit

[R.S.Fraser Sr.]

Seems to me that each time I see someone posting an alert for a fake or goofy or misleading add on ebay or craigs or whatever,
that the person advertising the instrument never surfaces on this board.

Why is that, do you spoze?

bob

[cheezyridr]

to me it's kind of scary to see so many people who are more knowledgeable than i am unable to agree to it's authenticity. sure makes buying used alot less attractive.

[Stonesy]

Its alway better to get the gits in your mitts.
Out of five gits i have bought online, only one really knocked my socks off.
Everything I have tried out beforehand I am okay with.

[puckhead]

Originally Posted by bscott

I am becoming more and more convinced that buying just about anything online is not a good idea. Just too man7y people looking to rip anybody off.

Brian

that is why forums like this are so valuable. If a classified ad shows up on here (or TGP or LPF, etc) with a fake, it would get torn apart in seconds.
Reputations within the community are at stake (for whatever that's worth), and very knowledgeable people tend to be very helpful.

I would be very hesitant to buy an LP, or anything over a few hundred bucks, on Craigslist. I feel a lot more comfortable in a setting like this.

[Stonesy]

Originally Posted by cheezyridr

to me it's kind of scary to see so many people who are more knowledgeable than i am unable to agree to it's authenticity. sure makes buying used alot less attractive.

I think everyone agreed that the guitar in the picture was a real Historic.
The seller sold a R8 for less than $2000 or was a crook. I'd be all over that if it was on this side of the continent.

[vasthorizon]

Originally Posted by Stonesy

I think everyone agreed that the guitar in the picture was a real Historic.
The seller sold a R8 for less than $2000 or was a crook. I'd be all over that if it was on this side of the continent.

If it was legit at that price, it was more than a steal. The seller might've been in real need.

[Yama]

Originally Posted by Stonesy

I think everyone agreed that the guitar in the picture was a real Historic.
The seller sold a R8 for less than $2000 or was a crook. I'd be all over that if it was on this side of the continent.

If not an R8, you can still score a LP custom here in the east.

The CL ad:

In new condition almost never played,just hanging around the house,comes with case.
If interested call (416)xxx-xxx.

The seller should have asked for somewhere in the lower $2K range if he or she wants to scam some noobs. $1200 is simply too fishy :P