The New FAKE Epi thread

[BGood]

That ... is funny.

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[Ajsullivan]

That ... is funny.

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what do you mean?

 

[BGood]

what do you mean?

It looks like it was drawn freehand.

 

[Ajsullivan]

It looks like it was drawn freehand.

Interestingly that is the one I think his highly likely to be genuine. Bought it from an old man whom I am pretty sure had it from new and it was store-bought. It is the one with the smaller body dimensions. The serial comes out as 2015 Indonesia. The other is the one I thought was more likely to be fake, SW is a code I can't find. The body size is very big, it sounds great though to be fair - much more resonant than the smaller so it's not a complaint just interesting.

 

[Paruwi]

This is a newer one, made March 2015 at the indonesian Samick factory

this one is from 2006, never seen or heard of a factory with 'SW' code
this OEM factory might not have been producing for Epi for a long time
and sure specs can differ

 

[Ajsullivan]

This is a newer one, made March 2015 at the indonesian Samick factory

this one is from 2006, never seen or heard of a factory with 'SW' code
this OEM factory might not have been producing for Epi for a long time
and sure specs can differ

Thanks for the reply - is there a way to find out? I was looking for an epiphone email but couldn't find one anywhere - I know other manufacturers ID their guitars if you ask?

 

[Paruwi]

is there a way to find out?

Epi/Gibson customer-service will not tell you in which OEM-factory it was made,
they don't want buyers rate a single factory....
they just tell you the year and maybe the country

 

[Davis Sharp]

Both sticker logos look odd, but the thing that bothered me about the Hummingbird Pro/FC sticker is that it appears to be stuck on a brace.

 

[soulman969]

Has anyone heard more about the "Deep Fakes" supposedly being made by a group of cannibalistic pizza chefs in New Jersey?

What's really in that pepperoni, huh?

 

[BGood]

What's really in that pepperoni, huh?

They use it to make tortoise pickguards. But it's OK they're mostly F type products.

 

[DigitalDreams]

They use it to make tortoise pickguards. But it's OK they're mostly F type products.

Now with 35% more gristle.

 

[Raiyn]

Has anyone heard more about the "Deep Fakes" supposedly being made by a group of cannibalistic pizza chefs in New Jersey?

What's really in that pepperoni, huh?

Here comes Quinta Falsa Anon....

 

[Pierre M]

Hey, just bought this beautiful 1993 MIK Samick Joe Pass, I think it's legit but you never know

There's no sticker inside the body.

 

[Paruwi]

I think it's legit

Yep

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Welcome here @ €piTalk

 

[soulman969]

We should rename this the Epi-phony Thread.

 

[Raiyn]

We should rename this the Epi-phony Thread.

 

[juks]

Wow, I did not realize fakery was such a big issue. I have to keep my eyes open and check my epis. Thanks for all the info.

Darrell Brown on his youtube channel has a Chibson post. He ordered a fred durst burst for $599 and received (two) cardboard pictures of the guitar. Lmao. What a scam! Apparently there was a note in small font stating 'cardboard likeness '.

I hate crooks like that. If you want to (need to) buy something that does not cost much and is not a scam and totally usable, then get a Firefly. I have 3 of them and only wished there was stuff like that available when I was buying my 1st guitar. I paid way more for crap, but there was nothing else existing. Or Harley Benton gets good reviews too. Never tried those myself.

Yes, they imitate the shapes of Gibson and Fender but don't pretend to be something they aren't.

 

[Raiyn]

Darrell Brown on his youtube channel has a Chibson post. He ordered a fred durst burst for $599 and received (two) cardboard pictures of the guitar. Lmao. What a scam! Apparently there was a note in small font stating 'cardboard likeness '.

He didn't get scammed, but apparently you did. Chibson posts joke meme products on Facebook etc. Darrell was in on the gag.

https://www.chibson.com

 

[juks]

Apparently so, looking at their Instagram. Is that just some people laughing at Chibson the real fake guitars? Is so, kudos to them. Or what is going on here?

 

[Raiyn]

Apparently so, looking at their Instagram. Is that just some people laughing at Chibson the real fake guitars? Is so, kudos to them. Or what is going on here?

That's exactly what it is.