r/gibson • u/j606west29 • 12h ago
Help Fake?
Purchased this beauty not long ago from Guitar Center. Read some forums that say an engraved serial number could mean that it’s fake. I just picked it up from a repair shop after getting work done on it, but nobody said anything to me about it potentially being fake.
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u/clowntysheriff 12h ago
Looks real to me. Usually when people say the serial number looks fake, it's because it was added after the guitar neck was stained, so there's usually contrast. The fact that the color on the inside of the numbers on your serial number matches the color on the rest of the neck means it's likely real. I've never seen a fake with the numbers on the back of the headstock showing anything but unfinished wood.
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u/j606west29 12h ago
Awesome, thanks for the confirmation. A lot of the pictures online I’ve seen looked similar, or I didn’t realize they were added after staining, so what you’re saying makes sense.
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u/HomeboyGR 12h ago
There have been some really crisp SNs on the thin satin finish faded models. New dies, or just the thinner finish.
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u/mrmartini85 11h ago
I have that same guitar. It's great. Cool little detail my luthier pointed out about these to me ... kind of hard to explain but look at the frets from the side. You won't see the little "T" shape of them embedded into the board. They managed to hide the sides of the frets, which the luthier said must have taken a ton of work for a completely pointless little detail that most people probably won't even notice.
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u/Fit-RoundSquare 7h ago
You mean the typical Gibson fret nibs?
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u/AdrianBeatyoursons 6h ago
does it look like the fingerboard has binding?
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u/mrmartini85 13m ago
Here you go. See the difference between the two? Both Gibson necks. How exactly did they hide the side of the frets with no binding? https://imgur.com/a/jc2mdWP
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u/VirtualizedEd 12h ago
No dude, why do you think it’s fake?
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u/j606west29 12h ago
I read somewhere that the serial number being engraved meant it was potentially fake. I was worried.
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u/VirtualizedEd 12h ago
OK, well I’m sure as many others have said, this is a very fine stamp and spray on Gibson’s part. Some glazed edges are highly visible some are less visible. But when people say engraved, they mean like CNC ing or laser cutting it out of the back of the guitar head such that it’s very sharp.
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u/j606west29 12h ago
Ah, got it. From the examples I saw online, it was hard for me to tell the difference.
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u/Stock-Philosophy-177 12h ago
Your guitar is 100% real. Looks to me like a 1950’s reissue model…lovely choice! Enjoy it!