is there such thing is a fake epiphone?
i saw a lp custom ebony for 1.8k
while a standard lp for 1.5k

this shop is in summit usj


is it fake??

while in GUITAR STORE
they selling customs for around 2.5k++

that shop in summit is popular for selling fakes.

the Bullseye at rhapsody in Mid Valley is sooooooooooooo fake.

It has the styling of the Gibson (the color and Pickup Selector cover), but with an Epiphone headstock and EMG-HZ pickups......

lolsss
fake stuffs dam zha dou..
i even asked the sales guy
he say mayb cos its last unit dats y so cheap

its damn dumb to copy an epiphone...

seriously..what the heck the manufacturers are thinking..

i hate this fake guitar thing
its realy troblesome
i dont know how to diifer. between ori n fake?
guitar maker should do something about it
maybe a hologram or anything
just to help and protect the costumer

if you're really evil, you can report the fake bullseye to sweelee and rhapsody will lose their gibson/epiphone dealership.

Totally agreed with u.At least could help us 2 be wary of fakes.
Hopefuli,someone will make a thread of which shop is selling fakes.
Or which shop 2 avoid.Just my 2cents.

Cheers...

lolsss yeah avoid the summit shop
PIANO STATION i guess its called

seems like everybody's not evil enuff. we're all good guy here.

That's not being evil,that's doing the right thing!

So how do you differentiate a fake and a real one?

workmanship, tone, and easiest- fakes don't stay in tune haha

my friends once buy guitar from bentley
because my friends so noob about guitar
bentley stuff kencing him
they give him guitar with a broken pickup
when middle one selected,no sound produce
my friends tot it suppose to be like that
after a while, i went to his home
and told him after testing his guitar
my point here is that some shop really tipu their costumer because some of them really noob
so they like taking advantages

In this case do we call it FAKE or more suitable using COPY??

because nobody will believe an ~rm2k gibson lespaul (instantly people will suspect if u put that price range ). So, ~rm2k epiphone (fake) is more believeable.

This post has been edited by davidletterboyz: Aug 5 2008, 04:59 PM

I saw the guitar too at that shop. Did the epi les paul standard ever come in goldtop? And that guitar had "les paul standard" on the truss rod cover.

alot of fake epiphones everywhere nowadays, and especially epiphones, and many guys are comparing those price with the price i offer.

Yes.

Any other shops selling fake "branded" guitars? Do let the rest know k.

Btw, "fake" and "copy" are 2 different things. Fake is like some piece of junk with a Gibson/Epi logo. Copy's are those brands that are based-on a famous brand or model.

Let's not spoil the reputation of shops selling "copies" as opposed to "fakes."

Damn..epi oso wan 2 copy.
So tat means nowadays its more dangerous to buy epi,rite?

Cheers...

spotted one fake in yamaha 2day

mid valley yamaha

sg go write les paul







This post has been edited by siemens: Sep 5 2008, 07:37 PM

not a fake. it is based on the actual model. And the tag is called Les Paul. SG are used to be called Les Paul for a short time.

owh izzit?
hehe dumb dumb me..
look nice tho:D

Did you remember how much was it?

epiphones in yamaha damn pricey wei

Deadeye do you have this model for sale? Can quote me the price if you do?

thats a regular epi SG custom.

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i think its around 2.7k?

x really pay attention cos i tot it was a fake

copy and fake are 2 different things ^^

-thats why bring some of experiences guitar friend before buy any.

( thats what i did, credits to helpful mod and friend =))

Yeap..too many indeed. I recently returned my fake epiphone acoustic guitar to Chambers Music in exchange of a handmade guitar (very good guitar). Few things that need to be examined;
-Model of guitar
-Serial number of product
-Quality

just wondering, you realised that its a fake AFTER purchasing it right?

did the shop just exchange it without any fuss? or were they reluctant to do so?

these are the only shops that u should buy epiphones from.
http://sweelee.sg/malaysiaagents.htm

anywhere else, and ur taking a risk that they might be fake.

Ironically Rhapsody in Mid Valley sells fake epis....... like the ZW Bullseye I spotted.

Rhapsody is a stupid shop la.

They're overpriced and they don't like people testing the guitars.

You can't even test the guitar with a pick.

haha.. i kena that oso wei. i wanan test with a pick, the fellar said NO PICK. i was like huh.. uh oh ok (ok that was like a year or more ago)
then another time which i wanted to test the amp, teh guy goreng all the way without me touching the guitar...

anyway, original epiphones can get from me oso la, in malaysia itself

haha but i got quite a good service in rhapsody le that day..
i test the me-20 and oso a few guitar..
this indian guy who serve me is very good

ur pretty lucky

Haha, if you look rich maybe they will treat you better la.

I got same sur name as the boss also the fella treat me like shit.

thats a fake .didnt realise that

same surname, haha..
i know the boss treat me nice sometimes la, and very nice when they were promoting some stuff at the south court (i tink it was yamaha's opening, i wonder y there were there promoting yamaha stuff)

Yeap, but I decided to splurge a little bit more money to get something better, and it was a solid top one
Changed without a fuss indeed. I myself wanted to find something better since it was the most expensive one around that range.

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Added on September 12, 2008, 1:16 amYeap, they aim for people who look like got a lot of money. I hate the short indian guy there. He act so lan si and he thinks he knows everything. They let you try for 10 seconds then that's it. Price wise, they simply naik more expensive. And you know for sure that it's very unreasonable, considering the kind of models they have. Stupid shop.

This post has been edited by staticspike: Sep 12 2008, 01:16 AM

hey are u the guy from pop shuvit? (just kidding man)
short indian guy? dont remember if there is one, just knew there is one tall indian guy, who seems quite nice la. i like the dreadlock fellar, he plays double pedal drums damn smooth~

eyh i just went to a shop and that shop sells epiphone les paul for rm750.totally fake right?the owner said it's made in china.under license something2 i didn't hear much cos my head was going on with 'this is a fake this is a fake this is a fake'.but still the design is awesome.one difference i noticed was the fret inlays.les paul has trapezoids /parallelogram inlays right?but this one has dot inlays. but very tempted to buy.haha

wut les paul? les paul-100 has those dot inlays, but then RM750 is pretty cheap. or is it a les paul junior?
need confirmation from the more pro in epiphone, such as everdying and blacktrix

yeah i think it's lp-100.just googled it and it's the same with the one at the shop.i've read that lp-100 really is cheap but i didn't believe it to be rm750 cheap.how much is lp-100 actually?

Remember the finish? I'm no expert but I think the Epi lp100s have bursts finishes and lp specials which are cheaper have solid finishes.

the one i saw was the standard black with the white pickguard one.but the tokay said other finish also got;sunburst and cherry.in fact i saw one sunburst hanging inside.

the specials are flat top and the lp100 have archtops. the easiest way to differentiate them i think. How can i forget tht

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Added on September 14, 2008, 1:48 amand i dont remember seeing specials with pickguards...

This post has been edited by quarantined: Sep 14 2008, 01:48 AM

Yeah, the dreadlock dude is awesome. And you know, Aru (I think) from Koffin Kanser also working there. But urmm..their prices are the greatest flaw. Compared to bentley and all, some are RM20-40 more expensive. And get this bro, the guy I mentioned about was being dumb. He was explaining to a customer about this Ibanez GIO, the H-S-H one.
Then he said,"Okay, if you select bridge pickup, you play hot leads and really crunchy metal. If you select the neck humbucker, you can play jazz".

I mean like..WTH? Neck Humbucker for Jazz? Mana ada? HAHAHAHA..semi-hollow body wei..mana ada solid body punya?

lp-100 is around RM1.2k retail. but i'm not sure how much is bringing them in now.
true true, their price is abit over, coz they take stocks from bentley
meaning metal cannot use neck pickup wan wei, ahaha...

dead eye..
my frens bought his lp special 2 around RM8++..
do the guitar fake too??
the guitar was made in china...

where did he buy from?
now epiphones are made in china, so cant say its fake though
unless the serial number tak kena, haha...

just check this out guys:

http://www.lelong.com.my/merchant/default....userid=akiraart

Les Paul's anyone?

lol!!!
superb man..
gibson same price as an epiphone..
i've called him months back..
yeah
i think he is some where up north

You do realize those are imitations right?

think there's a blog post on google on identifying fake/vs original epis. Apparently Epi follows some standard measurements (distance of tone knobs to bridge, distance of logo from the headstock edges, etc.) that imitations lack. They have the same look, but the measurements aren't consistent with the original epis.

yeah...
but sound wise??
hows is it??