Donzi Gibson Les Paul Guitar.

[Scott Pearson]

Just picked this up today. #6 of 100. Never been played and is mint! Always wanted one.

[Carl C]

Very nice!

[Ed Donnelly]

Barry Eller...Breezer has the same one too cool...Ed

[f_inscreenname]

I'll ask.
What that set you back?
Very nice by the way.

[Tidbart]

If I remember correctly, John Totaro bought that one, originally. Cool Guitar.

It probably hasn't been played, or not much. I remember John saying it was not easy to play as it has no frets on the neck. Not a beginner's guitar. Especially with the original price tag.

B

[Just Say N20]

What a find! A true work of art.

The neck has frets. . . .

[Mr X]

I would send it to Gibson and have it authenticated. Lots of counterfeit ones made out there....with serial numbers and look very legit.

http://www.dhgate.com/product/new-br...155532997.html

[Tidbart]

Wow. Is nothing sacred to these scumbags?

Here is the description from the ad. Their command of the english language is priceless.

"Unlike Acoustic guitars, cheapest electric guitar are a more fashionable and new instrument. The sound of electric guitar online is higher, and more striking, which is very suitable for rock and roll. It is an extremely cool scene for a boy to play the electric guitar kits on the stage and sing out loud. The second hand electric guitars can actually stimulate the passion from the bottom of your heart, and the quality of junior electric guitar in our shop makes you concern free. Come on and get a new 12 string electric guitar!"

If this doesn't have Chairman Mao written all over it, nothing does.

Bob

I would send it to Gibson and have it authenticated. Lots of counterfeit ones made out there....with serial numbers and look very legit.

http://www.dhgate.com/product/new-br...155532997.html

[Tidbart]

What a find! A true work of art.

The neck has frets. . . .

Position markers, not frets. Oops. Obviously not a guitar player.

[jl1962]

Scott's is real.
Very easy to tell.

The cheap one is not even close, although their English is way better than my Chinese!

Correct, no position markers on the fingerboard (it says DONZI), but there will be dots on the neck binding for fret positioning - not too hard to get the hang of.

Mr. X is correct, there are a lot of fake Les Paul's out there, but they cost 50-100x more than this one.

Nice find.

Now all Scott needs is a matching Donzi.....
Ted????

[CHACHI]

Just buy the book "How to buy a guitar and not fret"

It will explain everything.

Just saying.

ken

[Scott Pearson]

Its real. I already did my home work trust me. I also spoke to Gibson as well and confirmed everything. The knock offs are pretty good but there are differences as long as you know what too look for.

Ted the guitar you posted a link to is clearly a fake. You don't even have to look far to see that. Hell the biggest give away is Gibson is not even on the headstock. Also the neck should be all blue on the back. Not white.


I also received all the original paper work as well.

[woobs]

The offshore reproductions usually use Metric hardware while Gibson uses Imperial. Even the pick guards and backing covers are different dimensionally. If you open her up and have a look at the, pickups, pots, wiring, soldering connections will all be of inferior quality yet, still stamped with their manufacturer.

Funny enough... Epiphone, Gibson's value marque, uses all the same cheap offshore metric parts but are still regarded as a quality instrument.

I have built a Gibson Les Paul clone from Gibson parts on an offshore "value" body/neck that sounded fantastic and played well. It cost me nowhere near the lower ante level of a factory Gibson.

The point is, that authentic Gibson's are easy to verify and the clones/copies/fakes are just as easy to tell apart if you know what you are looking at. As long as you get what you pay for it's all good.

Note: the same goes for Fender and their value marque, Squire.

[Mr X]

Its real. I already did my home work trust me. I also spoke to Gibson as well and confirmed everything. The knock offs are pretty good but there are differences as long as you know what too look for.

Ted the guitar you posted a link to is clearly a fake. You don't even have to look far to see that. Hell the biggest give away is Gibson is not even on the headstock. Also the neck should be all blue on the back. Not white.


I also received all the original paper work as well.

Scott, I'm glad you did get a genuine Gibson. I was not trying to stir up the pot....
The link I posted quickly, was an example. There are several companies making counterfeit guitars. Some better than others. We had 2 come into the Donzi factory when I worked there that literally were almost identical to the genuine one in Nick Millers office. They even had the display case with the 18 classic wallpaper in the background.

[Ed Donnelly]

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