Mike Gug Posted May 2, 2007 Share Posted May 2, 2007 This is kinda creepy. This was the first time I had ever seen one of these sites. A guy was selling an orange busrt on Craigs List. In the CL pics, he never showed the headstock, but sent me this link when I asked about a guitar. www.importgear.com.cn Does any one else feel disturbed by this? Mikegug www.facebook.com/theresistancemusic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluesape Posted May 2, 2007 Share Posted May 2, 2007 Gibson Gretsch? Yup - that's disturbing. Never a DUH! moment! Well, almost never. OK, OK! Sometimes never! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fantasticsound Posted May 2, 2007 Share Posted May 2, 2007 That's definitely scary, Mike. One more reason why it's a good thing when companies control territories for sales of their products. Sure, the internet has forced retail markets to move nationally, if not globally, but at what cost? I did see a funny reverse of knock-off scams yesterday. On Ed Roman's site is a letter from a guy who bought a suspicious, used PRS from his local Sam Ash. It had no PRS signature sticker and several other variations made him wonder about it, but the store was selling it for $800 as a PRS. They said they couldn't charge anything near blue book for it because of the variations from other PRS instruments. Despite that fact everyone who played the instrument insisted they could hear and feel differences that made the used guitar far better than any of the new PRS instruments in their stock. When he arrived home he noticed the pickups were not floating, but hard mounted to the body. He removed a pickup to discover "Ed Roman was here", a parody of "Kilroy was here" Ed adds to instruments he modifies for customers. This PRS (and yes, it was a PRS) had the neck modified to create a long tenon, the pickups had been hard mounted and several other modifications. (Ed informed the letter writer the work, along with similar work on other instruments, was done for a NYC policeman. He surmised the cop sold the instrument when he became parapalegic, but I wonder if it wasn't stolen. It was bought by the letter writer in Texas.) So some lucky stiff bought a better than stock, heavily modified PRS for $800 because the staff at Sam Ash didn't know what they had. (Another reason I believe the instrument was stolen. If they didn't know, the seller certainly didn't know.) It's easiest to find me on Facebook. Neil Bergman Soundclick fntstcsnd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guitarzan Posted May 2, 2007 Share Posted May 2, 2007 actually i had a chuckle when i clicked on a "PRS" and seen the seam of the maple cap start going in a different angle than the strings, not to mention the pickups being all wonky. what a bunch of crap. but there are those who will buy them. http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=193274 rock it, i will Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zuben Posted May 2, 2007 Share Posted May 2, 2007 Pretty wild. Head Stocks are all messed up. I think even a newbie could see that. As for bank transfers to China? NOT in my lifetime! Peace http://www.spotcheckbilly.com http://www.littlefeat.net http://www.bonnieraitt.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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