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Northerner
Posted 2008-10-31 9:38 PM (#14092)
Subject: Les Paul or any Vintage Guitar


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Location: Lower Mainland, Vancouver B.C.
OK simply said the closer to 'asia' the closer to possibly ending up with a 'clone rip off', this is big business in China & Hong Kong!!!!!!
To buy a true Vintage Guitar you should be able to loose your money like in Vegas (if you buy it on the web that is) or be able to hold it, play it and hung it before you part with your hard earned money.
I play with a guitarist who has a 1957 LP Gold Top & a '62 Strat, he of course will not part with these guitars until death prys his boney fingers from them.
But he seriously looked into a Ibanez Vai Jem & found up to 75% of Jems for sale on the internet are fakes and thats only a circa 20 year old instrument.
BEWARE BEWARE BEWARE!!!!! My Friend
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Paul Templeman
Posted 2008-10-31 10:30 PM (#14093 - in reply to #14092)
Subject: Re: Les Paul or any Vintage Guitar


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Posts: 5750

Location: Scotland
and you can get AIDS from a toilet seat, BEWARE BEWARE BEWARE!!!!My Friend

Regardless of the supposed country of origin this is how life actually works.... If it seems too good to be true, then ultimately it probably is.

Guitar Scammers target the gullible, the stupid, the uninformed and the terminally optimistic. Make sure you are none of those, otherwise you will get what you deserve.

Also, are you aware that 73.7% of statistics are just made up for the sake of having a number to quote?
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Old Man Arthur
Posted 2008-10-31 11:00 PM (#14094 - in reply to #14092)
Subject: Re: Les Paul or any Vintage Guitar



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Posts: 10777

Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR
I believe it was Will Rogers who said,

"There are three kinds of Lies;
Little White Lies, Boldface Black-hearted Lies, and Statistics!"

Personally I am always terminally optimistic when buying guitars...
But I try to return the favor when I resell them. Keep my Karma good, y'know?
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Joe Rotax
Posted 2008-10-31 11:31 PM (#14095 - in reply to #14092)
Subject: Re: Les Paul or any Vintage Guitar


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Posts: 747

Originally posted by Northerner:
... found up to 75% of Jems for sale on the internet are fakes ...
That's true about pretty much anything on the internet.
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an4340
Posted 2008-10-31 11:37 PM (#14096 - in reply to #14092)
Subject: Re: Les Paul or any Vintage Guitar


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Posts: 4389

Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands
Are you serious? Either way, thanks for the warning.
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Mark in Boise
Posted 2008-11-01 12:14 AM (#14097 - in reply to #14092)
Subject: Re: Les Paul or any Vintage Guitar


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Posts: 12759

Location: Boise, Idaho
Originally posted by Paul Templeman:
Also, are you aware that 73.7% of statistics are just made up for the sake of having a number to quote?
It's much higher than that. 88.9%.
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OldLiverJones
Posted 2008-11-01 3:16 AM (#14098 - in reply to #14092)
Subject: Re: Les Paul or any Vintage Guitar


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Posts: 803

Location: Avondale, AZ
90.14% of people use statistics like a drunk uses a lamp post, more for support than for illumination.
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AussieJames
Posted 2008-11-01 7:37 AM (#14099 - in reply to #14092)
Subject: Re: Les Paul or any Vintage Guitar



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Posts: 3084

Location: Brisbane Australia
Originally posted by OldLiverJones:
90.14% of people use statistics like a drunk uses a lamp post, more for support than for illumination.
As he pisses on it!!
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maxdaddy7271
Posted 2008-11-04 8:16 AM (#14100 - in reply to #14092)
Subject: Re: Les Paul or any Vintage Guitar


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Location: enid, ok
Which bumps it to 92.46%
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