Blog of Ian Parr » Gibson http://www.ianparr.com/blog Just another WordPress site Wed, 09 May 2012 16:37:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Guts of my 1958 VOS Les Paul (LPR8) http://www.ianparr.com/blog/2012/05/09/guts-of-my-1958-vos-les-paul-lpr8/ http://www.ianparr.com/blog/2012/05/09/guts-of-my-1958-vos-les-paul-lpr8/#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 16:37:54 +0000 ian http://www.ianparr.com/blog/?p=605 Took some pictures of the internals of my Gibson Custom Shop Les Paul while cleaning. Its a VOS 1958 LPR8 in bourbon burst.

Quite a scruffy setup for a £3000+ guitar – things to note are the bumble bee capacitors and the R8 stamped in the cavity wood

Gibson lpr8 control cavity

Gibson lpr8 pickup switch cavity

ShareShare on Twitter
]]> http://www.ianparr.com/blog/2012/05/09/guts-of-my-1958-vos-les-paul-lpr8/feed/ 0 Counterfeit confirmation from Andertons http://www.ianparr.com/blog/2009/11/08/counterfeit-confirmation-from-andertons/ http://www.ianparr.com/blog/2009/11/08/counterfeit-confirmation-from-andertons/#comments Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:55:59 +0000 ian http://ianparr.com/blog/?p=253 The folks over at Andertons (great shop give them a visit) have very kindly provided me with a letter confirming the guitar is counterfeit.

img001

As an authorsied Gibson and Epiphone dealer they should know. They have also pointed out another anomaly with this particular model – the gloss finish on the back of the neck. On the original, the finish is matte.

I have now faxed this confirmation over to PayPal and Ebay and eagerly await their response.

Gibson themselves have been helpful up to a point.

They have finally replied by email:
Hello Ian,

Thank you for contacting Gibson. The instrument in the pictures is not consistent with a real Epiphone Zakk Wylde model. The instrument in the pictures you emailed appears to be consistent with one of the many counterfeit instruments showing up these days. Thanks.

Gibson Customer Service
1-800-4GIBSON
service@gibson.com

When asked if they could fax this confirmation through to me they responded:

Hello Ian,

Thank you for contacting Gibson Customer Service. We do not have FAX available. If you could email a link to the site where this person is selling these guitars, Gibson Customer Service would turn it over to our legal dept to have them work to shut this seller down. Thanks.

Gibson Customer Service
1-800-4GIBSON
service@gibson.com

Blimey, Gibson seems rather technologically backward. Its not just the lack of fax, they have rather small email size limits and an inability to access the internet from their computers !

Hi,
Thanks for the email.  Unfortunately, we are unable to view websites outside of the Gibson network. In order to properly identify and authenticate the guitar, please send in detailed pictures of the front and back of headstock as well as the front and back of the guitar’s body and we will be happy to evaluate.  Also, make sure to keep the file size under 2MB total. If it is larger, we will not recieve it.  Thanks again.
 
Gibson Customer Service
1-800-4GIBSON
service@gibson.com

ShareShare on Twitter
]]> http://www.ianparr.com/blog/2009/11/08/counterfeit-confirmation-from-andertons/feed/ 0 2008 Gibson Custom Shop Les Paul standard in blue sparkle http://www.ianparr.com/blog/2008/11/09/2008-gibson-custom-shop-les-paul-standard-in-blue-sparkle/ http://www.ianparr.com/blog/2008/11/09/2008-gibson-custom-shop-les-paul-standard-in-blue-sparkle/#comments Sat, 08 Nov 2008 20:52:53 +0000 ian http://ianparr.com/blog/2008/11/09/2008-gibson-custom-shop-les-paul-standard-in-blue-sparkle/


08/11/2008

Originally uploaded by zippysticks

This is the second of the two Custom Shop Les Pauls I bought last month.

This is the new 2008 custom shop model in a rather fetching colour called Blue Sparke. It’s a navy blue with light metallic flakes.

The colour covers the entire guitar – front, back, back of neck and headstock.

Plays like a dream.

ShareShare on Twitter
]]> http://www.ianparr.com/blog/2008/11/09/2008-gibson-custom-shop-les-paul-standard-in-blue-sparkle/feed/ 0