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rockawayrocks · April 26th, 2007, 02:36 PM

This seller has several guitars for sale....a Thinline, Strat, Gibson, and a Martin D28.

http://cgi.ebay.com/2002-FENDER-TELE...QQcmdZViewItem

I can't vouch for the electrics, but the Martin got me suspicious. The D28 doesn't come with a black headstock or pickguard, the rosewood body is way too reddish, and the lable appears to be a fake. Martin puts serial #'s inside the guitar at the neck joint, not on a paper lable.

I've confirmed the authenticity (or lack thereof) with the experts at the Unoffical Martin Guitar Forum....all agree that this acoustic is a fake.

If one guitar is suspect, I'd have reservations about the others as well.

Caveat Emptor.

Momotoro · April 26th, 2007, 02:51 PM

That's the reason I posted the one I did. Ebay is not policing this like they did or promise to!

Lostheart · April 26th, 2007, 03:00 PM

Doesn't Martin have a hotline where you can check for the serial number? It is very clear and visible in one photo and at least they can tell if the serial fits the instrument. I've done the same with a Gibson Les Paul and the Gibson guy on the phone could tell me that the serial number belongs to a Les Paul finished in gold and it left the factory some time in 1993.
Martin can probably do the same?!?

rockawayrocks · April 26th, 2007, 03:37 PM

Doesn't Martin have a hotline where you can check for the serial number?

I forwarded the Ebay link to the Martin Forum, of which I'm a member. The moderator there has regular contact with the folks at the factory in Nazareth, Pa. He confirmed what I had suspected.

6x47 · April 26th, 2007, 11:19 PM

Did any of the MIMs come with a 'vintage' type 3 saddle bridge?

yegbert · April 26th, 2007, 11:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 6x47

Did any of the MIMs come with a 'vintage' type 3 saddle bridge?

Yes, several models including the '69 Thinline like that seller has listed here.

BroadMaster · April 27th, 2007, 12:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by yegbert

Yes, several models including the '69 Thinline like that seller has listed here.

Well, at least the t-h-i-c-k coat of polyester is MIM correct.

April 26th, 2007, 02:36 PM	#1 (permalink)
rockawayrocks Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: rockaway new jersey Age: 57 Posts: 204 1 Photos	Questionable Ebay offerings? This seller has several guitars for sale....a Thinline, Strat, Gibson, and a Martin D28. http://cgi.ebay.com/2002-FENDER-TELE...QQcmdZViewItem I can't vouch for the electrics, but the Martin got me suspicious. The D28 doesn't come with a black headstock or pickguard, the rosewood body is way too reddish, and the lable appears to be a fake. Martin puts serial #'s inside the guitar at the neck joint, not on a paper lable. I've confirmed the authenticity (or lack thereof) with the experts at the Unoffical Martin Guitar Forum....all agree that this acoustic is a fake. If one guitar is suspect, I'd have reservations about the others as well. Caveat Emptor. __________________ Tom "As God as my witness, I thought turkeys could fly" '06 Hwy 1 '06 MIM Std Tele (soon to be a Warmouth Thinline) '03 Martin SWOMGT '05 Epiphone Masterbilt AJ500M

April 26th, 2007, 03:00 PM	#3 (permalink)
Lostheart Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Germany Posts: 1,833	Doesn't Martin have a hotline where you can check for the serial number? It is very clear and visible in one photo and at least they can tell if the serial fits the instrument. I've done the same with a Gibson Les Paul and the Gibson guy on the phone could tell me that the serial number belongs to a Les Paul finished in gold and it left the factory some time in 1993. Martin can probably do the same?!? __________________ Casper: "Mmmmm. Butterscotch, yo. That's the best!" From the movie Kids

April 26th, 2007, 03:37 PM	#4 (permalink)
rockawayrocks Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: rockaway new jersey Age: 57 Posts: 204 1 Photos	Doesn't Martin have a hotline where you can check for the serial number? I forwarded the Ebay link to the Martin Forum, of which I'm a member. The moderator there has regular contact with the folks at the factory in Nazareth, Pa. He confirmed what I had suspected. __________________ Tom "As God as my witness, I thought turkeys could fly" '06 Hwy 1 '06 MIM Std Tele (soon to be a Warmouth Thinline) '03 Martin SWOMGT '05 Epiphone Masterbilt AJ500M

April 26th, 2007, 02:51 PM	#2 (permalink)
Momotoro Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: germantown, tn Age: 57 Posts: 444	That's the reason I posted the one I did. Ebay is not policing this like they did or promise to!

April 26th, 2007, 11:19 PM	#5 (permalink)
6x47 Tele-Holic Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Northern ON Age: 65 Posts: 571	Did any of the MIMs come with a 'vintage' type 3 saddle bridge?

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