Man I wish I had the scratch...

[David Barnett]

Gibson wouldn't have let one out with that painting mistake on the sunburst pattern.

 

[Twin52]

If it looks too good to be true then..

 

[P Thought]

Bet you're glad now you didn't have the scratch!

 

[Toto'sDad]

LOL...it didn't last 3 hours. I hope the callers gave them an earful for advertising a counterfeit.

OR someone bought it and are right now at this very moment singing, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MERRY CHRISTMAS, HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ME!

 

[StrangerNY]

What's with the multi-color top binding? Does Gibson even do that?

- D

 

[Timbresmith1]

Abalone binding strip? Barf. Fakeroo.

 

[Timbresmith1]

Abalone binding strip? Barf. Fakeroo.

Also, fwiw Byrdland is shorter scale length at 23 1/2 inches. Always thought I wanted one. Played one. Nope. 2 inches less than the Fender scale I’m accustomed to. Is suggesting that the Nuge has small hands political?

 

[telemnemonics]

Fake fake fake you for your life!

 

[lowatter]

Abalone binding strip? Barf. Fakeroo.

Yeah. I was skeptical and being facetious even starting this thread. I'm still intrigued however on how much the finish looks like nitro.

 

[telemnemonics]

Gibson wouldn't have let one out with that painting mistake on the sunburst pattern.

Among other things yeah that sticks out, in the bigger fugliness...

 

[Gardo]

A Byrdland is a completely hollow model with a floating bridge.

Whatever that thing is it has a block of wood down the middle, hence the bridge with screwed in posts.

Walk away, Renee.

HE

I didn’t catch that, I was too busy looking at the messy wiring

 

[boxocrap]

Just saw this Byrdland locally for $950. Could this be for real or is it a chibson? You can't even find used LP Standards anymore for $1500.

look up the serial #

 

[fasteddie42]

you're very gullible.

 

[posttoastie]

F holes are way too wide and wrong shape for a Gibson. This is how it should look.

 

[SASouth]

This is a real Byrdland looks like. The guitar in the OP is a POS fake.

These are a few pictures of my 2013 back from when I bought it from Sweetwater.

It’s a bit of an unusual bird in that it has a rosewood fretboard rather than an ebony. I was told that the reason for this is that it was made during the time that Gibson’s stock of ebony had been seized by the US government. It was about this time Gibson switched the Les Paul Custom to Richlite.

 

[Skyhook]

the inlays look more plastic than mother of pearl

Which some post somewhere gloriously dubbed "Mother of Toilet Seat".

 

[Skyhook]

Chibson?

CHInese GiBSON(copy).