• Devan
  • Devan
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  • From: Darwin, Australia
  • Registered: 2010-04-13
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Topic: A 'converted' JBLP...?!?

Just a heads up to members on here that there was a seller on TGP who was advertising an Epiphone JB Gold Top for sale.  It actually had the headstock shape converted to the 'Gibson' shape, complete with logo etc.  From the pics, it looked like quite a good conversion, and it would probably fool a lot of people who didn't know better.

Now, have no idea about the seller, and I am sure he is not trying to rip anyone off or do anything untoward.  In the ad, he is quite up front about what the guitar is and isn't.

He didn't get any bites at TGP, and is about to list it on eBay.  I just wanted to give everyone a heads up that if they saw it come up on there, they will be informed and won't mistakenly think it is the original genuine Gold Top.

The TGP sale ad is here: http://www.thegearpage.net/board/showth … p?t=990923

JBLP Gold Top #129 - redubbed "#1 in Oz"
  • Bill
  • Bill
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  • Registered: 2006-04-24
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Re: A 'converted' JBLP...?!?

Hi Devan,

Funny you brought this up because I could of sworn I saw this guitar on Ebay. To a novice buyer, it looks exactly like the JBLP, the Gibson headstock is dead on. What threw it off for me is the Trust Rod Cover, it didn't have the same look as the JBLP. Crazy what people will try to do for money now at days.


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  • Registered: 2011-11-29
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Re: A 'converted' JBLP...?!?

When I saw that guitar, the 1st think I thought of was,  someone bought it thinking is was a real Gibson only to find out later it was an Epiphone and is now trying to get some money back out of it.

  • Registered: 2008-08-24
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Re: A 'converted' JBLP...?!?

I've got one like that, too.  I bought an Epiphone '56 reissue goldtop that had a broken-off headstock.  Since I had to make  a new one for it, I made it Gibson-shaped.  But I left mine blank.  Routed it out for humbuckers(it had P-90's)and put black trim pieces on it.  A while later, they came out with the J.B. sig series, but I alrady had "mine"!   I've only got maybe $225 into that thing and I love it.