More Than $1 Million In Fake Guitars Found At Jersey City Mail Center

[kimonostereo]

Hoping none of these fake EBMM get out into the wild. Looks like a very bad Bongo copy and a Stingray.

Officials: More Than $1 Million In Fake Guitars Found At Jersey City Mail Center « CBS New York

 

[beej]

The good doctor mentioned this the other day.

http://forums.ernieball.com/general-music-discussion/58664-minor-victory-long-battle.html

Fugly stuff.

 

[kimonostereo]

The good doctor mentioned this the other day.

http://forums.ernieball.com/general-music-discussion/58664-minor-victory-long-battle.html

Fugly stuff.

Thanks Beej! Did not see that post! That's what I get when I don't check in for a couple of days!

 

[beej]

No worries!

 

[paranoid70]

My first instinct would be to say that I would rather see them donated to a school's music program than destroyed. But that is probably not sending the right message.

 

[Tim O'Sullivan]

My first instinct would be to say that I would rather see them donated to a school's music program than destroyed. But that is probably not sending the right message.

I agree, stamp the headstock with 'fake' and donate them to a local school.

 

[coldsummer]

The trouble with donating them to schools is that they probably play like crap with lousy action, intonation etc. I've heard that some of these fakes are unplayable regardless of how much they are adjusted. This would be frustrating for anyone trying to learn and put many people off for life. For this reason alone I would say put them all in the crusher.

 

[DrKev]

My first instinct would be to say that I would rather see them donated to a school's music program than destroyed. But that is probably not sending the right message.

I don't think it is. Besides, like coldsummer says, people can't learn on such crappy instruments. Better off on ebay and buy a toy ukulele for $30 than that stuff.

 

[megaroel]

I say destroy all of them!! All those company's have no one to blame but themselves for this crap happening!! I've been finding a good amount of Chinese Gibson les Paul's in my area at local pawnshops there selling them like they are real american ones they look very real to the untrained eye!! They fetch from 900 to 1300 hundred!!


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[Eric O'Reilly]

I think its a travesty! Ive seen fake EVH ebmms on the net from China and they look like garbage and Gibsons ,Fenders so on, this should be looked into a lot more by customs and stopped, before the used market it flooded worse than it already is, like he said to the untrained eye you could get screwed, and its simply not right!

 

[guitardan]

Wow - yeah destroy'em. But also investigate the addresses that these were being set to. Wonder what kind of implications are on the receiving end?

 

[TNT]

Companies will continue to fabricate these instruments, just like counterfeiters will continue to make fake money - no fear of reprisal. If you want an end to it, your "great" leaders can simply put an end to it. It exists because it is simply allowed too.

Too bad that this type of activity has very far reaching destructive ramifications.

 

[ksandvik]

We could do our part, if some deal sounds too good to be true, raise a warning flag. And frown upon those who get cheap copies and claim they sound like the originals.

 

[DevRock]

Firewood!