they didnt steal a dime from me, i have 3 "real" Gibson of which i payed between 2,000$ and 5,000$ for and i got the same guitar in a diffrent color for 433$ and its perfect, all i had to do was throw a Dirty Fingers pickup n gibson pot n wiring in it an its ****ing one of my favorite guitars now. and it not illegal to own them, you just cant sell them, n thats fine cuz i never sell my guitars, what wrong with having a guitar thats identical to a guitar i love or cant afford and save myself 1,800$??

Of course it's illegal to own them, sell them, and produce them. And congratulations for helping them steal money straight from Gibson. What's wrong with breaking the law? Are you serious?!

sorry i must not be as wealthy as you, im sure your against free music on the internet too. and they get the blueprints for these guitars n use the same wood , Guitar Center didnt believe me when i said it was from china for 433$, this site allows for kids and all people that cant afford guitars like rich people or gives people a chance to own a signature guitar that hasnt been made for year or ever, thats why i am a salesman for this site.

You're trolling for an illegal enterprise that has done nothing good for anybody except give you a cheap illegal option to the real thing.

i looked into it, im a 50 yr old biology teacher and farmer, you can purchase and own a replica of another companies guitar every 30 days, so its only illegal if i you buy two in a month but highly doubt they check.

whatever man, its obvious you havnt done much research on this, it is only illegal to sell them, you cant even sell it if you post that its a fake, but you can absolutly own one and im not on here to argue, i dont think Gibson is hurting for money, theyve got plenty of my money and will in the future but so will rare replicas. have a nice day

Really, please enlighten us with a link on a US Government site that fully explains how it's legal for you to purchase any counterfeit.

And then you can explain how you can brag about paying $2000 - $5000 for real Gibsons and then cry poor and that all you could afford is a counterfeit to get the guitar you want.

first im not bragging about the money ive spent on Gibsons, i think its ridiculous but at the time i had the money, and the guitar i bought on rare replicas is a Gibson i already own but in a color that Gibson doesnt make it in and i figured for the cash i paid for guitars in the past i wana see what ill get for 400$bucks and id wanted that guitar in this color for awhile, so i ordered it, it arrived 8 days later and was exactly what the company said and i was highly impressed, sure i had to put a hot pickup in it so in the end i paid about 530$ but that beats 2,200$ and the extra 500$ i woulda had to pay if i bought it from gibson and then had to send it to a custom shop to get painted the color i wanted. if you dont like it,dont order from them, why you gota get on here n complain, people share their expieriences with certain companies so other people can know about them and im sharing my experience so like i said have a good day, im not on here to fight n argue with people, you have your opinion i have mine.

Because he probably works for them....

Some reason we had to read your whole experience again?!

And according to you it's OK to steal money from Gibson, steal money and jobs from the US economy, just so you can have a cheap guitar made in China in the color you want?! There is no "opinions" in counterfeits, there's either right or wrong.

And you teach our children?!

work for them, no, you want the truth, my dad is the biology teacher and farmer that bought me the replica for a birthday present n hes the one that looked into everything n learned you can own n buy a knock off once every 30 days but never sell them. i bought these real gibsons almost a decade ago, im a disabled vet that had a bad work injury after the ARMY at my civilian job n per doctors order im not able to work anymore, luckily through my disability i was able to but a decent home but after mortgage and bills i dnt have but a whole 50$ extra bucks a month so i tried the replica site i heard the best things about and took my chances. they put a faulty hip replacement in me from Depuy through Johnson an Johnson you may have seen it on tv before so the had to replace it again, twice before i hit 30 and they dnt know if theres bone left for a 3rd replacement so im not suppose to do anything physical such as motocross n skateboarding like i did my entire life and all i have left is my guitars, and after my lawsuit with johnson n johnson for ruining my hip n making me live on crazy ****ing pain meds the rest of my life maybe ill be able to afford "real" gibsons someday, but rare replicas makes great guitars, sorry that makes you so made. have a nice day.

I have to say that on this note, zakkfan82, please ensure that your posts are well formatted and well punctuated.

In a heated topic like this one has obviously become, posts that are hard for folks to read are not a help. The easiest solution is for the site team to delete those posts and/or close the thread.

There's a lot of useful info here, but also a lot of strong opinion. It is a shame when the latter gets in the way of the former.

Thanks in advance.

Sorry for your injury, if its not a complete fabrication, like the part about you being a teacher and knowing anything beyond what your father has supposedly taught you. And bottom line it makes zero difference. You're promoting theft from a great American company.

no, im 32 and a disabled vet n had to have 2 hip replacements because the company ****ed up bigtime, my dad is actualy 69 and a retired biology teacher and farmer whos looked into the legal crap, its very simple, you have your opinion and i have mine.

So you admit you lied multiple times, and instead of fighting for America, now you're online fighting for Chinese GDP against a great American company? Nice opinion. One you should keep to yourself.