Verify if KH-602 is real or fake

Hazza N.Hazza N.
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    Hazza N.

    Hi All, a few years ago I bought a LTD KH-602 for relatively cheap on craigslist. I always suspected it was a fake because of this but i was never able to verify it. I am moving soon and I want to get rid of it but since i'm not 100% sure if its real or fake I can't really sell it.

    Customer service unfortunately said their serial number records don't go back this far but it looks like a mid 2000's model.

    Please let me know what you think or if you need any other photos of the guitar that would help.

     

     

     

     

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    Pushead
    Pushead wrote

    It's real.

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      Hazza N.
      Hazza N. wrote

      Thanks Pushead.

      Forgot to put photos of the whole front and head. one of my concerns was there wasn't a signature on the head and all of them seem to have one, but i guess this could be one of the earlier versions.

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        Pushead
        Pushead wrote

        The guitar is from a time when ESP didn't do battery compartments.

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          Viso
          Viso wrote

          Hi Guys, 

           

          Looking at buying a guitar similar to the above but it has the same serial number? 

          Is this possible? Im located in Australia and the above is in the USA so i doubt its the same guitar...

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            Hazza N.
            Hazza N. wrote

            Hey mate, I'm in Sydney I sold the guitar in December for $600 just saw the one on gumtree and can confirm it's the exact one I sold however I didn't have it with a hard case.

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              Pushead
              Pushead wrote

              Can you post photos?

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                Big Daddy B
                Big Daddy B wrote

                There were LTD models with no signature. Heck the new KH-Demonology doesn't appear to have one. However, I don't recall ever seeing one where the neck back wasn't painted black. That and the duplicate serial number would lead me to believe knock off.

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                  Thrash8315
                  Thrash8315 wrote

                  It even has the tapered neck.  Nice find!  When did ESP stop doing this on the KH-602?

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