The Fake ESP Thread
The Fake ESP Thread
Pushead and I are here to help verify ESP and LTD guitars. If you have, or are looking to buy a guitar that you're unsure of, post pictures and questions in this thread. Please post clear pictures of the front and back of the headstock, the fretboard, and the front and back of the body. Preferably before you buy anything.
Anyone else is free to offer suggestions on authenticity. If you answer a post, please tell us why you think it's real or fake.
Saw this "SCT-607B" on the GC used site. Pretty sure it's a fake....
- Listed as an LTD but the guitar says ESP
- Definitely not Stef's signature by the logo
- Satin finish, I think these only came in gloss
All that could be from a refinish BUT there's no battery box, the pickguard and body looks off, and the EMG logos look off too. Also the serial looks like an E-II format, would be weird to refinish a guitar and put that serial on it and a "designed and built by ESP" logo on it, right?
https://www.guitarcenter.com/Used/ESP/LTD-SCT607B-Stephen-Carpenter-Signature-7-String-Solid-Body-Electric-Guitar.gc
Hi Guys, i wonder if you can help. i just bought this esp horizon. i have been after this model for quite a while. obviously i really like it, but a few have questioned its authenticity, because the fingerboard is a little too light for rosewood. bought from an esp collector in italy, so i am now keen to find out.
I would appreciate any information you have
Body: Swamp Ash
Neck: Maple
Finger Board: Rosewood
-abalone inlays
Construction: Bolt-on
Scale: 25.5
Pickup: Seymour Duncan JB/Jazz
Bridge: Original Floyd Rose
Hardware: Black
Control: 1Vol, 1Tone 5way switch (Split pickup)
Hi all,
I've created an account just for this, I own what seems to me to be a ESP Custom JH-2, with the Diamond plate. The only thing is that, I bought a long time ago when I was a careless kid, and can't really tell where, and even if, I had the certificate of authenticity.
From what I've searched on the Internet, I only find a version with diamond inlays and the metallica logo inlay on the first fret, where on mine, there are only regular circle inlays.
Any idea? Has this model ever been produced with "regular" inlays?
I'm not trying to sell it, but at only to assess its value.
Thanks a lot!
Hi guys. I was wondering if you could take a look at the pictures below and tell me if the M-II looks legit? Its for sale for a really good price so I’m worried it could be a fake. Thanks!