The problem with them is that anyone with a little knowledge would recognize them as frauds. But buying a $2500 USA made Gibson LP Supreme for $300 from China makes no sense at all.Īnd yes, anything can be copied, look at their Gretsch and Rickenbackers. Ordering a $600 Epiphone from China for $300 might seem reasonable, you figure they're made there and you're buying them direct, maybe it's legit.

If you think about it, there's less scrutiny if you're selling an Epiphone than there would be if you were selling a Gibson. If you notice, there's not a lot of difference in price between a 'Gibson' & and 'Epiphone'. Now the counterfeiters have found a new home on the 'Bay and some very funny web sites like this: Here's an article from the Epiphone web site: There was a huge demand for Epiphones in Korea and that demand was filled by counterfeits.

The fake Epiphones originated because there was no Epiphone distributor in Korea (even though they were made there). Secondly, if a lot of people are afraid to buy an epiphone because it might be fake, than wouldn't that logic apply to ALL guitars? All guitars could be fake. The headstock looks cheap and I would have appreciated more grain on the body, but those minor cosmetic details aside, it's an excellent guitar for the price I paid.First of all' date=' compared to fake gibsons, there are not a lot of fake epis. I play this thing more than my MIA 2008 Fender Strat. I don't know how much heavy lifting the upgraded pickups are doing, but all I will say is that if this is a 'crap' made in China copy, then the American Dillions must be on par with guitars worth $1000's, haha. Doesn't say anywhere on it where it was made. I've got a serial number on the back of the headstock, and that's it. but there's no other identifying info on the headstock. Is there any surefire way to know which one you have? I'm in Canada, so that immediately makes it more likely that I've got a Canadian Dillion.

I dropped $400 Canadian for it and ended up saving a few hundred (the Epi would have been $800+ after tax, and over $1000 with upgraded pickups).Īll I know about Dillion guitars is that there is supposedly a big difference in quality between the Korean-made American Dillions and the Chinese-made Canadian Dillions (with the Canadian Dillions being the worse of the two). But even the feel of the guitar was better. The pickups are NOT stock, so that likely accounts for the gulf in sound quality. I nearly pulled the trigger on one brand new after playing it, but then I saw this used Dillion Explorer up for grabs and figured I'd give it a go before making my decision. Back when I bought the guitar (2014 or thereabouts), I had actually been looking at getting an Epiphone Explorer.

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