Improperly stamped serial number/odd font Gig bag or no case.not always true, but c'mon.who doesn't keep their PRS in a case?! Tough to tell, especially with dark or blurry photos, but if they're too dark or the knobs sit off at odd angles, it's a fake. The knob/switch divots aren't carved or sanded properly. The PRS logo is too big - for some reason, they can't ever seem to get this right. PRS guitars NEVER came with cheap Chinese Grovers! I've seen some fakes with SE tuners (or close copies), but that is a tip off. If it isn't a MANN style PRS trem, it isn't right! Often, non trem fakes turn up with stop/tunamatic arrangements.Ĭheap tuners - always get a back shot. Wrong bridge - especially easy to spot on a trem model. Fakes tend to have softer carve lines and they are often incorrectly executed. The factory carve is sharp and very distinctive. Improper top carve - to me, this sticks out like a sore thumb. Also, as mentioned above, a too-wide truss rod cover or one with two or three screws is fake. I also haven't seen them take a stab at faking the "new" or "Hollow" birds. Not all of these apply to the fake PRS in the auction, but are things I've noticed on PRS forgeries.īirds are wrong - misshapen, often too fat or have odd, softened edges. Educate yourself on a guitar before you buy it online! If you can't tell if it's real or fake just by looking, you probably shouldn't be trusting a few grand to some nameless, faceless soul on the other end to send you a legit instrument.
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