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Thin quilted maple veneer added over the guitar's top. It must be 1mm thick
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La pièce de résistance - Epiphone branded humbuckers
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Off centre truss rod cover??
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Here's my favourite muck up. The glued in neck is covered in excess glue which hasn't been cleaned off! the woodglue splodges are trapped under the clear laquer!
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Here's another shot of the poorly made ABS plastic nut
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Bad screen printing on the false signature again!
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Special wonky routed tremolo cavity... the back also features a mahogany veneer to hide the slab construction of the body
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Here's the text on the rear of the headstock. According to the PRS distributor I phoned the serial is from a real guitar previously made but definitely not this one. The "11" at the start dictates made in 2011 but then the text goes on to say made in 2009
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Very poorly cut nut! The string slots are cut at the wrong angle big time. It's also very poorly seated with about 1mm gap from the timber at the back!
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Chinese made PRS private stock copy on closer inspection. Badly screen printed bird design
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FAKE PRS "Private stock" just been booked in!