What are the risks of buying a Ebay les-paul

[plain island]

I'm looking on ebay for les paul's and they don't look that bad condition, but I just want to know the risks beforehand I do buy one

[gaunt mist]

If it is stupidly cheap for what it is it is a counterfeit

Other then that there isn’t much other risk other than what u have buying new online

[plain island]

Got it

[gaunt mist]

If u order and u get it check it over and what not bc eBay has the money back / return thing if it is incorrect

[fading veldt]

Just get an epiphone dont buy ebay guitars

[last cloak]

“what are the risks of buying no name chinese copy les pauls with no warranty or reputation or name attached”

idk bro u tell me

[summer dagger]

If you're in Europe, I'd also look into Harley Benton. Their Les Paul clone is supposed to be very good...
https://youtu.be/wl9BTXTOEbI?si=oDrpYJYMxxEsWToc

[gaunt mist]

I have one and can confirm it is pretty good especially for the price

[summer dagger]

Nice... Been meaning to get one as well. Looking at the SC-550 II PAF. If it's really as good as people say, it's an unbelievable value at that price.

[gaunt mist]

I have a 450 bc I wanted coil split

If not for that I woulda gotten a 550

It does the lp and tele sound nicely which is y I wanted coil split

The only thing I did to mine was clean off the fret grime that cheap guitars come with

Like the stuff u feel doing bends

I ordered mine off the reverb store so I didn’t have to deal w import but it was more expensive up front but overall same price as importing one it came w some Chicago music exchange stickers