Is it possible to buy a fake epiphone from a music store?

-so i heard that gibson truss rod covers should have only two screws.. but im seeing one with three screws... but ive seen a picture of an epiphone with two screws on the cover for the same model also.. is it possible to buy a fake from a trusted site? even a daeler of epiphone like guitar center?At one of my local music stores, I was told that they did not buy Epiphones (and I think Gibsons) because the companies require the distributor to buy a minimum amount of guitars (I think it might be 200, but I can't verify online). If this store is relatively small, or they don't seem to have too many Epiphones or Gibsons, then it might be fake, but not necessarily. It might be real, but used, if this is the case, which would mean that you are still being taken advantage of, but I don't think it is this.



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http://www.mylespaul.com/forums/epiphone鈥?/a>Highly unlikely. Epiphone is a relative off brand of Gibson. No one would bother to make a Fake Epiphone. If you were going to try and fool someone you would use a more expensive brand name like Jackson, or Paul Reed Smith. Hope this helps you out.
Why would someone want to sell a fake Epiphone? I mean, it's already a fake Gibson, after all.



Guitar Center is too big and too honest to sell counterfeits. There must be some other, innocent explanation.