MARCELO BARBERO 1954, fake or real

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andaluz

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MARCELO BARBERO 1954, fake or real

hello all, i have just got a supposedly marcelo barbero 1954, i know it might not be real, but it sounds great, so i am keeping it anyway, i cant find pictures of another label the same, as is in this one, has anybody ever seen one like it before, or does anyone know this guitar, someone said it could be a japanese copy, thanks in advance, heres some fotos

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date May 15 2015 13:32:42

minorthang

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RE: MARCELO BARBERO 1954, fake or real (in reply to andaluz)

if it sounds great go with it looks cool , so does your other guitar

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date May 15 2015 13:37:27

estebanana

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RE: MARCELO BARBERO 1954, fake or real (in reply to andaluz)

You need to take better photos, but it does not look right.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date May 15 2015 14:47:51

tri7/5

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RE: MARCELO BARBERO 1954, fake or real (in reply to andaluz)

I just hope you didn't pay huge $ for a supposed Barbero that is highly questionable. A real Barbero costs a pretty penny.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date May 15 2015 15:24:40

keith

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RE: MARCELO BARBERO 1954, fake or real (in reply to andaluz)

the label and headstock of the photos supplied by the o.p. do not look like a barbero.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date May 15 2015 16:54:12

El Kiko

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RE: MARCELO BARBERO 1954, fake or real (in reply to andaluz)

and the label unsigned ... could there be some connection through apprentices?
a good guitar is what it is ...

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date May 15 2015 20:11:26

Ricardo

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RE: MARCELO BARBERO 1954, fake or real (in reply to El Kiko)

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ORIGINAL: El Kiko

and the label unsigned ... could there be some connection through apprentices?
a good guitar is what it is ...

his only apprentice was Arcangel...and Reyes admits to getting "advice" after visiting the shop, that's it. By the looks it is a deliberate attempt to copy the original...the head is pretty baddly done despite coping the general idea.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date May 17 2015 16:27:16

Richard Jernigan

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RE: MARCELO BARBERO 1954, fake or real (in reply to Ricardo)

...and it definitely doesn't look like one of Arcangel Fernandez's heads.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date May 17 2015 22:30:02

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date May 20 2015 0:25:55

RobJe

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RE: MARCELO BARBERO 1954, fake or real (in reply to andaluz)

This guitar was in a couple of auctions last year and nobody believed it was a Barbero. I see from ebay that you didn’t pay very much for this guitar so if it plays and sounds well it is a bargain.

I see also that the ebay seller, with refreshing honesty, reports that the back and sides are laminated. In the last few years I have seen plenty of people test the market with impressively labelled mediocre guitars and discover that there are plenty of fools willing to pay large amounts of money.

Everything else is speculation, including what follows.

It looks to me as if the head has been modified by an amateur to try and make it look like a Barbero – perhaps there wasn’t quite enough wood in the original shape to enable a convincing job. If the label is a fake it brings not only the maker but the date into question.

Rob

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date May 20 2015 10:12:58