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andaluz -> MARCELO BARBERO 1954, fake or real (May 15 2015 13:32:42)

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



minorthang -> RE: MARCELO BARBERO 1954, fake or real (May 15 2015 13:37:27)

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



estebanana -> RE: MARCELO BARBERO 1954, fake or real (May 15 2015 14:47:51)

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



tri7/5 -> RE: MARCELO BARBERO 1954, fake or real (May 15 2015 15:24:40)

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



keith -> RE: MARCELO BARBERO 1954, fake or real (May 15 2015 16:54:12)

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





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El Kiko -> RE: MARCELO BARBERO 1954, fake or real (May 15 2015 20:11:26)

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



Ricardo -> RE: MARCELO BARBERO 1954, fake or real (May 17 2015 16:27:16)

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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.



Richard Jernigan -> RE: MARCELO BARBERO 1954, fake or real (May 17 2015 22:30:02)

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

RNJ



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RobJe -> RE: MARCELO BARBERO 1954, fake or real (May 20 2015 10:12:58)

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



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