Gibson truss rod cover value?

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Just bought a 83 Flying V and it has an incorrect truss rod cover installed on it. The covers are listed on ebay for $829 with hundreds sold apparently. Anyone know why? are these things really that valuable?
 

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Thats bullshit and I bet they are not gibson. Call gibson and see if you can buy and while youre at it report those fuckers from wisconsin.
 
I called gibson to ask about that cause they are not made by Gibson, somebody`s got a cnc. The customer service guy didnt act to concerned?
 
Considering that price, you could probably just go to Etsy or somewhere like that and have somebody make one for you.

It's a truss rod cover. A small flat piece of plastic. Under no circumstance should anybody pay hundreds for that nonsense, no matter what it looks like.
 
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Dear God, get an exacto knife and make one

800$?! These Gibson vintage parts are out of control
 
I saw that store on Ebay when I was looking for one for an ESP and thought WTF??

FWIW, I found what I needed from Philadelphia Luthier.
 
jack butler said:
Just bought a 83 Flying V and it has an incorrect truss rod cover installed on it. The covers are listed on ebay for $829 with hundreds sold apparently. Anyone know why? are these things really that valuable?
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now... Im not the smartest man... but I know a front when I see one... aint nobody want an 80's gibson anything... now if it was a Kramer american... I might believe it.
 
When I clicked on the link where it shows how many have sold, it says there are no purchases made. Something shady going on there for sure.

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If you click on the black/white one, says $829 on the listing but the actual sold pieces show $29 and they haven't sold one since May of 2019. I'm thinking this is some kind of hijacked account just trying to sucker someone in.

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Philadelphialuthiertools.com makes custom truss rod covers. They are very nice and the price is reasonable as well.
 
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