At first I thought Sandy was joking because of the reason later explained, so it is somewhat amusing to me that it turned out to be the case and maybe he was actually serious.
Apparently they're still rearing their ugly headstocks after all this time.
I don't recall that specific guitar, but note that the list Frono linked to has an exceptionally high percentage of sellers ID'd in TX, probably for the reason explained about the source of a fair amount of counterfeits being likely products of an actual band that toured the region, apparently preying on unsophisticated pawn shop employees.