Silly to try and pawn off anything owned by Ed without a COA signed by him..
That said, Gjo and myself scored the 2B Coliseums from Howie, out in LA. So there may be some truth to this and Howie is the real deal…when I contacted him about the Coliseum he asked “are you a player for either of my Dumbles?” Ah, no. Lol.
He used to own a store called ‘Guitars R us’ in LA in the 80s. He’s a nice guy with some fun stories, for sure.