Holy Shit, Gibson!

I mean, it seems crazy but I’m close to Wildwood and they’ve got inventory like that too, but they sell!

It’s always amazing to me there are so many collectors out there spending that kind of money on guitars.

Not just Gibson, there are tons of guitar companies like this, maybe not with quite as much inventory
 
metropolis_4 said:
I mean, it seems crazy but I’m close to Wildwood and they’ve got inventory like that too, but they sell!

It’s always amazing to me there are so many collectors out there spending that kind of money on guitars.

Not just Gibson, there are tons of guitar companies like this, maybe not with quite as much inventory
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Love Wildwood!

And yeah seems like guitars in yhe $5-20k fly out the doors :LOL:
 
spawnofthesith said:
If I was as wealthy as the people these are marketed to I would buy one :cop
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I don't know about buying one, but I would love to play one just to see what the deal is. I haven't played any of the recent custom shop Gibsons, and I just really wonder how a $10k or $20k new Gibson compares to something like a $4-5k PRS core guitar. Unfortunately there don't seem to be any high-end Gibson dealers anywhere near me in Massachusetts, and I'm sure as hell not going to buy one online just to satisfy my curiosity.
 
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These are crazy expensive but they are the best Les Pauls Gibson has ever made. The wood selection is the best of the best and the detail is as close as possible to a vintage burst. They are for the same people who are in the < £50k price range vintage market. And as you know this is a fraction of the price of an original and these will be better than 99% of originals. I totally get it . They are art pieces. The 50s and 60s standard model that is today’s working guitar is not expensive and the best basic LP in many years. Why shouldn’t make these as well?
 
Eagle said:
These are crazy expensive but they are the best Les Pauls Gibson has ever made. The wood selection is the best of the best and the detail is as close as possible to a vintage burst. They are for the same people who are in the < £50k price range vintage market. And as you know this is a fraction of the price of an original and these will be better than 99% of originals. I totally get it . They are art pieces. The 50s and 60s standard model that is today’s working guitar is not expensive and the best basic LP in many years. Why shouldn’t make these as well?
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The regular Murphy aged LPs were already ~$9K and supposedly "best of the best". I just can't see where that other $9K goes. Gibson probably figured that doubling the price tag makes it somehow exclusive enough to be more desirable to the intended buyer.
 
Also, Gibson is selling a "Collector's Edition" 1959 PAF humbucker set for a cool $999...


At least the case looks nice! But you should never install the pickups in your guitar, that will reduce their value!

Seems they are doubling down on the "lifestyle" aspect, probably with the idea of squeezing every penny from collectors while they still can as the generations most into 1950s/60s nostalgia age.
 
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TSJMajesty said:
So if money isn't an issue, I see one of 2 types of buyers:

You only play LP's, you plan to gig it, and you want "the best LP I've ever played" (as quoted by an unknown person on the internet, for what that's worth), and you're fine with needing to spend (within the same line of guitars) twice the amount of money to go from 95% to 98%..., or,

You plan to hang it on a wall and admire it, and show it off to your friends. But you could do that with one that costs far less too. So do you also tell said friends how much it cost? :unsure:

Either way count me in the SMH category. Cuz I jus don get it! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Well do think it's that far off when you have bolt-ons selling for mad money?

Suhr Mareus for over 5 grand, heck his Tele 5500.
Tyler's well over 6000
D'Pergo 17000

Makes the EB Majesty at 4500 an actual bargain.

The prices are nuts and guys justify with inflation.
Last i checked prices on other stuff hasn't triplet in 2 decades...

I mean a good example is Strandberg, 2500 fir an Indonesian guitar was a hard pill to swallow.
I don't regret it though but i gotta ask, when they increase the price (i get costs go up), but then go from figured tops to laminates, ditch the roasting on necks...so two price increases.

Yet i can buy a damn Harley Benton with roasted neck and stainless steel string for how much Strandberg's increase was.
I use it nearly enough as my Strandberg....

Hmmm.....
 
Fortunately, there's always very decent budget brands. The valuable ones sort of change over time, so you might have to look a bit more carefully compared to buying some "guaranteed quality" stuff, but you can always find some.
Right now, my #1 axe is an indonesian made Schecter Nick Johnston that I bought 2nd hand. Yes, I changed the SC pickups in favour of Fender Noiseless I had around and even slapped in a Gotoh 510, but overall it was still less than 1k. And it's just a most excellent allrounder. Even if I will add a Fender Noiseless Gen 4 set to it (likely to happen), it'll still be great bang for the buck - and I grab it more often than, say, my Anderson, which, without any question, is an excellent guitar, but I'd never pay that much for a guitar again.
 
laxu said:
Also, Gibson is selling a "Collector's Edition" 1959 PAF humbucker set for a cool $999...


At least the case looks nice! But you should never install the pickups in your guitar, that will reduce their value!

Seems they are doubling down on the "lifestyle" aspect, probably with the idea of squeezing every penny from collectors while they still can as the generations most into 1950s/60s nostalgia age.
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These makes me laugh because the cover isn't even the right shape .Gibson actually sold the original moulds for the bobbins ,the winding machines and the former the covers to :----------------Throbak. Their 101 IS a clone.
 
laxu said:
The regular Murphy aged LPs were already ~$9K and supposedly "best of the best". I just can't see where that other $9K goes. Gibson probably figured that doubling the price tag makes it somehow exclusive enough to be more desirable to the intended buyer.
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It was but if you take more time and get even pickier with the wood the price can allow even more. If you give a master builder the pick of the factory for everything and allow as long as it takes the money will get up there. Look at the price of top classical instruments . Guitars have always been cheep by comparison. People can still just get a standard for a good price.
 
AutomationBias said:
I don't know about buying one, but I would love to play one just to see what the deal is. I haven't played any of the recent custom shop Gibsons, and I just really wonder how a $10k or $20k new Gibson compares to something like a $4-5k PRS core guitar. Unfortunately there don't seem to be any high-end Gibson dealers anywhere near me in Massachusetts, and I'm sure as hell not going to buy one online just to satisfy my curiosity.
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Willing to cross the border to NH? Think of what you’d save on sales tax!

Electric Guitars - Gibson Murphy Lab - Manchester Music Mill

manchestermusicmill.com manchestermusicmill.com
 
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