Vintage Gibson Les Paul Special!??

bgmartinsbridge

What do we think? :-)

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https://www.ebay.co.uk/ulk/itm/222958042178

bodhi

"...it has been checked by specialist who have opened it to check the serial number".

Sounds legit.

designerseye88

I guess the seller doesn't say quite how vintage it is, nor specifies a year. Looks like an early 90's version to me with the p100's. 

IvisonGuitars

That’s about as ‘vintage’ as my ball bag...

bodhi

Does look like a real Gibson though.  Early 80's logo?

bgmartinsbridge

I thought this would get a laugh.
I'm thinking it's an original Gibson, neck break obv and a refin. But not vintage.. 

IvisonGuitars

bodhi said:

Does look like a real Gibson though.  Early 80's logo?

I reckon @designerseye88 is pretty close with his evaluation. Hard to say any more without looking inside. Definitely NOT vintage though.

sawyer

I had the double cut version in the same case. Was 1995 I think. Sold it 4/5 year ago. Nice thing but awful rosewood fretboard spoilt it:(. Hope that' not what they worth cause I dint get anywhere near that ha. Ambitious I would say.

Funkfingers

Larfed out loud at "so-called Rock star".

Highly abused re-issue. Severely over-priced.

If the guitar has any previous owner kudos, the vendor ought to say who it was and provide some sort of evidence to back up the claim. 

GoldenEraGuitars

“So called rock star”? 

Is is he referring to himself? Perhaps the “1” in the price is a type?

Teyeplayer

I’ve a cherry 97 that’s the logo seems to match. I recall there being a push on these in the press in 96/97 so potentially then?

ICBM

If “vintage” means over 20 years old - which some people think it does - then it actually is...

IvisonGuitars

ICBM said:

If “vintage” means over 20 years old - which some people think it does - then it actually is...

‘Some People’ - usually optimistic  sellers....

Snags

Even in my world there's a dividing line between lash-up, bodge, and repair.

Nice to know is has those 100% original chicken heads, though.

ICBM

miserneil said:

‘Some People’ - usually optimistic  sellers....

Yes - sorry, I should have put a smiley on that! I certainly don't...

It's also funny that he describes the guitar as vintage and the case as modern, when they're actually contemporary with each other - although I'm pretty sure these came with gig bags, so it's not the original case.

fretfinder

miserneil said:

That’s about as ‘vintage’ as my ball bag...

So the guitar is proper vintage then? 

bgmartinsbridge

Lol. Winning comment there.

What is the definition of vintage again? :-) 

IvisonGuitars

fretfinder said:

miserneil said:

That’s about as ‘vintage’ as my ball bag...

So the guitar is proper vintage then? 

Well....it’s certainly well reliced....

Gagaryn

nobs! :-)