R8 Peach Deal

roberty

Remember those "painted over" ones?

https://richtonemusic.co.uk/gibson-1958-les-paul-standard-reissue-painted-over-series-gold-top-over-sunburst-w-case-2nd-hand/

Jonathanthomas83

Cool but that's such a weird looking relic job.

hyperben

roberty said:

Remember those "painted over" ones?

https://richtonemusic.co.uk/gibson-1958-les-paul-standard-reissue-painted-over-series-gold-top-over-sunburst-w-case-2nd-hand/

£4499!?!?

GoldenEraGuitars

Amazing what folk will pay for a shite looking guitar. 

roberty

hyperben said:

roberty said:

Remember those "painted over" ones?

https://richtonemusic.co.uk/gibson-1958-les-paul-standard-reissue-painted-over-series-gold-top-over-sunburst-w-case-2nd-hand/

£4499!?!?

Yep! There were a couple at GAK I think for the same or similar price to the blow out ones. And there was a rumour of more to turn up

terada

Looking back, and with the cost of these guitars today in my mind, these really were such a ridiculous deal. 

Seziertisch

GoldenEraGuitars said:

Amazing what folk will pay for a shite looking guitar. 

It’s a good idea, but so poorly executed,

GoldenEraGuitars

Seziertisch said:

GoldenEraGuitars said:

Amazing what folk will pay for a shite looking guitar. 

It’s a good idea, but so poorly executed,

They couldn’t have made them look any worse. And they were probably the last guitar company out there to jump on the finish over finish look… even with all that info out there they still managed to make them look ridiculous. 

Seziertisch

GoldenEraGuitars said:

Seziertisch said:

GoldenEraGuitars said:

Amazing what folk will pay for a shite looking guitar. 

It’s a good idea, but so poorly executed,

They couldn’t have made them look any worse. And they were probably the last guitar company out there to jump on the finish over finish look… even with all that info out there they still managed to make them look ridiculous. 

The forearm wear on the top in particular looks it was done with a stencil 

GoldenEraGuitars

Seziertisch said:

GoldenEraGuitars said:

Seziertisch said:

GoldenEraGuitars said:

Amazing what folk will pay for a shite looking guitar. 

It’s a good idea, but so poorly executed,

They couldn’t have made them look any worse. And they were probably the last guitar company out there to jump on the finish over finish look… even with all that info out there they still managed to make them look ridiculous. 

The forearm wear on the top in particular looks it was done with a stencil 

Maybe they borrowed fenders templates 

roberty

terada said:

Looking back, and with the cost of these guitars today in my mind, these really were such a ridiculous deal. 

Innit. The pandemic has been brutal for mid to high end and vintage guitar prices

Juanfra3

Hey! Glad to see that this is still alive.. I was wondering.. what amp are you poring your Peach R8? I have been playing with a Fillmore.. but i was thinking getting a King Tone MkII.. perhaps a Dumble Clone? What is your fav pair for your R8? 

Jonathanthomas83

Juanfra3 said:

Hey! Glad to see that this is still alive.. I was wondering.. what amp are you poring your Peach R8? I have been playing with a Fillmore.. but i was thinking getting a King Tone MkII.. perhaps a Dumble Clone? What is your fav pair for your R8? 

JCM800 for me, as cliché as that sounds! It's just an immense pairing.

crunchman

Most of the time a Kemper.

When I do use a real amp, a Lazy J 20.

Jonathanthomas83

crunchman said:

Most of the time a Kemper.

Same...with a JCM800 profile! Though a /13 LDW profile is superb with the R8 too.

Whitecat

Mesa Boogie Mark V generally when not plugged directly into the computer and running through plugins!

roberty

Wish I'd held onto mine seeing the way prices have gone. I did spend the money on a used Custom but there is a part of me that wants another burst

There is a real '59 burst for sale at Vintage and Rare in Bath at the moment, and it has the gap between the pickup and the fingerboard that I remember some people being unhappy about

https://www.vintageandrareguitars.com/collections/featured-gear/products/1959-gibson-les-paul-standard-burst

theimageofall

Not that I’m looking at selling, I was wondering what these are selling for now?

I told the other half this was an “investment” when I bought it, so I wonder if that is turning out to be correct!

Adamski

theimageofall said:

Not that I’m looking at selling, I was wondering what these are selling for now?

I told the other half this was an “investment” when I bought it, so I wonder if that is turning out to be correct!

Yeah you’ll make a profit now, despite some idiots trying to say these were some sort of factory seconds to get money off (they were not, which I know for fact). 

I’ll never sell mine. Not only is it my favourite guitar but to get another will cost me the thick end of £5k now if I want the same experience of trying a few rather than taking a punt on a used one. 

I’ve also got a custom 345 that again I won’t sell because I got it for £2300 about 3 yrs ago new on a crazy deal 

roberty

Adamski said:

theimageofall said:

Not that I’m looking at selling, I was wondering what these are selling for now?

I told the other half this was an “investment” when I bought it, so I wonder if that is turning out to be correct!

Yeah you’ll make a profit now, despite some idiots trying to say these were some sort of factory seconds to get money off (they were not, which I know for fact). 

I’ll never sell mine. Not only is it my favourite guitar but to get another will cost me the thick end of £5k now if I want the same experience of trying a few rather than taking a punt on a used one. 

I’ve also got a custom 345 that again I won’t sell because I got it for £2300 about 3 yrs ago new on a crazy deal 

I think inflation will start to bite soon and send prices shooting up again. I'd say a high end Gibson is safer than cash right now. Having said that I'm no economist, more a pessimist