Removed - Gibson R9

bgmartinsbridge

R9 - 1959 Reissue - VOS. 
2006. 
Tobacco burst. 
8.9lb

Lovely flame and grain - new pics added

 100% original.
Nice condition, just a few small marks. 
Frets, setup and plays spot on. 

hyperben

Lovely R9, and priced appropriately too! 

bgmartinsbridge

New pics added to show the flame - hard to photograph in January - need some summer sun :-) 

GoldenEraGuitars

Stunning guitar. Beautiful burst

roberty

Wow I reckon a few of the R8 gloss squad from the Peach thread will be interested in this

bgmartinsbridge

Thanks @roberty - my thoughts exactly :-) 

bgmartinsbridge

Price dropped to bottom line. 

Legionreturns

I see the knob head lollers have been again. 

Great price for a stunning R9. GLWTS 

hyperben

At that price this should be gone super quick!

rainer2859

Some nice mineral fleck too bargain!

bodhi

That's lovely.  Nothing to lol about here.

bgmartinsbridge

Thanks @Bodhi


Apparently some people have other opinions - I'm sure I recognise this dealer on ebay. Had to laugh and post his offer on here. 
The R9 has noooo market value, as it has no COA plus Gibson are bankrupt. 

https://imgur.com/gallery/DO7FEyZ

heavyrocker

If it has no market value why is he willing to pay £2,200?

Can you not get a COA from Gibson?

Brize

I presume that people are LOLing because the guitar is under-priced.

bgmartinsbridge

Gibson don't reissue coa unfortunately, whereas Fender so. 

This would have been the A4 coa and I can def understand those being lost. 

We've had the debate on the forum before about the value (or not) of a coa. I find the coa a nice to have and a great way to get a slightly cheaper original guitar if it doesn't have one. 
And remember, you don't play a coa. 

McToot

bgmartinsbridge said:

Thanks @Bodhi


Apparently some people have other opinions - I'm sure I recognise this dealer on ebay. Had to laugh and post his offer on here. 
The R9 has noooo market value, as it has no COA plus Gibson are bankrupt. 

https://imgur.com/gallery/DO7FEyZ

It's a shame that the site (ebay or Reverb or wherever) doesn't have a button below the 'Decline' option which invites the person making the offer to "Go and boil your ball-bag"

heavyrocker

bgmartinsbridge said:

Gibson don't reissue coa unfortunately, whereas Fender so. 

This would have been the A4 coa and I can def understand those being lost. 

We've had the debate on the forum before about the value (or not) of a coa. I find the coa a nice to have and a great way to get a slightly cheaper original guitar if it doesn't have one. 
And remember, you don't play a coa. 

Yeah I agree the COA shouldn’t be a major issue. After all people pay a lot more for other guitars that don’t come with COAs - vintage guitars anyone?

bgmartinsbridge

He's contacted me again -

He has five ebay shops, buys for London guitar shops and his offer will only go down. 

Gibson are bankrupt, were bought by someone else and therefore all their guitars are worth less. Mine has no value at all and will get no interest. 



You've got to laugh! 

bodhi

What a twitsticle.  Tell him you've actually found the COA and see how much it's worth to him, just for giggles?

heavyrocker

bgmartinsbridge said:

He's contacted me again -

He has five ebay shops, buys for London guitar shops and his offer will only go down. 

Gibson are bankrupt, we're bought by someone else and therefore all their guitars are worth less. Mine has no value at all and will get no interest. 



You've got to laugh! 

This is what puts me off buying and selling lately.

I know it’s a game but it gets tiring especially with dealers as they’re the worst - when they’re buying it’s “this colour’s hard to sell, that mark looks like a neck break, looks like a refinish blah, blah, blah.” Of course when they’re selling those same issues are of no consequence and if it wasn’t for them anyway the guitar would be “twice the price”. It’s boring.

Image having to do that everyday just to earn your living. There are a few dealers that are notable exceptions of course but they’re few and far between.

Brize

heavyrocker said:

Image having to do that everyday just to earn your living. There are a few dealers that are notable exceptions of course but they’re few and far between.

These guys aren't proper dealers - they're just operating out of their bedrooms trying to flip guitars for a few hundred quid.