Les Paul Custom Hunting/Advice

sawyer

There a black one on gumtree in Newcastle  £2000

Xbaxxx

Les Paul Customs are pretty consistent, it doesn't matter what year, never ones will be lighter. 3K is too much, I sold 5 Ebony Les paul customs from 1973 to 2010 all under £2300, some as low as 2K, be patient  they will pop up everywhere.

robdynamite

cheers for the info/support. The hunt begins...

robdynamite

Related to this topic;

Has anyone bought a used guitar from the US? via reverb/a vintage guitar store before? Is it as risky as i think it is?

guitars4you

robdynamite said:

Related to this topic;

Has anyone bought a used guitar from the US? via reverb/a vintage guitar store before? Is it as risky as i think it is?

A hell of a lot of trust involved - Very hard to return the goods if required - All risk is on you

Remember that you will have to pay shipping fees, around 100/120 pound - import duty and vat which will add around 25% to the price you agreed with the seller - And with a poor £ v $ exchange rate I'll be surprised if any good 'buys' out there at the moment

robdynamite

guitars4you said:

robdynamite said:

Related to this topic;

Has anyone bought a used guitar from the US? via reverb/a vintage guitar store before? Is it as risky as i think it is?

A hell of a lot of trust involved - Very hard to return the goods if required - All risk is on you

Remember that you will have to pay shipping fees, around 100/120 pound - import duty and vat which will add around 25% to the price you agreed with the seller - And with a poor £ v $ exchange rate I'll be surprised if any good 'buys' out there at the moment

Yeah, that's pretty much all the things I was thinking. Bar the fact that the exchange rate is dreadful. Either way i'll be waiting a month or so until I can physically get to meet face to face to check a few UK ones out. Cheers!

Gerz6558

I had an 89 custom for a long time. They now say the late 80's/early 90's was almost a second golden era. Whilst I'm not sure about that (I'm sure there are fantastic examples across all years) my 89 was an absolute beast, in sound, feel and weight. 

Been keeping an eye out for a while on the used market for another. There seems to be a massive disparity between preowned shop prices versus ebay/gumtree on these. Presumably because the shops are pricing them against what a new custom shop example will cost you these days.

Recently a well known shop had two 89's for £3k and £3.5. Ebay over the past few months I've seen them go between £1900 and £2600. 

Hope this helps.

sawyer

Have you not checked that one out in Newcastle on gumtree? Looks a good deal.

Kittyfrisk

sawyer said:

Have you not checked that one out in Newcastle on gumtree? Looks a good deal.

Well I pointed it out on the 18th & you on the 19th, so I reckon possibly not 

Loobs

Can you not find a used historic '57 for that price, or am I way out of the loop?

sawyer

1976 custom in Penrith on gumtree. Refinished in chainsaw case.  £2200 in line with black refinish. Looks cool

roberty

One here https://www.facebook.com/groups/398581026923534/permalink/2778857738895839/?sale_post_id=2778857738895839

robdynamite

Kittyfrisk said:

sawyer said:

Have you not checked that one out in Newcastle on gumtree? Looks a good deal.

Well I pointed it out on the 18th & you on the 19th, so I reckon possibly not 

I haven't as i'm ideally looking for an 87/88 as it seems it's within my budget. That and leaving my house to visit a guitar isn't really doable right now.

Appreciated the help though.

jimmyguitar

https://www.gumtree.com/p/for-sale/1989-gibson-custom/1370408347?utm_campaign=socialbuttons&utm_campaign=socialbuttons&utm_content=app_ios&utm_medium=social&utm_source=ios_social