Gimme all your money - All £19,999 of it

Twinfan

Gorgeous guitar, I think they were around £10k new.  Doubt they'll get what they're asking for it!

guitars4you

octatonic said:

guitars4you said:

octatonic said:

So this or 12-16 very nice, pro level instruments?

I know where you are coming from - But maybe 4-6 and maybe 8 at a push

In reality, quite a few of us will have a collection that is in excess of 20K value - But acquired over time, so it has softened the blow of that 20K expenditure

Spoken like a true trader.

The reality is most of us pay around a grand to 1.5k for an instrument.
I know loads of people working professionally with Mexican Fenders with upgraded pickups.
Not everyone is into Fender/Gibson custom shops and USA PRS'.

I'm not saying you can't get a good guitar for 1.5K and gig with it - But if I had the 'spare' appropriate funds then I'd want to buy something with a wow factor about it, as against 'that will do' - Something that when I open the case I think I'm going to enjoy time together

guitars4you

Twinfan said:

Gorgeous guitar, I think they were around £10k new.  Doubt they'll get what they're asking for it!

I can't recall now, but didn't you have one - Somehow recall Doug at Coda having 2/3 in stock - I thought more like 8K at the time - And I knew at the time 2 customers who purchased one - Certainly recall 1 customer showing me it and it was something special to play 

SteveRobinson

Yes he did and it was a very special guitar

Babones

All your hugs and kisses too.

zepp76

guitars4you said:

octatonic said:

guitars4you said:

octatonic said:

So this or 12-16 very nice, pro level instruments?

I know where you are coming from - But maybe 4-6 and maybe 8 at a push

In reality, quite a few of us will have a collection that is in excess of 20K value - But acquired over time, so it has softened the blow of that 20K expenditure

Spoken like a true trader.

The reality is most of us pay around a grand to 1.5k for an instrument.
I know loads of people working professionally with Mexican Fenders with upgraded pickups.
Not everyone is into Fender/Gibson custom shops and USA PRS'.

I'm not saying you can't get a good guitar for 1.5K and gig with it - But if I had the 'spare' appropriate funds then I'd want to buy something with a wow factor about it, as against 'that will do' - Something that when I open the case I think I'm going to enjoy time together

I get that feeling when I open the case to my ‘04 honeyburst Standard. That was £1200 + £250 for OX4 pickups, it’s a stunning guitar that although not mega expensive is my pride and joy.

Twinfan

guitars4you said:

Twinfan said:

Gorgeous guitar, I think they were around £10k new.  Doubt they'll get what they're asking for it!

I can't recall now, but didn't you have one - Somehow recall Doug at Coda having 2/3 in stock - I thought more like 8K at the time - And I knew at the time 2 customers who purchased one - Certainly recall 1 customer showing me it and it was something special to play 

I had a VOS which cost £5.5k from memory.  The aged version was around £10k and the aged/signed £15k.

I brought my VOS to your shop and you liked it, as did I.  I just don't get on with Les Pauls though so it got sold.

guitars4you

zepp76 said:

guitars4you said:

I'm not saying you can't get a good guitar for 1.5K and gig with it - But if I had the 'spare' appropriate funds then I'd want to buy something with a wow factor about it, as against 'that will do' - Something that when I open the case I think I'm going to enjoy time together

I get that feeling when I open the case to my ‘04 honeyburst Standard. That was £1200 + £250 for OX4 pickups, it’s a stunning guitar that although not mega expensive is my pride and joy.

I've said many times that the 2002-2006 era LP Standards got it right when it comes to the non Custom Shop models - If they had have continued with these instead of all the other models released and changed annually they would not have had so much bad publicity - They aren't meant to be R9 replicas, just good LP's and many of them are 

Voxman

 Billy bought the original in 1968 for $250!!!!   I feel sick. 

idiotwindow

Voxman said:

 Billy bought the original in 1968 for $250!!!!   I feel sick. 

That was a lot of money in those days. More interestingly, it would have been like buying a 2011 guitar today.

Hattigol

crunchman said:

The PRS S2 Satins are superb guitars.  The only reason not to gig one of those is snobbery.

Or you think they look absolutely revolting, which I suspect makes up a good proportion. 

Fifty9

I played one in Coda and it was nice, definitely better than the other Les Pauls there - a standout - but I couldn’t afford a USA standard at the time never mind the pearly!

crunchman

Hattigol said:

crunchman said:

The PRS S2 Satins are superb guitars.  The only reason not to gig one of those is snobbery.

Or you think they look absolutely revolting, which I suspect makes up a good proportion. 

I prefer the look to most of the blinged up "Core" PRS guitars.

Voxman

idiotwindow said:

Voxman said:

 Billy bought the original in 1968 for $250!!!!   I feel sick. 

That was a lot of money in those days. More interestingly, it would have been like buying a 2011 guitar today.

Adjusted for inflation, $250.00 in 1968 is equal to $1,895.09 in 2020.

Annual inflation over this period was 3.97%.

Value today of a 1959 LP Standard (ignoring ownership) - what do you reckon, $250,000? 

DrJazzTap

Give me a Harley Benton with the pickups changed any day of the week over this.

idiotwindow

Voxman said:

idiotwindow said:

Voxman said:

 Billy bought the original in 1968 for $250!!!!   I feel sick. 

That was a lot of money in those days. More interestingly, it would have been like buying a 2011 guitar today.

Adjusted for inflation, $250.00 in 1968 is equal to $1,895.09 in 2020.

Annual inflation over this period was 3.97%.

Value today of a 1959 LP Standard (ignoring ownership) - what do you reckon, $250,000? 

Yes, of course. I was just pointing out that the guitar probably wasn't much of a bargain at the time. $250 for a 9 year old guitar was probably a fair price. If only time machines existed.

Bucket

For £20k I could get a nice "replica" sunburst and have enough change left over to buy a Honda S2000.

So I'd do that.

Twinfan

It seems to have sold...

EDIT - ah, no it hasn't.  New pics added:

https://www.guitarguitar.co.uk/product/pxc200226356456003-4486123--gibson-custom-shop-billy-gibbons-pearly-gates-aged-0

chris78

roberty said:

Tax write off/investment

How can you write off tax by buying a guitar?

guitars4you

chris78 said:

roberty said:

Tax write off

How can you write off tax by buying a guitar?

A professional musician can - Asset within the company/accounts and/or capital expenditure with a 20% devaluation each year