Jimmy Page Gibson EDS-1275

timmypix

dano said:

If Gibson, or Epi, released just a 12 string SG, now that would be interesting.

They made 75 of these a few years back. Neck through, too. Love 'em!

stickyfiddle

timmypix said:

dano said:

If Gibson, or Epi, released just a 12 string SG, now that would be interesting.

They made 75 of these a few years back. Neck through, too. Love 'em!

Christ imagine the neck dive on that thing! 

guitars4you

Is it bad 'googling' on my part - But appears as though you can't buy this from regular Gibson Dealers - Peach etc etc - It is via the Gibson Garage only - Not a problem at £47K for most of us I know - But looks like a closed shop option for regular dealers, be it in the UK, USA or otherwise 

Voxman

Before you buy a twin neck like this, try it. Absolutely the most awkward, uncomfortable heaviest guitar I've ever played. Not for me... If I was given one, I'd sell it.  It solved certain live problems for JP but I'm not surprised he actually hated it. 

LPManic

If I had the money I'd buy one.

elstoof

guitars4you said:

Is it bad 'googling' on my part - But appears as though you can't buy this from regular Gibson Dealers - Peach etc etc - It is via the Gibson Garage only - Not a problem at £47K for most of us I know - But looks like a closed shop option for regular dealers, be it in the UK, USA or otherwise 

It was the same with the Greeny last year I believe. I wonder, would someone like Peach or Sweetwater be that keen on selling one of these? Some bloke buys it online, they have the headache of handing it over to Evri and hoping it arrives intact, he has a play in his front room for a few days and decides he wants to return it because it’s too neck heavy etc and now its suddenly listed back in stock so everyone else assumes it’s a dog

robgilmo

Will it make you Jimmy Page?

InactiveX

Voxman said:

Before you buy a twin neck like this, try it. Absolutely the most awkward, uncomfortable heaviest guitar I've ever played. Not for me... If I was given one, I'd sell it.  It solved certain live problems for JP but I'm not surprised he actually hated it. 

You don't think anyone is going to actually play these guitars, do you?

Musicman20

elstoof said:

guitars4you said:

Is it bad 'googling' on my part - But appears as though you can't buy this from regular Gibson Dealers - Peach etc etc - It is via the Gibson Garage only - Not a problem at £47K for most of us I know - But looks like a closed shop option for regular dealers, be it in the UK, USA or otherwise 

It was the same with the Greeny last year I believe. I wonder, would someone like Peach or Sweetwater be that keen on selling one of these? Some bloke buys it online, they have the headache of handing it over to Evri and hoping it arrives intact, he has a play in his front room for a few days and decides he wants to return it because it’s too neck heavy etc and now its suddenly listed back in stock so everyone else assumes it’s a dog

I imagine that would be a headache for a retailer.

Plus, Gibson will not want to give up ANY of it's profits to a retailer on an item like this. No trade price - more profit. 

Grumpyrocker

These guitars haven't been built for playing. They are collector's pieces. And I expect Gibson has looked at the sort of madness people will pay soon after sale and decided to price accordingly, so it's not just the second sellers that make a wedge. I've no problem with any of this because I don't see it as part of the musical instrument industry. This is something else - creating collector's items. 

As such it doesn't annoy me in the way prices for regular Gibson guitars do. 

Musical_Mystery_Tour

robgilmo said:

Will it make you Jimmy Page?

In your head maybe it would get you half way there, but for far less money you can simply bang an under age girl and then you'd at least have a similar mindset to him, but unlike him with the kind of money you get from endorsing 47 grand guitars, you might struggle with the lawyer fees necessary to stay out of prison.

soma1975

Grumpyrocker said:

These guitars haven't been built for playing. They are collector's pieces. And I expect Gibson has looked at the sort of madness people will pay soon after sale and decided to price accordingly, so it's not just the second sellers that make a wedge. I've no problem with any of this because I don't see it as part of the musical instrument industry. This is something else - creating collector's items. 

As such it doesn't annoy me in the way prices for regular Gibson guitars do. 

Yeah I was going to say it's pretty much not even a guitar, just an object d'art to go next to the other trinkets in the collection. 

OilCityPickups

Musical_Mystery_Tour said:

robgilmo said:

Will it make you Jimmy Page?

In your head maybe it would get you half way there, but for far less money you can simply bang an under age girl and then you'd at least have a similar mindset to him, but unlike him with the kind of money you get from endorsing 47 grand guitars, you might struggle with the lawyer fees necessary to stay out of prison.

According to Lori Mattix, you would have to add to Page on the 'banging underage girls list': Jeff Beck, Mick Jagger David Bowie, Ronnie Wood, Mickey Finn, Angela Bowie Keith Emerson, Carl Palmer and Jimmy Bain. So pretty much the whole top end of the music industry in the late 60s and 70s. If it's correct there are a fair few who have avoided awkward questions so far - and of course some who have popped their clogs so will never have to. 

57Deluxe

...if Gibson sold doors...