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Bogwhoppit · December 2013

Got bored waiting, moved onto something else

Bogwhoppit · December 2013

come to me...........

TTony · December 2013

There'll be a reason that there's not many around for sale ...

Great guitars.

JohnPerry · December 2013

^ Indeed. I've said it before but these are astonishing VFM. I briefly owned a TV yellow Custom Shop special and it honestly had nothing on the yellow one of these fadeds I have for sound and playability.

Bogwhoppit · December 2013

I had the SG special faded with the option of having the LP jnr as well, but turned it down. Today the faded juniors are like hens teeth.

benecol · December 2013

I've got a TV Yellow MIJ Tokai DC, if that's of any interest?

Bogwhoppit · December 2013

benecol said:

I've got a TV Yellow MIJ Tokai DC, if that's of any interest?

As a Tokai aficionado I would normally be interested, however, the prices of MIJ Tokai's are to close to the Gibson faded.

I'll end up getting bored of it within the year and then pass it on. In contrast to Gibson's,Tokai LP juniors are not the easiest to move on.

benecol · December 2013

No worries. Interesting that you say they're a swine to pass on - I had to wait for ages for one to come up in the UK.

(This says far more about my luck than it does your reasoning, btw).

Doug · December 2013

benecol said:

I've got a TV Yellow MIJ Tokai DC, if that's of any interest?

pic's/price would be nice

benecol · December 2013

Sorry! Was a spur of the moment post, didn't want to hijack another cove's thread; will PM...

Bogwhoppit · January 2014

Still looking.

mattacjones · January 2014

http://www.coda-music.com/gibson-paul-special-double-secondhand-p-17852.html?oscsid=d1de221fcf5744cab4dd9e7fd66ff05d

impmann · January 2014

That's nice!
I'd never part with my faded LP DC special. Amazing guitar

Bogwhoppit · January 2014

I was looking at that, although that's a Special rather than the Junior faded (Finest rather then Value).

£599 is too much to justify a whim. I had the faded SG which I felt offered better value than the faded junior at the same price (£449 in what was then Soundcontrol back in 2006/7 ish).

I've seen the faded DCs go for sub £400 many times, but I didn't want one then !, now every man and his dog wants one.

mattacjones · January 2014

well, it's a 1995 model. they weren't as cheap as the current crop of cheaper faded's. I had a 1999 one and gibson sent me the details. Here you go:

You can find the specifications of this model attached. This guitar model had back in 1999 a suggested retailprice of 1199, - US Dollars, VAT excluded.

Bogwhoppit · January 2014

mattacjones said:

well, it's a 1995 model. they weren't as cheap as the current crop of cheaper faded's.

Oh I agree, that's why I likened them to 'finest vs value' . Fretboard binding, one or two piece bodies of the special over a plain neck and multipiece body of the faded. However, the faded is more than enough for me, just as the faded SG satisfied my need for an SG over the SG Standard model.

Someone did comment on the custom shop (VOS ?) LP junior being a lot of money for not a lot of wood. The faded provides the right price point to dabble with a LPJ.

JohnPerry · January 2014

I bought a faded special when they were unfashionable for £450 and another when they were fashionable for £625 and i have to say they are worth every penny of the latter, let alone the former. That thing at Coda will be a fantastic guitar for that money and i am considering it myself

blueskunk · January 2014

The best guitarist i know said my old faded dc was the best sounding guitar hes ever played. Like a proper twonk i sold it

JohnPerry · January 2014

seen this?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Gibson-Les-Paul-Special-Double-Cutaway-Guitar-w-Gibson-Soft-Case-New-Pickup-/121246693235?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item1c3addb773

Bogwhoppit · January 2014

JohnPerry said:

seen this?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Gibson-Les-Paul-Special-Double-Cutaway-Guitar-w-Gibson-Soft-Case-New-Pickup-/121246693235?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item1c3addb773

Yeah. I don't use ebay, but to be honest my whim has whimed out . I'll wait until they're out of fashion and pay a reasonable price. £520 (regardless of it being market price) IMHO is way too high for a budget Gibson that for many years you couldn't even give away. Not to mention its been played around with. I only buy original spec untouched factory guitars.

Add a few quid to £520 and your choice of guitar is expanded ten fold.

JohnPerry · January 2014

I couldn't disagree with you more on every point

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