R8 Peach Deal

MikeS

roberty said:

@MikeS The GG photos don't look as colour accurate either, a bit washed out. I was sure I wanted dirty lemon until I visited their site this morning

Unusually though, the dirty lemon one shown on the site as sold, which has a bit of flame to the finish, is not actually the one I purchased.

I'm really hoping it's a glitch and they send me the right guitar, as I prefer the plain top that I purposely bought..

dbphoto

Anyone want to buy my brand new twin humbucker Les Paul BFG that I bought from GuitarGuitar two weeks ago???

Fingers crossed my wife doesn’t notice this new one arrive.........

Whitecat

Found some crazy reading on these -

(not saying all or any of this is true, but it’s certainly interesting..!)

http://www.mylespaul.com/threads/2017-historics-the-year-that-wasn’t.405533/ (Copy and paste this link)

http://www.mylespaul.com/threads/gibson-com-and-the-2017-custom-shop-les-paul-standards-historics.396869/

terada

Whitecat said:

Found some crazy reading on these -

(not saying all or any of this is true, but it’s certainly interesting..!)

http://www.mylespaul.com/threads/2017-historics-the-year-that-wasn’t.405533/ (Copy and paste this link)

http://www.mylespaul.com/threads/gibson-com-and-the-2017-custom-shop-les-paul-standards-historics.396869/

very interesting. a quote from one of the posts:

"Most, if not all, of these 2017 Historics (labeled Standards) were made before the discontinuation of the Historics.

Gibson had a bunch already made in stock for 2017, sitting on shelves. They were released to some dealers just to sell and get rid of the stock they had. They are not something Gibson will probably ever mention on their website.

They were meant to be the 2017 Historic Reissues but after Henry decided to discontinue Historic Reissue Custom Shop guitars for now they became "Standards" to sell the stock they already had produced.

If you want one, other than the ones already produced, they now are considered a M2M order. Whether it be a personal M2M order or a dealer limited run M2M order."

roberty

MikeS said:

roberty said:

@MikeS The GG photos don't look as colour accurate either, a bit washed out. I was sure I wanted dirty lemon until I visited their site this morning

Unusually though, the dirty lemon one shown on the site as sold, #871451, which has a bit of flame to the finish, is not actually the one I purchased.  I actually purchased this...

https://www.guitarguitar.co.uk/product/180814331288008-1863339--gibson-custom-shop-les-paul-standard-1958-figured-top-d

A plain top dirty lemon #87380, which after I purchased, disappeared off screen and was replaced by a sold #871451.

I'm really hoping it's a glitch and they send me the right guitar, as I prefer the plain top that I purposely bought..

Yeah their website was doing something similar to me earlier. The serial number is in the confirmation though which is reassuring

That plaintop lemon is lovely. I bet it looks much nicer than that in person, like the other ones here. The back looks great too with those big swirls

I was ultimately seduced by the wide, shallow flame on the one I chose

Been a pretty exciting day hasn't it!

Whitecat

The more I read, the bigger a bargain these become...

MikeS

@roberty ; Yep that was it, yours was the one I was going to buy last night

Yep, a good day.

Twinfan

Whitecat said:

The more I read, the bigger a bargain these become...

I totally agree.  Having been out of the loop on LPs for a few years it seems that these are basically True Historic R8s for £2499.  Absolutely crazy money.

I really hope mine's a good 'un.  At 8lbs I'm expecting it to be how I like LPs - bright and open with plenty of resonance.

mort

GAK seem to have a couple as well;


https://www.gak.co.uk/en/gibson-custom-historic-1958-les-paul-standard-vos-iced-tea-sn-8-7232/919950

roberty

terada said:

Whitecat said:

Found some crazy reading on these -

(not saying all or any of this is true, but it’s certainly interesting..!)

http://www.mylespaul.com/threads/2017-historics-the-year-that-wasn’t.405533/ (Copy and paste this link)

http://www.mylespaul.com/threads/gibson-com-and-the-2017-custom-shop-les-paul-standards-historics.396869/

very interesting. a quote from one of the posts:

"Most, if not all, of these 2017 Historics (labeled Standards) were made before the discontinuation of the Historics.

Gibson had a bunch already made in stock for 2017, sitting on shelves. They were released to some dealers just to sell and get rid of the stock they had. They are not something Gibson will probably ever mention on their website.

They were meant to be the 2017 Historic Reissues but after Henry decided to discontinue Historic Reissue Custom Shop guitars for now they became "Standards" to sell the stock they already had produced.

If you want one, other than the ones already produced, they now are considered a M2M order. Whether it be a personal M2M order or a dealer limited run M2M order."

That would explain why I had so much trouble sourcing the specs on the current Gibson website and 2017 snapshots

From the same thread, allegedly, "the only difference between the (2017) 57, 58, 59 are the tops. The neck specs are all the same". That would fit with what we've been told by Coda today

terada

Whitecat said:

The more I read, the bigger a bargain these become...

The more I read, the more I'm considering getting another. 

But I only have 1 more kidney to sell. Hmmmm.

Fortheloveofguitar

terada said:

Whitecat said:

The more I read, the bigger a bargain these become...

The more I read, the more I'm considering getting another. 

But I only have 1 more kidney to sell. Hmmmm.

I can’t decide Lemon or iced tea. 

Do these really play/feel/sound far superior to a les Paul standard production model? Or are we to expect high spots on frets etc and the usual QC Gibson sloppiness.

Genuine question as I’ve always owned stock standard production models 

Twinfan

You can expect some QC issues, and feel/play is setup dependent.

Tone is, in my experience, a step up from the regular USA stuff as better woods and electronics are used.

AlexO

This has pretty much been the "Transfer Deadline Day" FretBoard edition.

Musicman20

Whilst the deal is awesome I have so many guitars and basses and not enough time. I'm looking at one though.

sweepy

Such a bloody good job I don’t get on with Les Pauls

Neil

I've just spent almost the exact price of one of those R8's on a new boiler. 

Snags

@terda sod off! 

What really hurts is that there is actually money sitting in the bank account, but it's already ear-marked (new car, garage needs rebuilding, patio needs ripping up and re-doing, bedroom needs destroying and re-doing, we currently have no flooring upstairs etc. etc.). Mrs Snags has tolerated 17+ years in a house blessed with the original cheap'n'shit 70s décor, and both of us are kind of pissed off living like students, just without the mould.  I owe it to her many years of tolerance to restrain my lusts.

Probably.

Moe_Zambeek

This thread would be interesting reading for a psychologist there is a strong sense of collective insanity

richardhomer

It just goes to show there’s no shortage of demand at the right price. I was in PMT in Salford a few months ago and was amazed that a Les Paul Standard was £2599. The last time I’d been there (admittedly probably a couple of years ago) they were £1999.

I reckon if Standards were £1750ish and CS were £2500-£3000, Gibson would be shifting a lot more guitars.