R8 Peach Deal

Whitecat

andyoz said:

Bridgehouse said:

andyoz said:

Is the same CS price dumping happening in the US?

Don't think so - Peach said it was the European warehouse of 300 LP's they were emptying to raise some cash...

I wonder if they chose Europe because the prices are already more inflated here compared to the US (I think they are?)

VAT is the killer mainly. US prices have no taxes in them - they are only added at retail point of purchase depending on the state, and they are usually less than half of VAT. But there is often an inflated base price too “just because.”

I think perhaps these guitars were in Europe already... and they suddenly realised they needed to move them...

thomasross20

meltedbuzzbox said:

thomasross20 said:

So what's the verdict for those who've bought one?


Not as well finished as an Epiphone and it has lots of haunting mids :-p

 

For some reason I'm looking at guitars... I must STOP!!

Actually I was thinking of a Suhr Modern but I love the standards. The 22 frets feels nicer (like I'm not stretching so much) and I realise I can do the Sweet Child O Mine cream tone on bridge bucker with tone rolled down... Sorry for thread hi-jack there!
Goes to show - this thread even made me look twice and I must be one of the people on here who buy the least amount of stuff!

Bridgehouse

Whitecat said:

andyoz said:

Bridgehouse said:

andyoz said:

Is the same CS price dumping happening in the US?

Don't think so - Peach said it was the European warehouse of 300 LP's they were emptying to raise some cash...

I wonder if they chose Europe because the prices are already more inflated here compared to the US (I think they are?)

VAT is the killer mainly. US prices have no taxes in them - they are only added at retail point of purchase depending on the state. But there is often an inflated base price too “just because.”

I think perhaps these guitars were in Europe already... and they suddenly realised they needed to move them...

They were definitely in Europe already - a sort of EU Les Paul Mountain.. 

Gibson Europe said to Gibson USA "we have a bunch of guitars here - shall we shift them quick style on the cheap to raise cash?" 

Gibson US probably said "what guitars?!" 

Gibson Europe then probably said "Sigh. We'll just get rid of them..."

JerkMoans

thomasross20 said:

So what's the verdict for those who've bought one?

Wonderful timbre.

Bridgehouse

JerkMoans said:

thomasross20 said:

So what's the verdict for those who've bought one?

Wonderful timbre.

Finally! See? We can change the world one R8 at a time

thomasross20

Love it

SteveF

Aw balls, I was doing so well.... Up early to head off for a work trip and GG had 6 washed cherries in stock.





Make that 5 in stock....

Jonathanthomas83

Are we all sharing a NGD thread today?

Boromedic

I'll be watching with interest! Would be cool to see some demo's too maybe?

Jonathanthomas83

@TTony any stats on the number of TFB members who bought guitars in this deal from the various retailers? Not sure how well your thread worked out?

mli3

I caved..

DrBob

Would someone with the photoshop skills please knock up an artists impression of what the next Fretboard jam might look like please ? 

Powerslave

Congrats to everyone who has a new R8 in-bound today.

If anyone here grabbed 8 71465 (iced tea) from Peach then I'd love to hear from you (PM if you wish). That particular guitar ticked all my LP boxes (weight, colour, top, back grain) but, unfortunately, I'm waiting on a guitar to sell and so couldn't partake on this occasion.

I'd be very interested to hear how it feels in hand, and to receive a tone report.

Enjoy those R8's . . . could be quiet around these parts today

pmbomb

@Bridgehouse said:It's a £4k guitar that cost £2.5k and should have cost £2.5k in the first place so it's worth it, which has caused a gold rush as they are usually not worth it, especially at £4k

Yeah there it is. I'm very tempted at £2.5k, if they come back at Peach with photos (I'm not up for GG pot luck).

But if I was up for spending > £4k on a non-vintage guitar, it would be going to Feline or similar, not Gibson. At that price those guys can build something special.

tone1

DrBob said:

Would someone with the photoshop skills please knock up an artists impression of what the next Fretboard jam might look like please ? 

You’ll all have to get busy with the dymo labelling machine, just so you don’t go home with the wrong R8. Just don’t stick it over serial number 

meltedbuzzbox

I'm really surprised at the response from some people on here.
Buying online is pot luck whatever. Yes weight and pictures are very nice but surely the thing to do is go and play one of them first? It's 2.5k, that's worth a 2+ hour drive surely?

pmg

I live in Lancashire so it’s not really feasible to try before I buy at the speed these are selling.  The guitar can always be returned if not suitable

pmbomb

meltedbuzzbox said:

I'm really surprised at the response from some people on here.
Buying online is pot luck whatever. Yes weight and pictures are very nice but surely the thing to do is go and play one of them first? It's 2.5k, that's worth a 2+ hour drive surely?

I find I need more time than a store tryout to know if a guitar is for me.

And buying online comes with right of return.

Adamski

meltedbuzzbox said:

I'm really surprised at the response from some people on here.
Buying online is pot luck whatever. Yes weight and pictures are very nice but surely the thing to do is go and play one of them first? It's 2.5k, that's worth a 2+ hour drive surely?

It’s more that they aren’t staying in stock long enough to do that. I’d rather take an educated punt on the top/weight that I like rather than drive there and either have nothing to try or maybe one that I was less interested in that I would probably just buy anyway due to the deal. 

Jonathanthomas83

meltedbuzzbox said:

I'm really surprised at the response from some people on here.
Buying online is pot luck whatever. Yes weight and pictures are very nice but surely the thing to do is go and play one of them first? It's 2.5k, that's worth a 2+ hour drive surely?

Yeah, good luck with that. By the time you reach the first services for a piss, the guitar will be long gone.