R8 Peach Deal

grappagreen

Having seen all of these photos my '59 flame top is starting to grate on me.. I think the plainer tops actually look cooler...

I must be getting old

Boromedic

That's gorgeous @johnl , congrats!

Fifty9

Panama_Jack666 said:

Fifty9 said:

Well, GG have pulled it out of the bag for me
this am. 8.7lbs of washed cherry goodness on its way!

https://imgur.com/a/OJsYjjQ

Interesting, I ordered the same guitar (washed cherry) and asked GG to do the same thing and I was told they wouldn't do that for me...

"Thank you for your order, these are all boxed stock and are selling extremely fast so we would be unable to weigh it prior to dispatch I'm afriad. I'm sure you will love the guitar but you do have a 14 day return if there are any problems once you take delivery. If there are any problems please let me know."

I'm only spending two and half grand with them... It wasn't thattttttt much to ask surely?! Poor customer service from a box shifter in my opinion!

It's a bit of a risk buying a guitar that's worth more than my car blind but will take them up on their offer of returning it if I'm not happy! I'm sure it will be great though.

Exactly where I was at yesterday & I still think they should be more like Peach & less box shifter given the price. Massive discount it may be but it’s still a huge outlay for a chunk of wood & strings (oh and the special plastics of course

roberty

Fifty9 said:

Panama_Jack666 said:

Fifty9 said:

Well, GG have pulled it out of the bag for me
this am. 8.7lbs of washed cherry goodness on its way!

https://imgur.com/a/OJsYjjQ

Interesting, I ordered the same guitar (washed cherry) and asked GG to do the same thing and I was told they wouldn't do that for me...

"Thank you for your order, these are all boxed stock and are selling extremely fast so we would be unable to weigh it prior to dispatch I'm afriad. I'm sure you will love the guitar but you do have a 14 day return if there are any problems once you take delivery. If there are any problems please let me know."

I'm only spending two and half grand with them... It wasn't thattttttt much to ask surely?! Poor customer service from a box shifter in my opinion!

It's a bit of a risk buying a guitar that's worth more than my car blind but will take them up on their offer of returning it if I'm not happy! I'm sure it will be great though.

Exactly where I was at yesterday & I still think they should be more like Peach & less box shifter given the price. Massive discount it may be but it’s still a huge outlay for a chunk of wood & strings (oh and the special plastics of course

I wonder if it's more onerous for GG to list the guitars as individual pieces of stock on their website compared to Peach, from an administration point of view.  Maybe there's some red tape or maybe their system is not as straightforward.  Just speculation!

mli3

johnl said:

I'll be selling every other guitar I own shortly, this thing is an absolute beast:

wow thats a beauty @johnl ;. congrats. Dirty Lemon right ?

Jonathanthomas83

All well and good but there are those who would've called and said don't bother with pictures and weight, I'll buy one. All of a sudden, they're disappearing quicker than admin like that can happen. It's not just us lunatics buying these things, is it.

johnl

Thanks guys; I'm very, very chuffed. @mli3 it is indeed Dirty Lemon.

crunchman

Jonathanthomas83 said:

All well and good but there are those who would've called and said don't bother with pictures and weight, I'll buy one. All of a sudden, they're disappearing quicker than admin like that can happen. It's not just us lunatics buying these things, is it.

I think we are accounting for a lot of them.  There were ten of the washed cherry colour on the GG website last night.  There are none now.  I haven't looked back through the thread in detail, but I do seem to recall several posts above about gassing on one.

Ossyrocks

The eagles have landed!

Unboxing now!

Hattigol

Peach do a great job with individual pics, weights etc (as do Coda) but I think GG are getting some harsh flack here. As soon as they are listed, they are flying out - they a) don't need to do anything extra to shift them and b) they don't have time to do this before they are gone.

Give them a buzz about one of their £5499 ones gathering dust. I rather suspect you might get a different approach.

(-3hrs 15 mins to DPD arrival, and counting)

johnl

Jonathanthomas83 said:

All well and good but there are those who would've called and said don't bother with pictures and weight, I'll buy one. All of a sudden, they're disappearing quicker than admin like that can happen. It's not just us lunatics buying these things, is it.

When I called earlier in the morning they were only too happy to provide photos / weight etc. At a certain point the guy I was speaking to mentioned that they were flying off the shelves faster than they could take photos and management had told them to just get on and sell them. I agree, not the best policy when we're talking about relatively expensive guitars but in GuitarGuitar's defense I would say that every member of staff I spoke to there was really keen to make sure I got the guitar I wanted.

terada

Ossyrocks said:

The eagles have landed!

Unboxing now!

Nice one - looking forward to pics of both!

Boromedic

Hattigol said:

Peach do a great job with individual pics, weights etc (as do Coda) but I think GG are getting some harsh flack here. As soon as they are listed, they are flying out - they a) don't need to do anything extra to shift them and b) they don't have time to do this before they are gone.

Give them a buzz about one of their £5499 ones gathering dust. I rather suspect you might get a different approach.

(-3hrs 15 mins to DPD arrival, and counting)

So maybe GG should photograph and take pics/weigh before listing, it's not rocket science is it? It also wouldn't take long to do, for just one pic of the top and weighing them.

It implies a level of "I can't be arsed as they will sell anyway" which makes you wonder what else they are skimping on. For instance the damaged guitar I think Roberty received above, no way Peach would've shipped that without contacting the customer first. All those small things make a big difference when you're spending a small fortune if I'm honest, at least for me anyway.

Anyway happy new guitar day, hope it's a Peach

humbucko

As someone who doesn't have time to sift through 36 pages, could anyone kindly give me a sentence or two run-down on these? Why are they so cheap? Are they the same as the usual R8s that Gibson sells for 3-4k? What's goin on ere?

mort

My Dirty Lemon has arrived. I'm over the moon with it. Very nicely set up by Peach as well, intonation spot on. Mine weighs 8.1 and feels great. The neck is a little chunkier than I was expecting, but absolutely fine.

The outer box label says "LPR8 HR VOS" as does the guarantee slip and a hang tag. It's only a 'Standard' on the COA!

Twinfan

End of line clearout sale.  They're True Historic '58 reissues with '59 necks.  Bargains at £2499, last time R8s were this price new was 2008 and the specs have improved a lot since then.

Twinfan

"LPR8 HS VOS" - Les Paul Historic Standard VOS finish then!

Whitecat

Twinfan said:

End of line clearout sale.  They're nearly True Historic spec '58 reissues with '59 necks.  Bargains at £2499, last time R8s were this price new was 2008 and the specs have improved a lot since then.

roberty

humbucko said:

As someone who doesn't have time to sift through 36 pages, could anyone kindly give me a sentence or two run-down on these? Why are they so cheap? Are they the same as the usual R8s that Gibson sells for 3-4k? What's goin on ere?

More or less Historic spec, 2017 Standard '58s

Gibson Europe had 300 in stock that Gibson USA them permission to liquidate

Whitecat

mort said:

My Dirty Lemon has arrived. I'm over the moon with it. Very nicely set up by Peach as well, intonation spot on. Mine weighs 8.1 and feels great. The neck is a little chunkier than I was expecting, but absolutely fine.

The outer box label says "LPR8 HR VOS" as does the guarantee slip and a hang tag. It's only a 'Standard' on the COA!

Yeah, it's fairly well-documented that all the COAs say Standard for the R* stuff in 2017. Just the way of things...