WTB Gibson Les Paul Special Custom Shop

Timeline88 · May 2022

Re-posting this as I'm back in the market for a Gibson Les Paul Special. Looking to hear from anyone who might be interested in selling a Custom Shop model in TV Yellow, preferably a single cutaway but also open to a double cutaway.

I have a budget of up to £2k max and I'm also selling my Epiphone Riviera if that should be of any interest to anyone by way of part-ex.

Cheers,
Joe

swiller · May 2022

https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/225662/1972-55-les-paul-special-players-grade#latest
Bargain imho. If i didnt have a double humbucker that im happy with, id grab this one quick.

Timeline88 · May 2022

@swiller I agree it’s a bargain (so is the Made to Measure DC) but a bit more than I can stretch to at the moment! Did the 70s Specials have a narrow nut? I know that’s something I don’t get on with.

Timeline88 · May 2022

Bump

rlw · May 2022

I have one

But I'm not selling.

StruanRobertson · May 2022

Shame you can't countenance a single pickup as my Eastman is a veritable bargain.

The Lollar P90 is so good that if you roll the tone and volumr off a bit, it can sound like a neck pickup......

Timeline88 · May 2022

@rlw, gas will get the better of you eventually, that’s how it works

Timeline88 · May 2022

@StruanRobertson, I’m sure it is but I’m definitely a two pickup kinda person

StruanRobertson · May 2022

Timeline88 said:

@StruanRobertson, I’m sure it is but I’m definitely a two pickup kinda person

No problem!

Many who have heard me play have suggested I become a zero pickup kind of person....

If anything, they found one to be one too many.

rlw · May 2022

I’m tempted to move it on as I have P90 Goldtop as well but they are chalk and cheese.

Good luck with your search.

Timeline88 · May 2022

Bump - still looking and trying to avoid splurging one of two Gibson Customs listed on Reverb...

Teyeplayer · May 2022

In Thomann for 1279: https://www.thomann.de/gb/gibson_lp_special_tribute_sc_tvy.htm

Obviously, it’s buying unseen and it’ll take a week to get it in stock, but paying 1K for s/h seems such a marginal saving it doesn’t seem worth it.

Edit: just re-read and realise you are after a double cut. Ignore all of the above.

Timeline88 · May 2022

Teyeplayer said:

In Thomann for 1279: https://www.thomann.de/gb/gibson_lp_special_tribute_sc_tvy.htm

Obviously, it’s buying unseen and it’ll take a week to get it in stock, but paying 1K for s/h seems such a marginal saving it doesn’t seem worth it.

Edit: just re-read and realise you are after a double cut. Ignore all of the above.

No, thanks for the link! I'd prefer a double-cutaway but they only seem to come up as custom shop models or the tribute models at the moment. Thomann's price is better than anyone in the UK at the moment by some distance.

PAL · May 2022

It might be worth hanging on until the Gibson Rick Beato guitar comes out in September !

Teyeplayer · May 2022

Timeline88 said:

Teyeplayer said:

In Thomann for 1279: https://www.thomann.de/gb/gibson_lp_special_tribute_sc_tvy.htm

Obviously, it’s buying unseen and it’ll take a week to get it in stock, but paying 1K for s/h seems such a marginal saving it doesn’t seem worth it.

Edit: just re-read and realise you are after a double cut. Ignore all of the above.

No, thanks for the link! I'd prefer a double-cutaway but they only seem to come up as custom shop models or the tribute models at the moment. Thomann's price is better than anyone in the UK at the moment by some distance.

No worries. I’ve been hovering over these myself, but picked up an sg classic last week as I’ve fancied trying the larger (for an sg) neck for a while.

The other dc on my radar that looks a winner is this Maybach on eBay - also been very tempted by this: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/284705082505?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=JM-qcRHVQZm&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=1nT2gcMVSUK&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY
Again, above your budget, but looks a quality piece.

Timeline88 · May 2022

Teyeplayer said:

Timeline88 said:

Teyeplayer said:

In Thomann for 1279: https://www.thomann.de/gb/gibson_lp_special_tribute_sc_tvy.htm

Obviously, it’s buying unseen and it’ll take a week to get it in stock, but paying 1K for s/h seems such a marginal saving it doesn’t seem worth it.

Edit: just re-read and realise you are after a double cut. Ignore all of the above.

No, thanks for the link! I'd prefer a double-cutaway but they only seem to come up as custom shop models or the tribute models at the moment. Thomann's price is better than anyone in the UK at the moment by some distance.

No worries. I’ve been hovering over these myself, but picked up an sg classic last week as I’ve fancied trying the larger (for an sg) neck for a while.

The other dc on my radar that looks a winner is this Maybach on eBay - also been very tempted by this: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/284705082505?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=JM-qcRHVQZm&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=1nT2gcMVSUK&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY
Again, above your budget, but looks a quality piece.

I looked at this one and other Maybachs and for me, if I was going to pull the trigger I'd probably get a new one because I'm not a fan of sunburst on these. Richards Guitars appears to be the only UK retailer selling Maybach guitars at the moment and I think he can get a hold of the full range https://rguitars.co.uk/collections/maybach-guitars . I'm just always nervous that if I didn't like it and came to sell it, I'll take a big hit whereas a Gibson will likely hold it's value.

Timeline88 · May 2022

PAL said:

It might be worth hanging on until the Gibson Rick Beato guitar comes out in September !

This had totally passed me by! Pelham Blue would sit nicely next to my firemist Jazzmaster... I wonder what it'll retail at, can't imagine it'll be less than £2k somehow.