PSA: BARGAIN Gibson Les Paul Available

Rox

BARGAIN ALERT!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GIBSON-BALDWIN-SIGNATURE-SERIE-GUITAR/141614376232?_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851&_trkparms=aid=222007&algo=SIC.MBE&ao=1&asc=29952&meid=15ada9baee294e308bb77669d7ac3ceb&pid=100005&rk=2&rkt=6&sd=181708080740&rt=nc

WOWEE!!

A 'precious' Gibson Les Paul for just £800 BUY IT NOW.

Rox

Well.  I simply cannot believe that none of the illustrious members of The Fretboard have snapped up this bolt-on neck beauty for such a stunning price!

It's only £700 more than the brand new price, people...

Rox

Apologies.  Having just seen the latest news about the newest Gibson price rises, this guitar seems about on the money.

As you were.

John_P

lol awarded -  I tried one of these many years ago and wouldn't have had it for free.   Someone is very deluded about what they have or hoping to find someone with an incorrect money/common sense ratio.

Rox

Well, what about this bolt-on Epiphone Les Paul Special - relic'ed - a snip at £1599

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Glenn-Frey-Eagles-Les-Paul-Tribute-Epiphone-custom-Relic-Seymour-Duncan-Pups-/301559905666?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item46365efd82

Am I missing something here?

beed84

OMG these are godawful guitars.  Whatever his emergency is, I don't think he'll make it.

rawk100

Rox said:

Well, what about this bolt-on Epiphone Les Paul Special - relic'ed - a snip at £1599

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Glenn-Frey-Eagles-Les-Paul-Tribute-Epiphone-custom-Relic-Seymour-Duncan-Pups-/301559905666?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item46365efd82

Am I missing something here?

I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks this is a bit bonkers. I've seen these relic'd epi's on fleabay for a while now and couldn't understand why they're so expensive. I wondered if I was also missing something but I think not. I mean, good luck to the bloke and all that, and there's probably a lot of effort gone into them (probably), but it's still a bloody epi!....

Rox

And in the case of that one, it's an Epi you can pick up for under £80!

ICBM

rawk100 said:

Rox said:

Well, what about this bolt-on Epiphone Les Paul Special - relic'ed - a snip at £1599

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Glenn-Frey-Eagles-Les-Paul-Tribute-Epiphone-custom-Relic-Seymour-Duncan-Pups-/301559905666?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item46365efd82

Am I missing something here?

I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks this is a bit bonkers. I've seen these relic'd epi's on fleabay for a while now and couldn't understand why they're so expensive. I wondered if I was also missing something but I think not. I mean, good luck to the bloke and all that, and there's probably a lot of effort gone into them (probably), but it's still a bloody epi!....

Yes, but the original was some sort of cheap Japanese copy as well, so it's actually appropriate in this case.

Don't get me wrong, I don't think £1599 is a 'reasonable' price, but it's probably not *that* much too high if you're a big Glenn Frey fan (there must be at least one, although I doubt Don Felder is a member of that club… ) and want a replica of his guitar. There's a fair amount of research and work gone into it, at least - you're paying for the work to turn it into that, not what the guitar started out as.

And the original sounds amazing, from the recorded evidence.

I have to say that if it was me, I'd want to replace the Epiphone neckplate with an original 'Made In Japan' copy one though - they're not hard to find.

KrisGee

Rox;38357" said:

BARGAIN ALERT!



http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GIBSON-BALDWIN-SIGNATURE-SERIE-GUITAR/141614376232?_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851&_trkparms=aid=222007&algo=SIC.MBE&ao=1&asc=29952&meid=15ada9baee294e308bb77669d7ac3ceb&pid=100005&rk=2&rkt=6&sd=181708080740&rt=nc



WOWEE!!



A 'precious' Gibson Les Paul for just £800 BUY IT NOW.

Just when you thought that Baldwin was an ultimate bargain...

http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=141600456617&alt=web

...how about a set of classy knobs to compliment this fantastic instrument?

Rox

Even if there's been a huge amount of research, an Epi Special will cost you £80, not sure any amount of research and body work is worth the extra £1510...  :P

Heck, I think there are plenty of people who could do that work at a fraction of the cost.

Rox

KrisGee said:

Rox;38357" said:

BARGAIN ALERT!



http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GIBSON-BALDWIN-SIGNATURE-SERIE-GUITAR/141614376232?_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851&_trkparms=aid=222007&algo=SIC.MBE&ao=1&asc=29952&meid=15ada9baee294e308bb77669d7ac3ceb&pid=100005&rk=2&rkt=6&sd=181708080740&rt=nc



WOWEE!!



A 'precious' Gibson Les Paul for just £800 BUY IT NOW.

Just when you thought that Baldwin was an ultimate bargain...

http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=141600456617&alt=web

...how about a set of classy knobs to compliment this fantastic instrument?

I think there's something dodgy with some 'normal' items.  Check this DVD deal out:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GILMORE-GIRLS-THE-COMPLETE-FOURTH-SEASON-REGION-1-NEW-DVD-BOXSET-/231383104147?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item35df81fa93

£9999 or...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/like/381212468564?limghlpsr=true&hlpv=2&ops=true&viphx=1&hlpht=true&lpid=108&chn=ps&device=c&adtype=pla&crdt=0&ff3=1&ff11=ICEP3.0.0-L&ff12=67&ff13=80&ff14=108&ff19=0

£4.98

Uh?

rawk100

ICBM said:

rawk100 said:

Rox said:

Well, what about this bolt-on Epiphone Les Paul Special - relic'ed - a snip at £1599

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Glenn-Frey-Eagles-Les-Paul-Tribute-Epiphone-custom-Relic-Seymour-Duncan-Pups-/301559905666?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item46365efd82

Am I missing something here?

I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks this is a bit bonkers. I've seen these relic'd epi's on fleabay for a while now and couldn't understand why they're so expensive. I wondered if I was also missing something but I think not. I mean, good luck to the bloke and all that, and there's probably a lot of effort gone into them (probably), but it's still a bloody epi!....

Yes, but the original was some sort of cheap Japanese copy as well, so it's actually appropriate in this case.

Don't get me wrong, I don't think £1599 is a 'reasonable' price, but it's probably not *that* much too high if you're a big Glenn Frey fan (there must be at least one, although I doubt Don Felder is a member of that club… ) and want a replica of his guitar. There's a fair amount of research and work gone into it, at least - you're paying for the work to turn it into that, not what the guitar started out as.

And the original sounds amazing, from the recorded evidence.

I have to say that if it was me, I'd want to replace the Epiphone neckplate with an original 'Made In Japan' copy one though - they're not hard to find.

I guess there's always the chance that a big fan may see this and want it, but that's a bloody big chance. There again I'd applaud the fella if he flogged it for that price. The Frampton Epi replica he's also selling is £1699 though, again that seems over priced no matter how much effort has gone into the relic process.

rawk100

ICBM said:

rawk100 said:

Rox said:

Well, what about this bolt-on Epiphone Les Paul Special - relic'ed - a snip at £1599

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Glenn-Frey-Eagles-Les-Paul-Tribute-Epiphone-custom-Relic-Seymour-Duncan-Pups-/301559905666?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item46365efd82

Am I missing something here?

I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks this is a bit bonkers. I've seen these relic'd epi's on fleabay for a while now and couldn't understand why they're so expensive. I wondered if I was also missing something but I think not. I mean, good luck to the bloke and all that, and there's probably a lot of effort gone into them (probably), but it's still a bloody epi!....

Yes, but the original was some sort of cheap Japanese copy as well, so it's actually appropriate in this case.

Don't get me wrong, I don't think £1599 is a 'reasonable' price, but it's probably not *that* much too high if you're a big Glenn Frey fan (there must be at least one, although I doubt Don Felder is a member of that club… ) and want a replica of his guitar. There's a fair amount of research and work gone into it, at least - you're paying for the work to turn it into that, not what the guitar started out as.

And the original sounds amazing, from the recorded evidence.

I have to say that if it was me, I'd want to replace the Epiphone neckplate with an original 'Made In Japan' copy one though - they're not hard to find.

I guess there's always the chance that a big fan may see this and want it, but that's a bloody big chance. There again I'd applaud the fella if he flogged it for that price. The Frampton Epi replica he's also selling is £1699 though, again that seems over priced no matter how much effort has gone into the relic process.

ICBM

Yes, I think it's overpriced - just not as silly as it first appears when you see "Epiphone Junior for £1599".

The Frampton one is worse, because Frampton's original is a Gibson, not an Epi…

Although in both cases, the amount he's asking is consistent - £1500 plus the actual value of the guitar .

Rox

ICBM said:

Yes, I think it's overpriced - just not as silly as it first appears when you see "Epiphone Junior for £1599".

With all due respect, it is though... you can put lipstick on a pig... it's still a pig.

ICBM

Rox said:

ICBM said:

Yes, I think it's overpriced - just not as silly as it first appears when you see "Epiphone Junior for £1599".

With all due respect, it is though... you can put lipstick on a pig... it's still a pig.

That's true, but Frey's guitar does sound absolutely amazing and it started life as something very similar, so I can see the value in making a replica of it.

And the original really is a bolt-on cheapo, you can clearly see it in pics:

http://i1160.photobucket.com/albums/q500/crocs327/torontomaples.jpg

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c374/Lulabelle_/Continued/glennacl.jpg

Although that does reveal that the knobs on the "replica" are in completely the wrong place, so I will concede the point .

Rox

ICBM said:

Rox said:

ICBM said:

Yes, I think it's overpriced - just not as silly as it first appears when you see "Epiphone Junior for £1599".

With all due respect, it is though... you can put lipstick on a pig... it's still a pig.

That's true, but Frey's guitar does sound absolutely amazing and it started life as something very similar, so I can see the value in making a replica of it.

And the original really is a bolt-on cheapo, you can clearly see it in pics:

http://i1160.photobucket.com/albums/q500/crocs327/torontomaples.jpg

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c374/Lulabelle_/Continued/glennacl.jpg

Although that does reveal that the knobs on the "replica" are in completely the wrong place, so I will concede the point .

That's what £1520 worth of research gets you. 

ICBM

Rox said:

That's what £1520 worth of research gets you. 

lol

I should have checked first before I tried to defend it . I knew something didn't look quite right about the knobs as soon as I saw it, but for some reason I didn't realise it was that they were in the wrong place .

Rox

A valiant effort though, @ICBM ;

Iamnobody

rawk100;585297" said:

ICBM said:



rawk100 said:



Rox said:

Well, what about this bolt-on Epiphone Les Paul Special - relic'ed - a snip at £1599



http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Glenn-Frey-Eagles-Les-Paul-Tribute-Epiphone-custom-Relic-Seymour-Duncan-Pups-/301559905666?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item46365efd82



Am I missing something here?


















I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks this is a bit bonkers. I've seen these relic'd epi's on fleabay for a while now and couldn't understand why they're so expensive. I wondered if I was also missing something but I think not. I mean, good luck to the bloke and all that, and there's probably a lot of effort gone into them (probably), but it's still a bloody epi!....





Yes, but the original was some sort of cheap Japanese copy as well, so it's actually appropriate in this case.

Don't get me wrong, I don't think £1599 is a 'reasonable' price, but it's probably not *that* much too high if you're a big Glenn Frey fan (there must be at least one, although I doubt Don Felder is a member of that club… ) and want a replica of his guitar. There's a fair amount of research and work gone into it, at least - you're paying for the work to turn it into that, not what the guitar started out as.

And the original sounds amazing, from the recorded evidence.

I have to say that if it was me, I'd want to replace the Epiphone neckplate with an original 'Made In Japan' copy one though - they're not hard to find.













I guess there's always the chance that a big fan may see this and want it, but that's a bloody big chance. There again I'd applaud the fella if he flogged it for that price. The Frampton Epi replica he's also selling is £1699 though, again that seems over priced no matter how much effort has gone into the relic process.

I don't like the guys prices or his small print! If you read it you 'might' not get the guitar shown in the pics, it could take a long time to ship to you and he doesn't accept returns...