Optimist of the day?

fretfinder

http://www.gumtree.com/p/guitar-instrument/gibson-slash-snakepit-les-paul-1997-mint-autographed-very-rare/1116018957

olafgarten

"It has been held by slash"

I can just imagine an image of slash sitting in the Gibson factory, lifting each of the guitars, and then putting them down again so Gibson can sell them for more.

underdog

Been covered in 2 threads on here already, to sum up.

.One of the first run of 50
. Pretty rare guitar, first one I've ever seen for resale
. Truly custom shop with a lot of hand work
. Signed and photographed with Slash
. Never going to be reissued
. Great investment piece if you could get 3 or 4 k off it

fretfinder

Oops, I missed those threads. It's been for sale for a while then?

£28k would buy you a very good vintage guitar with real investment potential. Or 10 x R9s!

underdog

fretfinder;656263" said:

Oops, I missed those threads. It's been for sale for a while then?

£28k would buy you a very good vintage guitar with real investment potential. Or 10 x R9s!

It was on eBay.

My argument is this, I'm a huge slash fan but think the guitar is ugly as hell but as one of the last group of guitar heroes this will go up in value in the next 20 years or so. It's guitar very difficult to fake and there's probably say 40 of them in the world, even less that have been signed and even less again that have photographic evidence of it.

It's ugly, it's very expensive but as a pure investment, I'd say it's as close to a safe bet as you can get long term.

GuitarMonkey

It's not like Slash was a ground breaker though, in the history of guitar he's no Jimi Hendrix.

underdog

GuitarMonkey;656296" said:

It's not like Slash was a ground breaker though, in the history of guitar he's no Jimi Hendrix.

By that argument no one else was Jimi Hendrix either apart from Hdenrix

The group of guitarists that came through in the late 80s are more than likely the last set of guitar heroes, there will be no more after them. By that I mean guitarists that non guitar players know by name and sight.

Ground breaking or not he has had a huge influence on people and I would guess that 25% of people who play that are around the 40 years old mark were in to him at some point. This will effect the resale of said guitar when he's gone.

57Deluxe

ooh - reminds me... I need a slash...

CHRISB50

'It is single handedly the most amazing guitar I have ever seen.'

 

He's easily pleased then. I have no idea about it's collectability, intrinsic value etc etc. but for sure that is a shit looking guitar.

axisus

Does anyone seriously think that someone with 28K to spend on a guitar will be surfing Gumtree?

IvisonGuitars

GuitarMonkey said:

It's not like Slash was a ground breaker though, in the history of guitar he's no Jimi Hendrix.

That may be true (although up and coming guitarists who grew up in the 90's may disagree) but with 2 signature Marshalls and a heap of Gibson models, his brand is pretty secure for the next 20 years.

GuitarMonkey

CHRISB50 said:

...for sure that is a shit looking guitar.

that as well.

Blacksheep

underdog said:

fretfinder;656263" said:

Oops, I missed those threads. It's been for sale for a while then?

£28k would buy you a very good vintage guitar with real investment potential. Or 10 x R9s!

It was on eBay.

My argument is this, I'm a huge slash fan but think the guitar is ugly as hell but as one of the last group of guitar heroes this will go up in value in the next 20 years or so. It's guitar very difficult to fake and there's probably say 40 of them in the world, even less that have been signed and even less again that have photographic evidence of it.

It's ugly, it's very expensive but as a pure investment, I'd say it's as close to a safe bet as you can get long term.

Buying £28k's worth of gold would be a significantly safer investment. Or £28k's worth of 1954 Gold Top, come to that.

underdog

Blacksheep;657047" said:

underdog said:

fretfinder;656263" said:Oops, I missed those threads. It's been for sale for a while then?



£28k would buy you a very good vintage guitar with real investment potential. Or 10 x R9s!

It was on eBay.



My argument is this, I'm a huge slash fan but think the guitar is ugly as hell but as one of the last group of guitar heroes this will go up in value in the next 20 years or so. It's guitar very difficult to fake and there's probably say 40 of them in the world, even less that have been signed and even less again that have photographic evidence of it.



It's ugly, it's very expensive but as a pure investment, I'd say it's as close to a safe bet as you can get long term.














Buying £28k's worth of gold would be a significantly safer investment. Or £28k's worth of 1954 Gold Top, come to that.

I'm just saying, don't shoot the messenger, like I said I think it's ugly as sin

Look at Dave Grohl and the trinny, first run of them brought hideous used prices, as they were (an actual) limited run, which of course have since been reissued.

This will never be reissued, is part of the first 50 (50 more got made) has been signed and held by the man himself, and they weren't cheap to begin with. Also I honestly think it's the only Sig of his that was actually driven by him, not by Gibson wanting something to sell.

Blacksheep

Absolutely. I wasn't questioning the logic of what you say.

More the mindset of someone who would pay £28k for a guitar autographed by Slash, or indeed anyone.

I wonder if any star guitarist approached by Gibson/Fender et al to do an over-priced endorsement has ever told them to shove their corporate bullshit? Sadly, probably not.