Sweetwater has
Gibson Les Paul Standard '50s Plain Top Electric Guitar (Sparkling Burgundy) for
$1,999.
Shipping is free.
Sweetwater also has
Gibson Les Paul Standard '60s Plain Top Electric Guitar (Sparkling Burgundy) for
$1,999.
Shipping is free.
Thanks to Community Member
SplendidMorning215 for sharing this deal.
- Note: Weight and coloration may vary slightly, see the Guitar Gallery at the top of the page for available options.
Features:- Mahogany body provides ample tonal warmth, while the maple top boosts treble response and note definition
- Chunky mahogany neck in a full-feeling '50s Vintage profile
- 12-inch-radius Indian rosewood fingerboard, precision Plek'd for immaculate fretwork
- Burstbucker 1 and Burstbucker 2 pickups produce an ultra-authentic re-creation of the earliest PAF pickups
- Handwired electronics, with Orange Drop capacitors for period-correct authenticity
- Exceptionally stable ABR-1 Tune-o-matic bridge and aluminum stopbar tailpiece
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Edit - Was last december and a different red.... *sigh*
Edit - Was last december and a different red.... *sigh*
With epiphones going for as high as $1499, makes sense to me to grab a real Gibson standard on these sales.
Spoiler alert: They aren't. Years of upping the price by 30% without giving us anything new has made these things ludicrously overpriced such that when one goes on sale it is a OMG moment for some of you.
That they are doing the same thing to their Chinese Epiphones and getting away with it says a lot about Gibson and Epiphone fans and what easy marks they are. I mean the fact that some Epiphones are now $1500 actually makes some of you believe that this Gibson must be a bargain at only $500 more! 🤣
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Spoiler alert: They aren't. Years of upping the price by 30% without giving us anything new has made these things ludicrously overpriced such that when one goes on sale it is a OMG moment for some of you.
That they are doing the same thing to their Chinese Epiphones and getting away with it says a lot about Gibson and Epiphone fans and what easy marks they are. I mean the fact that some Epiphones are now $1500 actually makes some of you believe that this Gibson must be a bargain at only $500 more! 🤣
Here's the hard data and cold facts: What's it say on the end of the neck? What's it say in the wiring harness .. how about the back of the pickups?
I just sold my 1984 Gibson Flying V Custom Designer Series for THIRTY-SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS at auction. Didn't mean it that way. Enjoyed it for nearly 40 years.
It's just at the end of the day, the Lester and Epiphone and Edwards and B.C Rich and PRS and LTD and all of the above (minus Fender) .. 15 years from now you got a guitar worth $150.00 at a garage sale. But, the upside is: if you have a family emergency and need quick cash, the pawn shop will give you $75.00 immediately.
Those are just stone cold dead dog data stats and facts.
Core-Base-Root Truth
.. but please .. continue to shout at the rain. I find it amusing myself ..
Here's the hard data and cold facts: What's it say on the end of the neck? What's it say in the wiring harness .. how about the back of the pickups?
I just sold my 1984 Gibson Flying V Custom Designer Series for THIRTY-SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS at auction. Didn't mean it that way. Enjoyed it for nearly 40 years.
It's just at the end of the day, the Lester and Epiphone and Edwards and B.C Rich and PRS and LTD and all of the above (minus Fender) .. 15 years from now you got a guitar worth $150.00 at a garage sale. But, the upside is: if you have a family emergency and need quick cash, the pawn shop will give you $75.00 immediately.
Those are just stone cold dead dog data stats and facts.
Core-Base-Root Truth
.. but please .. continue to shout at the rain. I find it amusing myself ..
If you paid $1150 for the guitar in 1984 (that's ~$3600 in 2025 dollars), to sell for $36k in 2025 means a compound rate of return of 9% over 40 years. Imagine if you bought a cheaper guitar and invested the money instead? You'd still have a good guitar and maybe even more money.
I don't about you, but I don't consider my instruments part of my portfolio and don't rely on them for wealth. I care more about what's the best-bang-for your-buck, and I don't see myself getting a Gibson unless prices return to reality. There are better alternatives, and I wouldn't count on the guitar collectibles market to do well when The Everything Bubble pops.
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An Edwards LPC is at a minimum, the same level as a Gibson LP Studio, but for 1/2 the price.
As someone that owns two Edwards LPC's and a Gibson AJ model, I'd put the LPC's up against ANY low-mid level Gibson any day of the week. And I paid under $1K for each.
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