check out this 1952 Les Paul

[clone911]

sadly it is not mine but it is my sister-in-laws boyfriend's who inherited from his grandfather who bought it new....it plays great

[bbchris]

Wow! Very nice! You still get to play it right?

|Blah Blah|Thinking Out Loud|Jane Eliz||Talk Soup | Underground HK |

[DreamTone7]

The tailpiece has been modified, but it's still a shweet guit-fiddle.



What else does your brother-in-law have?

[ED1G]

Very nice!



Paul

[MIKE BURN]

WOW!



The tailpiece looks unfortunately non-original, because Gibson used the Trapezoid tailpiece (pic below) until 1953.







In original condition you can achieve up to $ 100,000 for this guitar!

MIKE


10 free song uploads||1 free video upload

[clone911]

he had mentioned something about the tailpiece so u r correct on that....his grandfather bought it new back in 52 and he inherited it when he died....he plays it like it is just a regular old guitar so i told him he needs to hang it on the wall and leave it alone AFTER i played it of course

[Sterling30]

No way.., 15g maybe.

[MIKE BURN]

NO Ben, this guitar should be played! IMHO

Just send it my way! LOL

Quote:

---

Sterling30



No way.., 15g maybe.

---

HAHA! You're out of the loop Sterling!



A 2005 REISSUE of a 1952 LP Gold Top is around 20 grand when you buy it in Kalamazoo! A 1959 Sunburst Flametop even more expensive... as a REISSUE



We're talking about a collector's item here and usually you don't find a price tag when one original is offered.

I worked in a music store in Frankfurt and saw a 1952 Gold Top changing hands for 50 grand and it even was not in perfect condition

[Sterling30]

Seem to recall the selling prices well under 10g., maybe things have changed but I don't know the LP market that well..



20g for a reissue??? That's completely nuts if you ask me and more of the bottom is dropping out of the vintage guitar market every day, I just bouught a decent '66 Tennessean for less than 1g and I could only make a few hundred on iy in today's climate..



The prewar martin d-45 are the hot item, that one is worth about 300g, a d-28 about 125g, the Early Gretsch White Falcon can bring a few hundred grand but I've never heard of any Gibson being worth 6 figures.., maybe to Germans who think owning one will make them cool like Americans but not to anyone else.

Edited by: Sterling30 at: 4/10/05 6:38

[Sterling30]

Let's see how much you really know...







cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=38086&item=7314762155&rd=1

[MIKE BURN]

"What you know" BLAHBLAH



Is that the "I know what you don't know game" here?



WHAT I know is that this E-Bay guitar (the real guitars usually are sold in private collector circles not on E-Bay) is in a absolutely horrible condition...



Good joke!

[Sterling30]

Kenny Wayne Shepard forked over more than 30g on a 62 Strat that looked far worse, cosmentic condition is not a major facter in the value of a vintage guitar and I shouldn't have to tell you that.



Private collections? You mean the clowns that pay 10 times the actual value of a guitar because they want something cool to show off to their friends?



Yeah, they're a slick bunch allright...

[MIKE BURN]

HAHA!



At the end I would never buy a guitar via E-bay old or new.



I played several real old Gibsons and Fenders and there were more guitars playing worse and staying uot of tune than any 2005 model for 1,500 bucks.



If you have a top condition Les Paul 1952 which plays well AND sounds cool.... that's when you can achieve the high prices from the "clowns".



Apart from that, a 1959 Sunburst reissue (2004 model) is 15 grand minimum today

[MIKE BURN]

BTW.......







($ 395 original price back then DOH! LOL)

[clone911]

If you have a top condition Les Paul 1952 which plays well AND sounds cool.... that's when you can achieve the high prices from the "clowns".



well u can see the condition of the one i posted and it played incredibly well but he has no interest in selling

WWW.MYSPACE.COM/YOON

Edited by: clone911 at: 4/12/05 14:30