Blind Boy wrote:

it's only been a couple of years )

Ouch! That's a couple of years too much waiting, but I can understand the need to do it well. I admire your patience though.

but it is a vintage Gibson

The only thing "vintage" in me and my guitars is me.

Hmmmmm  a  very  simple  list.
!. 1963 Gibson ES 335.
2. Marina Orlova..hehe.( Hot for Words, on youtube. )
3. A few packets of Allens  Red Frogs.
4.. Butterscotch  Schnapps.

Wow Viking. Where do these turkeys get off asking that much for a guitar. Jesus, it could be hand crafted out of Beyonce's  used petrified G-strings and i still wouldnt pay that much. 
Just goes to show there  are still enough " fat arsed, feeble minded,CEO's ", loaded to the gills with cash out there. Some guitars lead a charmed life  eh.
   

pee.gee wrote:

Wow Viking. Where do these turkeys get off asking that much for a guitar.
   

What beggars belief even more pee.gee is that there was another on ebay.com yestrerday for $199,000.00 and two on ebay uk for £111,000 ($185,000) and £100,000 ($167,000) (bargain basement!).

It was the £100,000 one caught my attention, and I thought that must be the highest price going - a couple of quick searches proved how stupid my assumption was!   The £100,000 one has been sitting in storage for 30 years - what a waste of a guitar. As their text said "it was a long term investment" - that says it all, it's not really a guitar.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Gibson-Les-Paul-2 … 35a4a0b7c0

What recession?????

Makes my Vox Tonelab Christmas present look a bit unimpressive (especially second hand).

What I do need given to me on 25 December is a stronger set of back and shoulder muscles for the Tokai LC95. Anyone know where I can get these? (And, yes the "Les Paul" tone from the LC95 IS worth getting even with some pain). Anyone out there found that wider well padded straps help at all?

pee.gee wrote:

...it could be hand crafted out of Beyonce's  used petrified G-strings and i still wouldnt pay that much. 
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Ahhh i had the  single cut away versions. Man they felt lightweight to me. But such good fun to play. Hahahaha  God  i want an endorsement with Allens  . Forget free guitars, i want free Red Frogs  lol. There a little frog  a bit like a wine gum. Breakfast of champions  . I know i shouldnt love them as much as i  do...but i do  lol. Seems you give up one vice and just replace it with another haha.

There was an article in the Summer issue of Guitar Aficionada magazine that talked about guitars as investments and how they have retained their value better than most portfolios in the Dow Jones Industrials. They looked at five "blue chip" guitars and the above mentioned Les Paul Standard was one of them. However they profiled the '59 instead of the '60 and had the 2009 value at $400K (the 2007 value was $550K and the original list $265). By that comparison it seems like the '60 LPS mentioned above was a bit overpriced. One of the most desirable qualities of the guitar that adds to the value (that the above guitar doesn't seem to have) is the "fat tiger stripes" of the bookmatched maple top.

Way too rich for my blood...

Others profiled were the '58 Gibson Explorer ($500K value, $247.50 list), a pre-war Martin D-45 ($120K value, $250 list), a '51 Fender Broadcaster ($95K value, $169.95 list) and a '54 Strat ($100K value, $229 list).

For what it's worth...