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re: Please help me determine selling price for a guitar? (Gibson Les Paul Classic)
Posted on 3/16/16 at 5:59 pm to Carson123987
Posted on 3/16/16 at 5:59 pm to Carson123987
I'll give you $100 for it.
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Posted on 3/16/16 at 6:14 pm to Carson123987
My advice: Never sell guitars
Posted on 3/16/16 at 9:24 pm to danilo
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My advice: Never sell guitars
This. And not a Les Paul. Just get both. Break out the plastic. American Way baby.
Posted on 3/16/16 at 9:33 pm to LSU alum wannabe
My brother just traded in his Les Paul Custom for a Reissue 1959. It's the best of the best Les Paul's. Hefty price tag though.
Posted on 3/16/16 at 11:16 pm to LSU alum wannabe
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This. And not a Les Paul. Just get both. Break out the plastic. American Way baby.
i work full time, but im still in school and my job doesnt pay enough to justify shelling out 3.5 Gs
Posted on 3/17/16 at 11:00 am to Carson123987
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i work full time, but im still in school and my job doesnt pay enough to justify shelling out 3.5 Gs
That's what credit cards were made for.
I put titty bar beer on mine. At least you will have 2 guitars.
None of those girls ever loved me. That Les Paul loves you.
Posted on 3/17/16 at 11:11 am to Carson123987
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Found a PRS that I've GOT to have, so I figured I'd move my baby. Gibson Les Paul Classic Parents bought it for me in 2005.
I've thought about this thread, Carson. Don't sell this guitar. Play it. Keep saving your money. They're going to be making latest and greatest PRS guitars from now until the end of time.
Even if you were a big time rock star, that Classic could serve you well all around the world. Regardless of the "price tag" - I don't think the PRS is an "upgrade" or "must have now" enough to force you to give up a guitar you are obviously fond of to get the latest/greatest from PRS.
I would keep that guitar because nothing is more expensive than regret.
ETA: A gift from your parents. Your only parents.
This post was edited on 3/17/16 at 11:13 am
Posted on 3/17/16 at 11:30 am to Ace Midnight
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ETA: A gift from your parents. Your only parents.
I would rather kick myself over putting $3500 on a credit card than kick myself over selling a guitar my folks bought me. If it were some intro level guitar or some obscure guitar you could outgrow or outplay, fine. Who outgrows a Les Paul?
Jimmy Page didn't. OP won't. No offense OP.
Posted on 3/17/16 at 11:34 am to Ace Midnight
I don't think I could ever sell any of mine personally, even my damn ibanez
Posted on 3/17/16 at 12:07 pm to LSU alum wannabe
I don't know... things have meaning because we choose to give them meaning. If he chooses not to give sentimental meaning to a gift guitar, and if he is not a hoarder of physical things - especially guitars - then I don't see anything wrong with "trading up". Maybe he's not a fan of the color?
Carson, my only advice is to make sure the PRS is exactly what you want. Have you played the one you're thinking of buying? Have you played the exact physical copy you would be buying? At that price tag, I think you definitely need to be extremely confident in what you're buying, and that you will get the value from the instrument to justify the purchase.
Carson, my only advice is to make sure the PRS is exactly what you want. Have you played the one you're thinking of buying? Have you played the exact physical copy you would be buying? At that price tag, I think you definitely need to be extremely confident in what you're buying, and that you will get the value from the instrument to justify the purchase.
Posted on 3/17/16 at 7:41 pm to Meursault
IMHO, that Les Paul has a very small chance of becoming a highly sought after vintage guitar. Why? Gibson's Les Pauls from 1954 to 1960 were never produced in large numbers. In fact, the LP sales were so darn LOW after 1960, Gibson overhauled the design. Gibson didn't make many LPs from this era. That's why they are so rare.
The NEW LP had the SG body style. Mr. Les Paul himself did not like the new body style and demanded the return of the old style. Well, LP production shut down for a few years and started up in 1968 with the classic body style.
During the 1970s the demand for Les Pauls exploded and production shot WAY up. The LPs from this area are over 40 years old, but, none of them are considered collectible vintage guitars. It's because they made so many of them, and some of them were poorly made.
Nowadays, they are cranking out Les Pauls like nobody's business, and, it's not likely that 20 years from now, that 2005 LP will be considered a highly collectible and valuable guitar.
IMHO, There's no need to keep that LP, OP. If you need the money, I say sell it. It's not going to one day be like a 1959 Les Paul with PAF humbuckers, or a Fender Broadcaster.
On top of all that, if it currently needs something repaired, that will lower the value below an identical item that has never required any repair.
The NEW LP had the SG body style. Mr. Les Paul himself did not like the new body style and demanded the return of the old style. Well, LP production shut down for a few years and started up in 1968 with the classic body style.
During the 1970s the demand for Les Pauls exploded and production shot WAY up. The LPs from this area are over 40 years old, but, none of them are considered collectible vintage guitars. It's because they made so many of them, and some of them were poorly made.
Nowadays, they are cranking out Les Pauls like nobody's business, and, it's not likely that 20 years from now, that 2005 LP will be considered a highly collectible and valuable guitar.
IMHO, There's no need to keep that LP, OP. If you need the money, I say sell it. It's not going to one day be like a 1959 Les Paul with PAF humbuckers, or a Fender Broadcaster.
On top of all that, if it currently needs something repaired, that will lower the value below an identical item that has never required any repair.
This post was edited on 3/17/16 at 10:38 pm
Posted on 3/17/16 at 8:04 pm to LSU alum wannabe
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Who outgrows a Les Paul? Jimmy Page didn't
Jimmy Page's Les Paul is from 1958 or 9 and has the Patent Applied for Humbuckers. That particular collectible guitar is currently selling for close to $200,000 two hundred thousand dollars. Very rare. Gibson did not make very many of them. Not like today where they are cranking out LPs as fast as they can.
Posted on 3/18/16 at 1:46 am to Carson123987
I'd ask $900-$1,200 if selling in person, with "damage" and no case (if w no case). Sure you can probably get more If patient..if I had not JUST gotten another guitar (ESP LTD 401b), I probably would have taken it off your hands with a possible option for you to buy it back later. I'm truly a sucker for a les paul.
The SO made me make a rule of 1 guitar every 6 months.
The SO made me make a rule of 1 guitar every 6 months.
This post was edited on 3/18/16 at 2:17 am
Posted on 3/18/16 at 11:53 am to Champagne
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IMHO, There's no need to keep that LP
Everything thing you wrote in here is pretty spot on...except for the fact that the guitar was a gift from his parents.
In over 50 years of collecting guitars, I've only sold one guitar, which was the first one I ever owned and it was a Christmas present from my grandmother...I regret that move every time I think about it.
Now, I have 86 guitars and wouldn't consider selling a single one; there's a story that goes with every one of them.
If you like the LP, keep it and save up for the next purchase. Even if you don't like it, keep it.
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