Holy Shitballs! '59 LP Standard at Elderly, only $265K

[murkat]

That is nice nice clean one.

does not look familiar to me thou

(seen quite a few... )

Looks like a family piece and just comming out from under the bed.

Very nice

[bcsride]

thats only 1 1/2 hours from me....i may have to check it out

Go Brentrocks go.

[Pieman]

Would rather having that Flying V that Greg sold for $85k

[LucSulla]

Were I a rich man...

[veatch]

Were I a rich man...

...i'd already have two...

[santellavision]

I saw Joe Bonamassa Tuesday night here in Denver. He played two of his real Bursts. They sounded freakin' awesome! As did his 335, Firebird I, Nonreverse Firebird 3...

The Burst tones just killed.

[hamerhead]

I'm pretty sure you could give him a stick with a wire..........

[MCChris]

thats only 1 1/2 hours from me....i may have to check it out

Wear a motorcycle jacket with multiple studs, rivets and exposed zippers.

[Rodan]

New pricing frontiers, iy? I don't think I'd get the loan if my home address was (of necessity) a vehicle.

Wouldn't matter what kind of alarm it had...

[stratacus]

"bridge PAF (8.67k) has double cream bobbins, neck PAF (7.82k) is zebra"

Very Hamer-esque.

Damn!! Fender closes Hamer down, and Gibson steals their pickup design.

[santellavision]

How they can tell it has Double White or Zebras without pull the cover off? Sure, you can unscrew one side and know what color that bobbin is, but how can you determine the other bobbin??

[Pieman]

It constantly amazes me that in the good old days of the late-50s that so few of these were made, especially considering that Gibson was a mainstream company with a decent distribution system. It's not like these were exorbitantly priced.

[dragan]

$249 in 1959

[Pieman]

"$249 in 1959"

Yes and about what my parents paid for my accordian from The Walter Gauss Conservatory of Music.

[stratacus]

$249 in 1959

That's $1,991.77 in today's dollars...or $265K.

[MCChris]

It constantly amazes me that in the good old days of the late-50s that so few of these were made, especially considering that Gibson was a mainstream company with a decent distribution system. It's not like these were exorbitantly priced.

Weren't they not especially well-received at the time? Think about it, you didn't really see too many '59 or '60 bursts in action until Zep and the Allman Brothers busted them out a decade later.

[dragan]

It constantly amazes me that in the good old days of the late-50s that so few of these were made, especially considering that Gibson was a mainstream company with a decent distribution system. It's not like these were exorbitantly priced.

Weren't they not especially well-received at the time? Think about it, you didn't really see too many '59 or '60 bursts in action until Zep and the Allman Brothers busted them out a decade later.

I'd settle for a 57 gold top

[Armitage]

They failed in the market, they even stopped making Les Pauls for a while in the '60s.

[Disturber]

Looks like it sold. Someone here got it?

[bubs_42]

Way to go Brent!

[Navigator]

How they can tell it has Double White or Zebras without pull the cover off? Sure, you can unscrew one side and know what color that bobbin is, but how can you determine the other bobbin??

You can actually unscrew one of the smaller screws on the back of the pickup and see the color of the slug bobbin that way. Not quite as easy to see (might want to shine a light in there), but yep, you can do it and not have to take the covers off.