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They used to be dirt cheap. Sadly no more. I bought a used 96 for $900 and a new 2008 like Joe’s for $1700.
The best Gibson deals new used to be the HE, L4CES, and the TF.
Gone are those great prices.
The 1st TF I bought was a new 2008 and was $3K. Same price as a standard 175. My 2018 TF was $4600 after a lot of bargaining with CME. They wanted $7K for it because it was the last made. I waited them out till Dec. and they must have wanted it off the books.
They agreed to $4600 used no warranty. Still not a smoking deal at all.
The prices for a 175 on Reverb is quite shocking. 165’s cost more than new now.
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11-23-2020 01:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Dutchbopper
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Dick I found the early 2000’s 165’s to have a nice medium profile. Some 90’s were also great and some were baseball bats. They are all over the map just like 175’s. I really believe the neck profile depended on the hand size of the specific builder of that guitar neck.
I believe the 2003 was the best HE. Last year of the built in pu. 175 headstock and the only year with real pearl fingerboard inlays instead of pearloid plastic.
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11-23-2020, 02:29 PM #29Dutchbopper GuestOriginally Posted by vinnyv1k
Still, I hope to find one for 2k or under that even.
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11-23-2020, 02:31 PM #30Dutchbopper GuestOriginally Posted by vinnyv1k
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11-23-2020, 02:32 PM #31Dutchbopper GuestOriginally Posted by lammie200
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i’ve seen a couple of es-165’s here for sale, all of them were 1900 euro. Some are still there.
But they all have fat necks and i want one with a slim neck.
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Originally Posted by lammie200
I TOTALLY Agree. The necks are actually kind of perfect to me. Not even close to the thickness of the neck on my Solid Formed - which is still very comfortable to me.
The only neck I had on a Gibson that was borderline chunky was a ES135. That was a head shaker..
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11-23-2020, 03:42 PM #34Dutchbopper GuestOriginally Posted by Max405
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Originally Posted by Dutchbopper
3 months ago i just missed one at 1000 euro..
But it’s not even old archtops, 70’s teles and strats that you couldnt sell 10 years ago because nobody wanted them are now worth 3000.
All squier sellers think they can ask squier jv prices..
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Can we talk about the actual size then. From top of the first fret till the back of the neck? My es-175 vos is 25mm, my tal farlow 22mm.
The 22mm to me is perfect. Might even be persuaded by something a bit smaller.
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Originally Posted by Dutchbopper
I personally don’t like the floater 165. Very bright and the volume knob is in the way for at least me.
Gibson also did a limited run of single pu 175’s in 2006 and 2008 called the 175SP. They had yellowed binding but no VOS treatment and a nickel zigzag tail.
The vintage sunburst was a little on the green side though.
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11-23-2020, 04:24 PM #39Dutchbopper GuestOriginally Posted by lawson-stone
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11-23-2020, 04:27 PM #40Dutchbopper GuestOriginally Posted by vinnyv1k
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Originally Posted by Dutchbopper
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11-23-2020, 04:39 PM #42Dutchbopper GuestOriginally Posted by lawson-stone
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Originally Posted by Max405
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Originally Posted by Dutchbopper
Before the demise of the 175 in 2017 the street price new was over $5K.
I bought my 1st Gibson in 1973. Since then the prices only went up both new and used. If you want a G on the headstock your bank account will suffer.
You can make more money but a special guitar is priceless. example: your 350.
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even the epi zephyr regent, which a few years ago was around the 500$ mark, is now being listed for around 1k$ and more!!
cheers
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11-23-2020, 08:05 PM #46Dutchbopper GuestOriginally Posted by vinnyv1k
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Originally Posted by icr
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11-23-2020, 08:10 PM #48Dutchbopper GuestOriginally Posted by neatomic
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I actually have one of those Epi's as well. It was $450 shipped with a case a few years back. After I joined JGF I started to get more serious about playing jazz and got sucked into acquiring an arsenal. I never broke the bank but I feel like have acquired what really works for me. I have both HE's, an ES-390, the Epi, six different Fender-type partscasters, Martin steel and nylon string acoustics, and a couple of others that may be on the chopping block at some point.
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Originally Posted by Dutchbopper
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