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I received an email of a Flying V Gibson with the Murphy Lab
treatment, advertised by TMZ asking price ,,,,,,,$25,999.00 .
I just hope it's a send up ? I cannot believe this is genuine.
There is nothing wrong with the good old Gibson Custom Shop
except they' re not building the guitars that their reputation was
built upon, our beloved Archtops.
despairingly, Silverfoxx
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01-10-2022 01:20 PM
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Generational Values have changed! And few well off people want the older treasures any longer.
Good News is there are many used wonderful Archtops available at this time.
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Lobonov,
You are quite right, and when I see them "flying " off the shelves I;ll be happy
to be proved wrong , but quite honestly I would not pay that figure for any
guitar, one could have a Campellone, a used Borys, and a couple of nice
Gibsons , and change.
silverfoxx.
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Didn't someone once say something about fools money and something parted?
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Originally Posted by Stringswinger
As far as exotic Gibsons, I'd rather have an Explorer than a Vee. As it happens, Mrs. k dislikes both, so I will happily console myself with other guitars. I have a few.
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Those are ultra-limited runs that Gibson did for collectors with nothing but disposable income. I've heard of them selling for $75k - no joke.
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Citizen74
I got the Sea Monkeys. Lotta work to keep alive and healthy. I knew nothing about salt water aquariums.
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Originally Posted by JazzWhiteBelt
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Originally Posted by Greentone
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Sadly Gibson has closed the door on the jazz community that loves their archtop guitars.
We have become the red headed step children to them. So what do we do ?
We go elsewhere. Campellone and Borys are swamped with orders. Jazz is not dead but sadly Gibson doesn’t see that.
With the prices going off the charts Gibson guitars won’t be going into too many player’s hands. They will be a collector item on a display wall.
Even if they bring back the 175 it will cost more than a L5 did 10 years ago.
I have to eat my words and say I miss Henry J. SS (Marco) you were right about him.
You always defended him and he pumped out great archtops.
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I have to say I really don’t understand paying classic vintage money for a new guitar.
I own a reissue les Paul, but bought 5 years ago when prices were more sane. I wouldn’t buy a new one now at current prices.
to me the vintage gibsons have so much more character than new and better feeling necks, they still can’t really match the old necks.Last edited by 6v6ster; 01-11-2022 at 02:27 PM.
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Originally Posted by vinnyv1k
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Originally Posted by citizenk74
My Dad didn't poopoo the comic books. A) he was glad to have me reading anything, even something with pictures and lurid titles like "Batman and Superman battle to the death." BTW, I was about 60% DC, 35% Marvel and 5% "other". I had some nice first editions from the 60's. And B) they kept me quiet in the back seat of the car on long car drives.
I sold my collection about 10 years ago for a couple of hundred dollars. Unfortunately, we had a fire at my family's house that smoke damaged all the comics, and of course they are not worth much unless extremely rare or in extremely good condition.
Re' Gibsons I agree with the Explorer, Firebird and vintage Les's. The V is pretty much just a gimmick, obviously a very successful one.
Originally Posted by Stringswinger
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I played a friend's Flying Vee many moons ago, in my youth, and I didn't like it. I've never understood their appeal. When I read this thread my thoughts are that some people have more money than brains. I hope that doesn't insult anyone!
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some people have more money than brains
Enharmonics
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