Have you seen Gibson CS prices recently????!!!!

[mikeluke]

Might even have a chance of getting a decent price for my mate's 57 Reissue Goldtop....


:-)

[Twinfan]

Is he still selling that Mike?  Whats the skinny?

[Matt77]

I notice that the Les Paul Studio is pretty much static in comparison over 15 years?

[Stevepage]

Studios were all around the £600 mark about 10 years ago. Just before the recession came along Gibson bumped them up to around £1000.

I really can't see why the huge price jump for a studio. Especially when every Studio LP or SG I've played since a couple of years ago has had incredibly bad fretwork.

[Prawnik]

wow.

that is a lot!
I could never buy a new gibson, not at those prices. I guess the CS ones don't carry the stigma or being 'hit & miss' like modern standards... you know... having to play a few to get a good one. unless I'm wrong. I would spend £3K on other things though.

Oh don't you worry, Gibson maintains its hit-or-miss tradition at all price points, from entry level to Custom Shop limited edition.

And I don't think Gibson sells too many guitars to professional musicians anymore, at least not Custom Shop guitars. The markups are much better when selling to bankers, lawyers, and the like.

[Elliot]

My Gibson Custom R9 needed a fret dress and a set up from Feline to make it play like you would expect a £2.5k guitar to play, so even at the Custom level Gibson's attention to detail is lacking.  Still although I dont really like Les Paul's, its now a damn nice player.(Cheers Jon)

[Ian Price]

Oh don't you worry, Gibson maintains its hit-or-miss tradition at all price points, from entry level to Custom Shop limited edition.

And I don't think Gibson sells too many guitars to professional musicians anymore, at least not Custom Shop guitars. The markups are much better when selling to bankers, lawyers, and the like.

Yep - I make that about right. I used to work with a guy who had a Gibson acoustic (Hummingbird I think) and an LP. I got chatting to him one day and asked if he had tried many other guitars out before spending. His response was "I didn't need to, these were the first ones I tried. Gibson are the best and make the best"   :roll: