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Twinfan

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One expensive gigging guitar.....
« on: March 15, 2009, 05:59:15 PM »
Yes, that's a PRS "Pauls 28" being gigged, only £28,000 each......  :o

Fair play to the dude though!   8)

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Re: One expensive gigging guitar.....
« Reply #1 on: March 15, 2009, 06:04:03 PM »
What's the other guy got, a Santana model?

That's not your average "Irish" Pub band, who are they?
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Re: One expensive gigging guitar.....
« Reply #2 on: March 15, 2009, 06:07:48 PM »
I believe the other guitar is Private Stock Santana model.  And he also owns a Pauls 28  :o

They're a US pub band I believe....
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Re: One expensive gigging guitar.....
« Reply #3 on: March 15, 2009, 06:13:43 PM »
yikes, I'd be scared to admit I even own that guitar, let alone play it in a pub!
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Re: One expensive gigging guitar.....
« Reply #4 on: March 15, 2009, 06:15:39 PM »
clearly pub gigs pay more in the US  :roll:

£28k for any guitar is insane, I don't believe there is anything about a £28k PRS that will make it play or sound any better than one of their 'standard' models at around a mere £2k

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Re: One expensive gigging guitar.....
« Reply #5 on: March 15, 2009, 06:30:45 PM »
There isn't, I agree.  It's a collectors guitar.  You're paying for the exclusivity.

I respect the guy for using it in the way it's supposed to be.  He's clearly VERY minted though.....
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Ted 'N' Leo

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Re: One expensive gigging guitar.....
« Reply #6 on: March 15, 2009, 06:31:11 PM »
Believe me, if i had just spent 28 grand on a guitar, you bet its gonna get some use!
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Re: One expensive gigging guitar.....
« Reply #7 on: March 15, 2009, 06:40:30 PM »
Cool, fairplay to him for actually using it! Looks pretty nice though as does the Santana.... nice to see them.
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Re: One expensive gigging guitar.....
« Reply #8 on: March 15, 2009, 06:44:05 PM »
Not quite as ballsy as Mr Hammet - original '63/58 Explorer worth $750,000 on stage?????  :o

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Re: One expensive gigging guitar.....
« Reply #9 on: March 15, 2009, 07:08:52 PM »
^ Bit different to a pub gig though!!! :lol:
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Re: One expensive gigging guitar.....
« Reply #10 on: March 15, 2009, 07:13:16 PM »
Gosh , and I thought Bendetto / Sadowsky archtops ( or Gibson L5 and Wes Montgomery models ) where expensive enough.

Thanks for making me feel like I have chosen a modest and  'economicaly viable '  dream to aim for ...     :lol:
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Re: One expensive gigging guitar.....
« Reply #11 on: March 15, 2009, 07:30:52 PM »
Ai ai... is better the don't cry after it brakes on stage or the finish chip...
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Ian Price

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Re: One expensive gigging guitar.....
« Reply #12 on: March 15, 2009, 07:35:13 PM »
I felt a bit uneasy about gigging my 70s tele and that has knocks all over it! This takes the biscuit though!
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Re: One expensive gigging guitar.....
« Reply #13 on: March 15, 2009, 07:45:01 PM »
Quote from: Philly Q on March 15, 2009, 06:04:03 PM
That's not your average "Irish" Pub band, who are they?
Lawyers?
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Re: One expensive gigging guitar.....
« Reply #14 on: March 15, 2009, 07:48:10 PM »
Quote from: Ian Price on March 15, 2009, 07:35:13 PM
I felt a bit uneasy about gigging my 70s tele and that has knocks all over it! This takes the biscuit though!

i feel uneasy about gigging any of my guitars.. they all have sentimental attachment, and have been modified, so in a way are all unique instruments.

i like hammet's explorer there, nice pic
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