Gibson Pearly Gates LPs - any VOS ones left anywhere?

[lulusg]

Most Beautiful thing!!! Thrilling !

[Johnny Mac]

It does look nice Dave. The tones BG gets with the original are something else. Deguello is my fav' album. Such a subtle tone, i'm sure with your amp it will get as close as it can. Are you keeping the pups in? What are they?

3 months of going over it in your mind is how these things go isn't it! Nice one, I hope it does the business for you!

[Fourth Feline]

I've joined this one a bit late Dave ;  but it sounds like a great idea.  Life is indeed ( relatively ) short - and it's certainly not going to drive you into penury.  A delicious find ;  not only as a genuine investment piece -  but as a thing of lasting ( and even improving ) beauty .   You've worked hard to secure the skills / job that fund this scheme - and ( as my old college lecturer used to say ) - " All work and no play , makes Jack a dull boy ".   Even I would get a good specimen of the Gibson L5 Custom models if life circumstances allowed.    Enjoy .   :)

[Afghan Dave]

Are you keeping the pups in? What are they?

That's is one dumb ass question JMac, SD Pearly Gates!... You muppet!  :lol:

[Twinfan]

They're SD Custom Shop Pearly Gates pickups.  Not the regular off the production line versions.  By all accounts they're superb, and I believe they will be.  I've got a cuople of other SD CS pickups and they're fantastic.  I know a pickup winder who says if they didn't wind their own pickups, they'd buy SD CS pickups.  Says a lot, I think!

I popped into the bank today to check my new credit card application was in progress, and manged to skip one of the steps that required posting out documents.  I should get the card in about a week, so that's helped me speed up getting Pearly  :D

I was going to go down to Stevenage to pick it up, but given it's a day in the car and £70+ in petrol I think I'll get it sent to me instead.  In which case, I should have it in about 10 days.

(And for the finance concerned folks, it's a 0% for 12 months card which will be cleared and cancelled once my bike is sold.  I'll wait a month or so until the weather picks up and I'll get a top price for it  ;) )

[Afghan Dave]

A couple of things in that last post could worry me.. new card/wait till summer to sell... Mmm

But I have faith in you Dave.

BTW Stevenage is just up the road for me so I could pick it up for you and give it a tune up & stretch the strings so it's ready for when you need it.  :P :P

[Johnny Mac]

A couple of things in that last post could worry me.. new card/wait till summer to sell... Mmm

But I have faith in you Dave.

BTW Stevenage is just up the road for me so I could pick it up for you and give it a tune up & stretch the strings so it's ready for when you need it.  :P :P

I live closer than you Dave. I'M GETTING IT!!!!  :lol: :lol: I'l put the fur pimp coat on if I have to!
Yeah I take your point about what pups it has.  :oops: I hadn't read the spec on it  :lol:

[Afghan Dave]

If Johnny turns up at Coda wearing his fur "pimp coat" and can of Special Brew..

All bets are off.

forget your deposit...

They'll give him the Pearly Gates & run.  :lol:

[Twinfan]

:lol:

It won't be summer when the bike sells mate - March, as Spring begins, is prime time  :D

[Johnny Mac]

They're SD Custom Shop Pearly Gates pickups.  Not the regular off the production line versions.  By all accounts they're superb, and I believe they will be.  I've got a cuople of other SD CS pickups and they're fantastic.  I know a pickup winder who says if they didn't wind their own pickups, they'd buy SD CS pickups.  Says a lot, I think!

I popped into the bank today to check my new credit card application was in progress, and manged to skip one of the steps that required posting out documents.  I should get the card in about a week, so that's helped me speed up getting Pearly  :D

I was going to go down to Stevenage to pick it up, but given it's a day in the car and £70+ in petrol I think I'll get it sent to me instead.  In which case, I should have it in about 10 days.

(And for the finance concerned folks, it's a 0% for 12 months card which will be cleared and cancelled once my bike is sold.  I'll wait a month or so until the weather picks up and I'll get a top price for it  ;) )

Those pups sound interesting.
Are you selling your Ducati? It should sell even though economy is still suffering, I mean not everyone is skint are they!    :lol:

[Johnny Mac]

If Johnny turns up at Coda wearing his fur "pimp coat" and can of Special Brew..

All bets are off.

forget your deposit...

They'll give him the Pearly Gates & run.  :lol:

 :lol: :lol: Perhaps we should go in to business Dave. Acquiring goods in shops, you could drive the "Motah"

[Twinfan]

:lol:

Yeah, the Ducati will sell Johnny.  It's a model that's sought after, and the prices are holding well, so demand is still there  ;)

[Johnny Mac]

:lol:

Yeah, the Ducati will sell Johnny.  It's a model that's sought after, and the prices are holding well, so demand is still there  ;)

Good idea. I love bikes but I got them out of my system after working on them for 10 years. There are so many bad drivers now, so quit while your ahead, that's what I say!

[Twinfan]

^ my thoughts exactly.  Mrs Twinfan has a licence too, but no bike at the minute, so she was very encouraging for me to do the deal.  She's a big Rev fan too, so she was no help whatsoever in helping me not buy it!

[mikeluke]

I also be watching for a good deal in the near future on the remaining McCarty.....

;-)