Gibson Les Paul Melody Maker- anything special?

[sambo]

ok... every guitar shop i go to.... (which is three so far lol) the staff have been like...

"woah dude... coool guitar... is that a bare knuckle!??! NICE! what is this anyway?"

and im like

"melody maker re-issue dude"

and theyre like

"woahhhhh totally awesome dude"


ok excuse the bill and ted-ing towards the end... but yeah thats how it goes...

have i missed something about my axe? i bought it second hand at Coda for £350 never having heard of one before.... now it seems a lot of people who see it are interested in it.... is it quite rare? obviously not rare as in like ... "OMG THAT '72 '68 '57 ORIGINAL LP JEEBUS CHRIST!" but rare as in not overly common?

what dya think i could sell it for? what are retail prices people have seen? i havent seen a common retail price anyway.... its varied from £400-£600 which is a BIG variation on retailers price...

dunno where im going with this but it seems like i went to sleep and woke up in a world where melody makers are unheard of and really cool

any info/opinions whatever much appreciated....

P.S have definately noticed that having a BK gives me instant respect in most guitar shops  8) i get people in sound control being REALLY HELPFUL and not trying to just sell the most expensive thing they can to me.... awesome bonus for a great pickup!

[apmaman]

melody makers are quite unusual gibsons, not alot of people have them.
Ive never seen on in real life before and ive been in all the shops in my city (4) and some in near by places and you only get LP's the odd flying V and xplorer and sone time a Firebird... that was sweet... anyways as for how much it could go for i ebayed it and some are on buy it now for 499 to 699 so you could make quite a profit on that.. with the BK installed who knows how much more you can get for it...

ive noticed that as well, in my local shop the guys who are usually quite moany gave me alot of respect when i came in to have my BK installed. they said
shop guys " where'd you get that pickup from"
Me - "ahh off the net, took a while to decide what to get ya know?"
 shop guys-"ah well it sounds awsome in it, and ive not seen an LP in blue before, sets the guitar off nicely"

[sambo]

cool thanks man...

yeah lol... having something like a BK really does change the way shop guys act towards you... helps a lot...

and yeah, LP in blue look pretty damn fine btw!!!!


anyone else seen any prices for them in guitar shops? ive never seen one in a shop- just online...

and yeah, with the bareknuckle installed... lemme think

£350 for guitar
£90 for pup

=

£440

i could break even if not make a profit from that.... not bad....

[dave_mc]

^ i saw one in a local shop yesterday, I think they were asking something daft like £700 for it (it's a dear shop though, and the kind that gives you like 10% off just by having the sense to ask...)

[_tom_]

cool thanks man...

yeah lol... having something like a BK really does change the way shop guys act towards you... helps a lot...

and yeah, LP in blue look pretty damn fine btw!!!!


anyone else seen any prices for them in guitar shops? ive never seen one in a shop- just online...

and yeah, with the bareknuckle installed... lemme think

£350 for guitar
£90 for pup

=

£440

i could break even if not make a profit from that.... not bad....

Why would you sell it with the BK in?!? Save it for another guitar!! I am definately not selling any of my guitars with BK's left in them!

[sambo]

haha no i dont think ill sell it...

just wondering what my options were... and really just trying to find out its real value...

yer dave- £700 is a pretty crazy price... but not that far off what a lot of online shop are asking for it- a lot, if not most, onlin shops aer £550- £600


weirdd

[dave_mc]

^yeah, they used to be about £500...

and marshalls have gone up in price too...

[badgermark]

two words for you sambo my boy- green day.

since the person from that band switched to one pick-up melody makers seems like they are everywhere. so now they are a bit popular with the pop punkers so the shops can ramp up the price (and their profit...)

[sambo]

^oh yeahhh!!!!

didnt think of that one!!! hmmm interesting.....

[The amazing Phil]

That Billy Joe Armstrong's done a lot for the one P-90 Gibson guitars, but I've noticed them more in general in music videos, along with 'buckered teles.

[sambo]

yer id agree with you on that phil.... its turning out to be a worthy investment... only thing is... if i DID sell it.... id have to find a guy looking for a proper 'players' guitar... as its definately not a looker in the traditional sense...

i mean, putting on this on ebay could be a big mistake... as most people will take one look at the poor, wearing finish, and the battered pickup case e.t.c and not appreciate it at alll

well thats me theory anyway....

[38thBeatle]

I have a mate who has one- made in the 1950's.Thye were considered budget in the oearly days- a student guitar I believe.

[_tom_]

That Billy Joe Armstrong's done a lot for the one P-90 Gibson guitars, but I've noticed them more in general in music videos, along with 'buckered teles.

I've noticed that almost EVERY guitarist in an indie/shite band plays a tele.. that being said I still want a tele because Jimmy Page got awesome tone from them  :D

[38thBeatle]

Tele's are wonderful Tom.They can be a bit unforgiving though.You can get great tone from them-especially if you get them BK'd.

[donovan.x]

Mmmmm.... Teles......