R8 Peach Deal

skikdi53 · October 2018

hyperben said:

skikdi53 said:

What about the sérial,
The last peach one have 6 digits and mine looks the same has only 5?

They go to 6 digits when they’ve run out with 5 digits
They looks deifferent, mine have a space after the 8, and the one with 6 digits no.

Hattigol · October 2018

Musicman20 said:

I presume as most the R8s are in happy owners hands, and not on sale, we might see the thread calm down a little.

FYI - Peach will have an Iced Tea 8.5/8.6 lb (can't remember specifically) plaintop R8 back for sale very soon no doubt.

Knock knock.

Who's there.

Peach.

Peach who?

That's the Fretboard for you...

terada · October 2018

skikdi53 said:

hyperben said:

skikdi53 said:

What about the sérial,
The last peach one have 6 digits and mine looks the same has only 5?

They go to 6 digits when they’ve run out with 5 digits
They looks deifferent, mine have a space after the 8, and the one with 6 digits no.

As @hyperben said, they went to 6 digits when they ran out of 5 digits. There is a gap because the first digit will always be an 8 as it relates to the model year.

So 8 (for R8), then 4 other digits to denote the unit number. When they got to 9999 (presumably), they went to 10000 as you'd expect.

As such, earlier serials will be 8 XXXX, and later ones 8XXXXX.

terada · October 2018

Also, I am yet to see a 5 serial without the fretboard/pickup ring gap or a 6 serial with it

hyperben · October 2018

terada said:

skikdi53 said:

hyperben said:

skikdi53 said:

What about the sérial,
The last peach one have 6 digits and mine looks the same has only 5?

They go to 6 digits when they’ve run out with 5 digits
They looks deifferent, mine have a space after the 8, and the one with 6 digits no.

As @hyperben said, they went to 6 digits when they ran out of 5 digits. There is a gap because the first digit will always be an 8 as it relates to the model year.

So 8 (for R8), then 4 other digits to denote the unit number. When they got to 9999 (presumably), they went to 10000 as you'd expect.

As such, earlier serials will be 8 XXXX, and later ones 8XXXXX.

Actually it’s 8 for R8 then 7 for 2017, then 3 digits up to 999 then 4 after after that becoming 5 or 6 digits in total

terada · October 2018

hyperben said:

terada said:

skikdi53 said:

hyperben said:

skikdi53 said:

What about the sérial,
The last peach one have 6 digits and mine looks the same has only 5?

They go to 6 digits when they’ve run out with 5 digits
They looks deifferent, mine have a space after the 8, and the one with 6 digits no.

As @hyperben said, they went to 6 digits when they ran out of 5 digits. There is a gap because the first digit will always be an 8 as it relates to the model year.

So 8 (for R8), then 4 other digits to denote the unit number. When they got to 9999 (presumably), they went to 10000 as you'd expect.

As such, earlier serials will be 8 XXXX, and later ones 8XXXXX.

Actually it’s 8 for R8 then 7 for 2017, then 3 digits up to 999 then 4 after after that becoming 5 or 6 digits in total

Ha! Of course it is, clearly my head isn't screwed on correctly today.

Powerslave · October 2018

Musicman20 said:

http://www.peachguitars.com/guitars/electric-guitars/solid-body/gibson-custom-58-les-paul-ltd-run-dirty-lemon-vos-871374.htm

FFS don't you people have to work? Gone already!

Anyone here return it? Anything you didn't like about it?

Anyone here buy it this time around?

Powerslave · October 2018

I see two more are on the Peach site.

Again, are these returns from anyone here? Might be useful if folk could chime in with comments regarding a return - doesn't necessarily mean it's a bad one, just not your thing. A summary tone report might help someone else in their hunt, though - one way or the other.

Michael84 · October 2018

Powerslave said:

Musicman20 said:

http://www.peachguitars.com/guitars/electric-guitars/solid-body/gibson-custom-58-les-paul-ltd-run-dirty-lemon-vos-871374.htm

FFS don't you people have to work? Gone already!

Anyone here return it? Anything you didn't like about it?

Anyone here buy it this time around?

LOL it's mine now. Had been hesitating to pull the trigger all this time but I liked the colour and weight on this one...

Powerslave · October 2018

Michael84 said:

Powerslave said:

Musicman20 said:

http://www.peachguitars.com/guitars/electric-guitars/solid-body/gibson-custom-58-les-paul-ltd-run-dirty-lemon-vos-871374.htm

FFS don't you people have to work? Gone already!

Anyone here return it? Anything you didn't like about it?

Anyone here buy it this time around?

LOL it's mine now. Had been hesitating to pull the trigger all this time but I liked the colour and weight on this one...

Nice one, matey - hope it's a keeper.

Be sure to let us all know how it sounds and plays . . .

dbphoto · October 2018

This Ice Tea they have in stock at the moment looks good:

http://www.peachguitars.com/guitars/electric-guitars/gibson-custom-58-les-paul-ltd-run-iced-tea-vos-871363.htm

And im perhaps mistaken, but is the one @Michael84 bought the one @Musicman20 returned?

Twinfan · October 2018

Nope, the Iced Tea is Musicman20's I think.

dbphoto · October 2018

Ah, ok, so maybe the one in stock right now?

terada · October 2018

Not sure that iced tea is Musicmans - didn't his one have the interesting grain around the volume/tone knobs?

Ossyrocks · October 2018

I’m off out to rehearse for the first time with one of mine tonight.

Crunch time!

terada · October 2018

Ossyrocks said:

I’m off out to rehearse for the first time with one of mine tonight.

Crunch time!

Can't say I'm not a little envious - my rehearsals have been pushed back for weeks now!

Let an overdriven open A ring for me please!

Musicman20 · October 2018

terada said:

Not sure that iced tea is Musicmans - didn't his one have the interesting grain around the volume/tone knobs?

It did, good spot, plus it was a lighter weight.....

Bridgehouse · October 2018

*wobbly timey wimey picture*

”Yeah, I bought an ‘18 back in the day. £2.5k. Makes me sick to think I sent it back... “

”Lol. Sucker. They are like 1.5m credits now - you can get a return ticket to alpha centauri for that...”

”shut up. I had a marlin sidewinder then as well and sold it cos I thought it was junk...”

”Ahahahahahahahahah!”

Adamski · October 2018

Fifty9 said:

Well I had a corking USA Traditional - from @Adamski and frankly, the 1.5k difference isn’t ‘justifiable’ as such.

I do like the hide glue, no truss-rod condom & custombuckers but the neck profile, subtle flame, fretwork, non weight relieved body, weight, rolled binding and resonance are great on both guitars.

I’ve just always wanted a fantastic, brand new, 58-59 reissue with subtle flame, built as closely to the originals as is feasible and, crucially for me, Gibson made LP. Now I’ve got one!

Yeah that Traditional is absolute proof that Gibson do still get it right in their USA range. You’d only have to maybe swap the pickups for something slightly lower output and boutique and I’d wager the difference would be even closer.

If if I were giggin every weekend I’d have absolutely no hesitation to pick up another just like it.

I het what you mean about the ‘58 and ultimately perhaps the subtle improvements, aesthetics and perhaps the sheer snobbery of owning the cream of the crop was what has made the difference to me and given me my first Les Paul ‘keeper’ after perhaps 4-5 of various years/specs.

Fortheloveofguitar · October 2018

So the Dimarzio cream in the zebra pup is nowhere near the cream on the Suhr pup so will look a little mismatched which is annoying.

Oh well it’s going in anyway. Tone wins

Ossyrocks · October 2018

Back from rehearsal. Took the Iced Tea. Absolutely loved playing it tonight, straight in to a Gartone Tweed Deluxe with occasional wah and a boost. Best new Les Paul l have ever bought.

roberty · October 2018

Ossyrocks said:

Back from rehearsal. Took the Iced Tea. Absolutely loved playing it tonight, straight in to a Gartone Tweed Deluxe with occasional wah and a boost. Best new Les Paul l have ever bought.

I rehearsed for the first time with mine tonight too. Had to do some tweaking but once I had was very pleased with the sound

schrodinger1612 · October 2018

I still don’t know why Peach Guitars decided to leave the forum. Anyone care to clarify?

SteveF · October 2018

schrodinger1612 said:

I still don’t know why Peach Guitars decided to leave the forum. Anyone care to clarify?

Telephone abuse from a forum member apparently. I think there's a thread somewhere in Off Topic.

Oh look... R8!

Image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/qfv12u3to8na7v3/IMG_2329.jpg?raw=1

Musicman20 · October 2018

Nice! Although that Tokai is a beautiful guitar!!!

Brize · October 2018

terada said:

Also, I am yet to see a 5 serial without the fretboard/pickup ring gap or a 6 serial with it

I thought the same and it's not a bad rule of thumb, but there are exceptions:

https://www.guitarguitar.co.uk/product/180814331286008-1946569--gibson-custom-shop-les-paul-standard-1959-figured-top-f

crunchman · October 2018

dbphoto said:

This Ice Tea they have in stock at the moment looks good:

http://www.peachguitars.com/guitars/electric-guitars/gibson-custom-58-les-paul-ltd-run-iced-tea-vos-871363.htm

And im perhaps mistaken, but is the one @Michael84 bought the one @Musicman20 returned?

This post was yesterday and the guitar still seems to be there!!

terada · October 2018

crunchman said:

dbphoto said:

This Ice Tea they have in stock at the moment looks good:

http://www.peachguitars.com/guitars/electric-guitars/gibson-custom-58-les-paul-ltd-run-iced-tea-vos-871363.htm

And im perhaps mistaken, but is the one @Michael84 bought the one @Musicman20 returned?

This post was yesterday and the guitar still seems to be there!!

Is that proof that we have indeed bought them all?

heavyrocker · October 2018

schrodinger1612 said:

I still don’t know why Peach Guitars decided to leave the forum. Anyone care to clarify?

They apparently left because, despite the number of sales generated through this thread alone, one person got shirty with them.

Whitecat · October 2018

heavyrocker said:

schrodinger1612 said:

I still don’t know why Peach Guitars decided to leave the forum. Anyone care to clarify?

They apparently left because, despite the number of sales generated through this thread alone, one person got shirty with them.

I think the "number of sales because of this thread" angle is overstated though.

For example, although I heavily participated in the feeding frenzy, it was not this thread that alerted me to the deal in the first place, it was their email newsletter.

They might have gotten a few more sales because of the discussion here but not enough to make it worth their time to deal with abuse. If those guitars didn't sell to the forumites here it's not like they weren't gonna sell to someone else.

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