R8 Peach Deal

Fortheloveofguitar · August 2018

Anyone know if they do these in Tobacco finish? I'd be all over that

Rabs · August 2018

Fortheloveofguitar said:

Anyone know if they do these in Tobacco finish? I'd be all over that

Currently it seems not but I think they said more were on the way

http://www.peachguitars.com/brands/gibson-58-les-paul-limited-run/

peachguitarsdotcom · August 2018

Rabs said:

Fortheloveofguitar said:

Anyone know if they do these in Tobacco finish? I'd be all over that

Currently it seems not but I think they said more were on the way
http://www.peachguitars.com/brands/gibson-58-les-paul-limited-run/

Tobacco all gone.

richardhomer · August 2018

peachguitarsdotcom said:
Tobacco all gone.

Is there a vaping model to help ween the true addicts off these?

dbphoto · August 2018

Damn you Fretboard!

I threw my toys out my pram a while ago and buggered off.

Today I decide to check out what’s happening here and within a short space of time have spent £2499

no: 87284 is now mine :-)

(the heavy Dirty Lemon one which weighs in at 9.5lb)

MikeS · August 2018

Nice one @dbphoto ;That's one of my worries about buying one of these blind. GG don't give weights, and I hate heavy guitars. I've got everything crossed it's a manageable weight.

Rabs · August 2018

Fortheloveofguitar said:

Anyone know if they do these in Tobacco finish? I'd be all over that

I like darkbursts too.. But I have to say this darker iced tea burst is very nice

http://www.peachguitars.com/brands/gibson-58-les-paul-limited-run/gibson-custom-58-les-paul-ltd-run-iced-tea-vos-871465.htm

peachguitarsdotcom · August 2018

For everyone that's purchased from us, i just want to say a massive thanks. When you all see the 2019 Gibson USA prices next month, you'll be even happier with your purchase! ;-)

roberty · August 2018

@MikeS The GG photos don't look as colour accurate either, a bit washed out. I was sure I wanted dirty lemon until I visited their site this morning

Fortheloveofguitar · August 2018

peachguitarsdotcom said:

Rabs said:

Fortheloveofguitar said:

Anyone know if they do these in Tobacco finish? I'd be all over that

Currently it seems not but I think they said more were on the way
http://www.peachguitars.com/brands/gibson-58-les-paul-limited-run/

Tobacco all gone.

No more on the way then?

MikeS · August 2018

roberty said:

@MikeS The GG photos don't look as colour accurate either, a bit washed out. I was sure I wanted dirty lemon until I visited their site this morning

Unusually though, the dirty lemon one shown on the site as sold, which has a bit of flame to the finish, is not actually the one I purchased.

I'm really hoping it's a glitch and they send me the right guitar, as I prefer the plain top that I purposely bought..

dbphoto · August 2018

Anyone want to buy my brand new twin humbucker Les Paul BFG that I bought from GuitarGuitar two weeks ago???

Fingers crossed my wife doesn’t notice this new one arrive.........

Whitecat · August 2018

Found some crazy reading on these -

(not saying all or any of this is true, but it’s certainly interesting..!)

http://www.mylespaul.com/threads/2017-historics-the-year-that-wasn’t.405533/ (Copy and paste this link)

http://www.mylespaul.com/threads/gibson-com-and-the-2017-custom-shop-les-paul-standards-historics.396869/

terada · August 2018

Whitecat said:

Found some crazy reading on these -

(not saying all or any of this is true, but it’s certainly interesting..!)

http://www.mylespaul.com/threads/2017-historics-the-year-that-wasn’t.405533/ (Copy and paste this link)

http://www.mylespaul.com/threads/gibson-com-and-the-2017-custom-shop-les-paul-standards-historics.396869/

very interesting. a quote from one of the posts:

"Most, if not all, of these 2017 Historics (labeled Standards) were made before the discontinuation of the Historics.

Gibson had a bunch already made in stock for 2017, sitting on shelves. They were released to some dealers just to sell and get rid of the stock they had. They are not something Gibson will probably ever mention on their website.

They were meant to be the 2017 Historic Reissues but after Henry decided to discontinue Historic Reissue Custom Shop guitars for now they became "Standards" to sell the stock they already had produced.

If you want one, other than the ones already produced, they now are considered a M2M order. Whether it be a personal M2M order or a dealer limited run M2M order."

roberty · August 2018

MikeS said:

roberty said:

@MikeS The GG photos don't look as colour accurate either, a bit washed out. I was sure I wanted dirty lemon until I visited their site this morning

Unusually though, the dirty lemon one shown on the site as sold, #871451, which has a bit of flame to the finish, is not actually the one I purchased. I actually purchased this...

https://www.guitarguitar.co.uk/product/180814331288008-1863339--gibson-custom-shop-les-paul-standard-1958-figured-top-d

A plain top dirty lemon #87380, which after I purchased, disappeared off screen and was replaced by a sold #871451.

I'm really hoping it's a glitch and they send me the right guitar, as I prefer the plain top that I purposely bought..

Yeah their website was doing something similar to me earlier. The serial number is in the confirmation though which is reassuring

That plaintop lemon is lovely. I bet it looks much nicer than that in person, like the other ones here. The back looks great too with those big swirls

I was ultimately seduced by the wide, shallow flame on the one I chose

Been a pretty exciting day hasn't it!

Whitecat · August 2018

The more I read, the bigger a bargain these become...

MikeS · August 2018

@roberty ; Yep that was it, yours was the one I was going to buy last night

Yep, a good day.

Twinfan · August 2018

Whitecat said:

The more I read, the bigger a bargain these become...

I totally agree. Having been out of the loop on LPs for a few years it seems that these are basically True Historic R8s for £2499. Absolutely crazy money.

I really hope mine's a good 'un. At 8lbs I'm expecting it to be how I like LPs - bright and open with plenty of resonance.

mort · August 2018

GAK seem to have a couple as well;

https://www.gak.co.uk/en/gibson-custom-historic-1958-les-paul-standard-vos-iced-tea-sn-8-7232/919950

roberty · August 2018

terada said:

Whitecat said:

Found some crazy reading on these -

(not saying all or any of this is true, but it’s certainly interesting..!)

http://www.mylespaul.com/threads/2017-historics-the-year-that-wasn’t.405533/ (Copy and paste this link)

http://www.mylespaul.com/threads/gibson-com-and-the-2017-custom-shop-les-paul-standards-historics.396869/

very interesting. a quote from one of the posts:

"Most, if not all, of these 2017 Historics (labeled Standards) were made before the discontinuation of the Historics.

Gibson had a bunch already made in stock for 2017, sitting on shelves. They were released to some dealers just to sell and get rid of the stock they had. They are not something Gibson will probably ever mention on their website.

They were meant to be the 2017 Historic Reissues but after Henry decided to discontinue Historic Reissue Custom Shop guitars for now they became "Standards" to sell the stock they already had produced.

If you want one, other than the ones already produced, they now are considered a M2M order. Whether it be a personal M2M order or a dealer limited run M2M order."

That would explain why I had so much trouble sourcing the specs on the current Gibson website and 2017 snapshots

From the same thread, allegedly, "the only difference between the (2017) 57, 58, 59 are the tops. The neck specs are all the same". That would fit with what we've been told by Coda today

terada · August 2018

Whitecat said:

The more I read, the bigger a bargain these become...

The more I read, the more I'm considering getting another.

But I only have 1 more kidney to sell. Hmmmm.

Fortheloveofguitar · August 2018

terada said:

Whitecat said:

The more I read, the bigger a bargain these become...

The more I read, the more I'm considering getting another.

But I only have 1 more kidney to sell. Hmmmm.

I can’t decide Lemon or iced tea.

Do these really play/feel/sound far superior to a les Paul standard production model? Or are we to expect high spots on frets etc and the usual QC Gibson sloppiness.

Genuine question as I’ve always owned stock standard production models

Twinfan · August 2018

You can expect some QC issues, and feel/play is setup dependent.

Tone is, in my experience, a step up from the regular USA stuff as better woods and electronics are used.

AlexO · August 2018

This has pretty much been the "Transfer Deadline Day" FretBoard edition.

Musicman20 · August 2018

Whilst the deal is awesome I have so many guitars and basses and not enough time. I'm looking at one though.

sweepy · August 2018

Such a bloody good job I don’t get on with Les Pauls

Neil · August 2018

I've just spent almost the exact price of one of those R8's on a new boiler.

Snags · August 2018

@terda sod off!

What really hurts is that there is actually money sitting in the bank account, but it's already ear-marked (new car, garage needs rebuilding, patio needs ripping up and re-doing, bedroom needs destroying and re-doing, we currently have no flooring upstairs etc. etc.). Mrs Snags has tolerated 17+ years in a house blessed with the original cheap'n'shit 70s décor, and both of us are kind of pissed off living like students, just without the mould. I owe it to her many years of tolerance to restrain my lusts.

Probably.

Moe_Zambeek · August 2018

This thread would be interesting reading for a psychologist

there is a strong sense of collective insanity

richardhomer · August 2018

It just goes to show there’s no shortage of demand at the right price. I was in PMT in Salford a few months ago and was amazed that a Les Paul Standard was £2599. The last time I’d been there (admittedly probably a couple of years ago) they were £1999.

I reckon if Standards were £1750ish and CS were £2500-£3000, Gibson would be shifting a lot more guitars.

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