R8 Peach Deal

Whitecat · July 2019

Still have mine!

terada · July 2019

Ossyrocks said:

I still have my three, but I actually listed my R9 for sale today on Facebook. The cherry R8 will be going too. I’m keeping the iced tea R8 with subtle flame and only 8lbs 5oz.

I’m having a bit of a clear out to raise extra cash for a house purchase/ move coming up.

I listed my Yamano 335 this morning on Facebook and sold it in 5 minutes, maybe that was advertised a bit cheaply.....

What’s the weight of your cherry? I may well be interested after stupidly moving on my cherry

Ossyrocks · July 2019

8 lbs 12 oz

Philly_Q · July 2019

@terada Did you ever give us the answer on your LP sound comparison thread? I know patience is a virtue and all that...

dbphoto · July 2019

terada said:

dbphoto said:

...and balanced better when playing seated...

This was one of the main reasons many of mine left casa terada. My R9 is the most balanced les Paul I’ve ever handled on the knee, the R8 less so, but some of the ones I moved on were far too unbalanced for me.

Aye, most of my playing at home is late at night sat on the sofa so having something comfy and well balanced really makes a difference. It was one of the heavier ones at 9lb 5oz right enough.

roberty · July 2019

Sold mine to @hyperben on here, in 15 minutes lol. They are very much liquid assets

Made a sideways move to this pre-snapped 57 black beauty. It has worming on the back and a few drinks and scrapes, feel better about taking it out and modifying it than a pristine CS. It's a little more dead/dull sounding than the R8 which seems to work better for downtuned fuzz rock

Anyway it is quite unique among Les Pauls in that it has a one piece body and a two piece neck

Feet for scale

edit: pups are @OilCityPickups Nightfighter IV neck and Nightfighter II bridge, can't recommend them enough. Fat and clear

TINMAN82 · July 2019

Would be interesting to know what % of these are still in the possession of original owners just 1 year down the line. There was a lot of hyperbole about special 2017 spec and such like at the time but I always wondered if some of these had been held back for a reason.

Fortheloveofguitar · July 2019

Still have mine and it’s not going anywhere. Best guitar I own and absolutely love it

adampeter · July 2019

Thinking i may move mine on, R8 VOS Dirty Lemon 8lb 15oz
Never play it

AlexO · July 2019

Sold mine. Regretted it straight away. Would like another one at some point.

darthed1981 · July 2019

terada said:

Ossyrocks said:

I still have my three, but I actually listed my R9 for sale today on Facebook. The cherry R8 will be going too. I’m keeping the iced tea R8 with subtle flame and only 8lbs 5oz.

I’m having a bit of a clear out to raise extra cash for a house purchase/ move coming up.

I listed my Yamano 335 this morning on Facebook and sold it in 5 minutes, maybe that was advertised a bit cheaply.....

What’s the weight of your cherry? I may well be interested after stupidly moving on my cherry

You lost your cherry?

There's a joke there somewhere.

Ossyrocks · July 2019

I’m on a bit of a roll today having sold the 335 in five minutes and now my 1974X. The wife is smiling at the prospect of extra funds for the house move. So......

I’m going to be selling the washed cherry R8 for hopefully what I paid. It never left the house!

Twinfan · July 2019

My superlight 8lb R8 is now in the possession of a good friend for whom it's his #1. He's a massive Les Paul fan and it's the guitar he's been after for years.

I spent the money, plus my two R9s in trade, on a PRS Private Stock. I've tried many times, but I'm just not a Gibson man.

roberty · July 2019

Ossyrocks said:

I’m on a bit of a roll today having sold the 335 in five minutes and now my 1974X. The wife is smiling at the prospect of extra funds for the house move. So......

I’m going to be selling the washed cherry R8 for hopefully what I paid. It never left the house!

Congrats on the sales mate

Jonathanthomas83 · July 2019

@AlexO was yours tobacco? If so I'm gutted. I literally came here to say if anyone is selling a tobacco 2017 R8, don't unless you sell it to me first.

terada · July 2019

Ossyrocks said:

8 lbs 12 oz

Thanks ossy. Can’t say its the best time for me to reignite the r8 fire but I’m definitely interested. Would need to get ms terada on board though

Boromedic · July 2019

Still got mine, it's fucking class and it's going nowhere. It's amazing, sounds exactly how I expect a Les Paul to sound, and it's superbly put together. Love it.

AlexO · July 2019

Jonathanthomas83 said:

@AlexO was yours tobacco? If so I'm gutted. I literally came here to say if anyone is selling a tobacco 2017 R8, don't unless you sell it to me first.

No mate was a Iced tea I think. I wanted a faded lemonburst really.

johnl · July 2019

Still use mine daily. Best guitar I've ever owned and seems to have ruined me for all other guitars. Since I bought it I've bought (and sold) a further 4 guitars that couldn't compete with the Les Paul.

Jonathanthomas83 · July 2019

AlexO said:

Jonathanthomas83 said:

@AlexO was yours tobacco? If so I'm gutted. I literally came here to say if anyone is selling a tobacco 2017 R8, don't unless you sell it to me first.

No mate was a Iced tea I think. I wanted a faded lemonburst really.

Ah ok fella. You think you'll get one if the opportunity arose? Surely there's a couple of lemon's kncking about.

crunchman · July 2019

Still got my R9. I'm debating whether to keep it. In February I bought a Custom Shop 335 when they were being blown out cheap, and to be honest I prefer that to the Les Paul. It's a different guitar, and there is room for both, but the two guitars I play the most are probably my Strat and the 335.

I also built myself a Tele style guitar at Crimson in the spring and bought two basses, so I'm getting to the point where I've got too many guitars again, and need to make some space. I do need to sell a bass, but selling the Les Paul is tempting because of the amount I could get for it. On the other hand, it's a great guitar, and nothing else quite sounds like a Les Paul when you want that sound.

dbphoto · July 2019

A few examples of the poor finishing @TINMAN82 which as I have said I was happy ignoring during the honeymoon period and obviously made no difference to how well it played and sounded.

Image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/j3ehk3kp8653ber/IMG_0267.jpg?raw=1

Image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/mt80mks60rjz791/IMG_0287.jpg?raw=1

Image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/1uouuh6u6djiygg/IMG_0291.jpg?raw=1

Image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/8izlw0r5tcsiwmg/IMG_0419.jpg?raw=1

Image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/hnxu0k16wx0qdzz/IMG_0421.jpg?raw=1

adampeter · July 2019

AlexO said:

Jonathanthomas83 said:

@AlexO was yours tobacco? If so I'm gutted. I literally came here to say if anyone is selling a tobacco 2017 R8, don't unless you sell it to me first.

No mate was a Iced tea I think. I wanted a faded lemonburst really.

Buy my one mate

terada · July 2019

Philly_Q said:

@terada Did you ever give us the answer on your LP sound comparison thread? I know patience is a virtue and all that...

Apologies @Philly_Q, I meant to get it up ages ago. Its up now

AlexO · July 2019

adampeter said:

AlexO said:

Jonathanthomas83 said:

@AlexO was yours tobacco? If so I'm gutted. I literally came here to say if anyone is selling a tobacco 2017 R8, don't unless you sell it to me first.

No mate was a Iced tea I think. I wanted a faded lemonburst really.

Buy my one mate

Would love to.. but my guitar tokens are spent up. Sure it won't hang about

TINMAN82 · July 2019

dbphoto said:

A few examples of the poor finishing @TINMAN82 which as I have said I was happy ignoring during the honeymoon period and obviously made no difference to how well it played and sounded.

Hmm. Have to say a neck pickup gap that size would stop me buying any Les Paul. I might accept it on a real 59 but it would still annoy me! The gouge at the 11th fret is unacceptable. Can’t see an obvious issue on the last photo. Shame as it’s a nice bit of rosewood.

Of course @Kalimna , this is admittedly purely subjective claptrap with zero bearing on sound or playability

Philly_Q · July 2019

TINMAN82 said:
Can’t see an obvious issue on the last photo. Shame as it’s a nice bit of rosewood.

Unfilled gaps around the inlays?

I have to say (probably for the second or third time in this thread), despite the flaws, I'm impressed with how clean the pickup cavity routing is. I know it should be expected at the price, but I've seen Gibsons with some really ragged routing.

dbphoto · July 2019

Look at the ends of the frets on the bass side in the last photo @TINMAN82 there was crimp marks on almost every fret like that.

Juanfra3 · July 2019

dbphoto said:

A few examples of the poor finishing @TINMAN82 which as I have said I was happy ignoring during the honeymoon period and obviously made no difference to how well it played and sounded.

Mine also has the neck and ring gap...firstly bothered me as my LP standard T 2016 doesnt have any space /gap... I googled hunderds of Custom Shop/ USA Les Pauls and once and then i was able to find some with the gap.. so i stopped worrying it, and kept enjoying it and playing it.
I bought mine online, and surely i was lucky that it only came with the ring / neck little gap.

the damaged frets, its another story, and surely that is a flaw at Gibson Q&C checks through the moment they insert the frets in the neck, until they close the case for delivery.

TINMAN82 · July 2019

dbphoto said:

Look at the ends of the frets on the bass side in the last photo @TINMAN82 there was crimp marks on almost every fret like that.

Right ok, I see it now. Agree very poor at this level. I’m surprised as my experience of their CS is of immaculate workmanship.

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