R8 Peach Deal

roberty · August 2018

Adamski said:

I’ll be picking mine up in person on Pete Thorn night so I’ll have to wait the best part of a week!

Omg what a night that will be. Which one did you get?!

brownovich · August 2018

Adamski said:

I’ll be picking mine up in person on Pete Thorn night so I’ll have to wait the best part of a week!

You sure you don’t want me to pick it up for you in the meantime? You know, break it in a bit, give it a few dings and knocks, give it some character? Cover it in Jizz, that sort of thing?

roberty · August 2018

2018 '58 Dirty Lemon on GAK's eBay for £2.7k

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Gibson-Custom-Historic-1958-Les-Paul-Standard-Gloss-Lemon-Burst-SN-8-8155/123281108245

Don't see it on their website

Very nice top!

andrewaward · August 2018

^^ that one at GAK is sold

SteveF · August 2018

DiscoStu said:

Whitecat said:

DiscoStu said:

The purists will probably hate it but I think this LP in Peach looks gorgeous.

http://images.peachguitars.com/1/_48a8732_f5659a50c2.jpg

Is that Koa?

No it's AAA maple finished in 'Mojave fade'.

I can deal with the no chip and scratch plate, but the lack of pickup rings with covered buckers makes my brain itch. Love the finish though.

roberty · August 2018

andrewaward said:

^^ that one at GAK is sold

Ah, their eBay monkey must be on holiday :-)

richardhomer · August 2018

roberty said:

Adamski said:

I’ll be picking mine up in person on Pete Thorn night so I’ll have to wait the best part of a week!

Omg what a night that will be. Which one did you get?!

The one with the weird haircut and the earrings, I’d imagine....

pmg · August 2018

Contrast gak’s Approach to peach/coda:

priced higher
stock photo
No weight
vague neck description

Makes you buy with confidence

andrewaward · August 2018

^^ In fairness, RE the price, GAKs was on ebay - I imagine it would have been £2.5k on there website......the extra may have been to cover ebay fees

pmg · August 2018

Fair point

roberty · August 2018

I read that all the CS reissues had the same neck in 2017 (.9" / 1.0") except for the '59s they shaved a little extra off the shoulder

Listed here as "1950s style": http://www.gibson.com/Products/Electric-Guitars/2016/Custom/Standard-Historic-1958-Les-Paul-Standard.aspx

Hattigol · August 2018

roberty said:

I read that all the CS reissues had the same neck in 2017 (.9" / 1.0") except for the '59s they shaved a little extra off the shoulder

Listed here as "1950s style": http://www.gibson.com/Products/Electric-Guitars/2016/Custom/Standard-Historic-1958-Les-Paul-Standard.aspx

Just to be clear, that guitar on Gibson's website - is that the specific one that Peach have been selling?

Twinfan · August 2018

Hattigol said:

roberty said:

I read that all the CS reissues had the same neck in 2017 (.9" / 1.0") except for the '59s they shaved a little extra off the shoulder

Listed here as "1950s style": http://www.gibson.com/Products/Electric-Guitars/2016/Custom/Standard-Historic-1958-Les-Paul-Standard.aspx

Just to be clear, that guitar on Gibson's website - is that the specific one that Peach have been selling?

No, that's a 2016/ Peach's are 2017s. I think they're almost the same though, just the neck shape isn't the fatter '58 style.

roberty · August 2018

Twinfan said:

Hattigol said:

roberty said:

I read that all the CS reissues had the same neck in 2017 (.9" / 1.0") except for the '59s they shaved a little extra off the shoulder

Listed here as "1950s style": http://www.gibson.com/Products/Electric-Guitars/2016/Custom/Standard-Historic-1958-Les-Paul-Standard.aspx

Just to be clear, that guitar on Gibson's website - is that the specific one that Peach have been selling?

No, that's a 2016/ Peach's are 2017s. I think they're almost the same though, just the neck shape isn't the fatter '58 style.

Gibson didn't list the 2017s on their website, but in 2016 they were referring to the neck shape as "50s style", same as the GAK eBay listing

Strat_a_tat_tat · August 2018

pmg said:

Contrast gak’s Approach to peach/coda:

priced higher
stock photo
No weight
vague neck description

Makes you buy with confidence

May not be a fair comparison? The one on eBay is listed as a 2018 Made to Measure... not a 2017 Standard.

johnl · August 2018

Strat_a_tat_tat said:

pmg said:

Contrast gak’s Approach to peach/coda:

priced higher
stock photo
No weight
vague neck description

Makes you buy with confidence

May not be a fair comparison? The one on eBay is listed as a 2018 Made to Measure... not a 2017 Standard.

Gak had two of these 2017 "Standards" at £2.5k with individual photographs of each. Admittedly I can't remember if they had the weight listed though.

pmg · August 2018

johnl said:

Strat_a_tat_tat said:

pmg said:

Contrast gak’s Approach to peach/coda:

priced higher
stock photo
No weight
vague neck description

Makes you buy with confidence

May not be a fair comparison? The one on eBay is listed as a 2018 Made to Measure... not a 2017 Standard.

Gak had two of these 2017 "Standards" at £2.5k with individual photographs of each. Admittedly I can't remember if they had the weight listed though.

They didn’t. I might have been a little heavy handed here but I still believe that at this price point actual photos, guitar weight and maybe something more than the generic manufacturer blurb would make a better advertisement.

Anyhoo, hope the purchaser is happy with their new guitar

dbphoto · August 2018

I think when mine arrives it won't be long before the poker chip and scratchplate are removed.

Why hide any of that lovely wood ;-)

Jonathanthomas83 · August 2018

dbphoto said:

I think when mine arrives it won't be long before the poker chip and scratchplate are removed.

Why hide any of that lovely wood ;-)

Don't you show your face here again, if you do, young man.

Lodious · August 2018

All the Gibson dealers which haven't got a chance at these must be overjoyed at this. For a shop like Andertons or a chain like PMT they will be left with a ton of stock which they won't be able to sell for a good while. It's bad enough banging out the lower end of the range on Amazon, but the volume of guitars is so much lower at the higher end I think it will be months and months before demand for R8/R9's returns.

It's a great deal, but once again, Gibson are kicking the shops they expect so much of really hard in the balls.

Jonathanthomas83 · August 2018

Surely Anderton's and PMT had an equal opportunity to snap these up and didn't. I'm speculating that they did, at least.

pmbomb · August 2018

Lodious said: I think it will be months and months before demand for R8/R9's returns.

Only if these sales at £2500 went to people who would have been willing to also buy at £4200. In many cases that's unlikely - I would be one willing to contemplate £2500 but never £4200.

More likely they've taken sales of PRS etc.

BloodEagle · August 2018

I find it hard to feel too sorry for big stores like PMT and to a lesser extent Anderson’s

chrisj1602 · August 2018

I hope it's screwed the eBay bedroom dealers trying to get the best part of £3,000 for a used one.

roberty · August 2018

pmg said:

johnl said:

Strat_a_tat_tat said:

pmg said:

Contrast gak’s Approach to peach/coda:

priced higher
stock photo
No weight
vague neck description

Makes you buy with confidence

May not be a fair comparison? The one on eBay is listed as a 2018 Made to Measure... not a 2017 Standard.

Gak had two of these 2017 "Standards" at £2.5k with individual photographs of each. Admittedly I can't remember if they had the weight listed though.

They didn’t. I might have been a little heavy handed here but I still believe that at this price point actual photos, guitar weight and maybe something more than the generic manufacturer blurb would make a better advertisement.

Anyhoo, hope the purchaser is happy with their new guitar

Peach have really gone the extra mile with decent photos, thorough inspections and a published weight for each guitar. I'm really impressed. I'm sure it pays off for them with fewer returns and after-sales hassle

mort · August 2018

chrisj1602 said:

I hope it's screwed the eBay bedroom dealers trying to get the best part of £3,000 for a used one.

I reckon they would have snapped a few of these up. Expect to see this kind of thing soon;

♚AMAZING♚2017GIBSON Custom Shop LES PAUL 1958 Reissue♚VOS♚Dirty Lemon♚COA♚ £3800

@greedypig-guitars

Whitecat · August 2018

Lodious said:

All the Gibson dealers which haven't got a chance at these must be overjoyed at this. For a shop like Andertons or a chain like PMT they will be left with a ton of stock which they won't be able to sell for a good while. It's bad enough banging out the lower end of the range on Amazon, but the volume of guitars is so much lower at the higher end I think it will be months and months before demand for R8/R9's returns.

It's a great deal, but once again, Gibson are kicking the shops they expect so much of really hard in the balls.

Some dealers have just reduced the price on in-stock ones to compete.

Not everyone got the memo though...

https://www.maxguitarstore.com/products/gibson-1958-les-paul-sunburst/

AlexO · August 2018

More stock just gone live on GG

Gentleman start your engines....

https://www.guitarguitar.co.uk/product/180814331292008-1863893--gibson-custom-shop-les-paul-standard-1958-figured-top-i

pmg · August 2018

No lemon though

hyperben · August 2018

Twinfan said:

I nearly bought two - 8 7393 was in my basket for a while. Did anyone on here buy that one? It's a Lemon Drop with flecks on the top.

I'd like to claim "first dibs" if you don't bond with it or want to sell it at any point in the future

I’m afraid I’m guilty of buying 87393. Just picked it up today and I’m absolutely blown away! It looks incredible, has a great neck, is a great weight and is also one of the best historics I’ve ever heard, of not the best! Hats off to Peach Guitars. Their customer service has been second to none. Couple of pics below now I’ve got it home:

https://imgur.com/gallery/BLj4I6c

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