R8 Peach Deal

tomajoha · August 2018

GG washed cherry, v happy

2017 on left 2014 on right

Boromedic · August 2018

Twinfan said:

Boromedic said:

Jeez, who bought 4?!!!

Probably the person trying to flip one at £3.5k...

More than likely, but shock horror..... that means they reside here, lol! It was inevitable though at such a great price, a prvate seller could sit on these for ages and eventually get a good price probably.

mort · August 2018

4? Really? Probably just a Troll?

John_A · August 2018

WezV said:

I'm really surprised by the number of you offended by a join line. Its almost like you have never seen a Les Paul before.

One piece tops are relatively rare, so much they almost look odd to me

Totally agree - A book-matched figured top is what a classic LP should have IMO

roberty · August 2018

tomajoha said:

GG washed cherry, v happy

2017 on left 2014 on right

Phwoar, what a lovely pair! (of guitars)

pmbomb · August 2018

@tomajoha your '14 is sweet.

tomajoha · August 2018

Thanks man - had it from new

SRich · August 2018

Boromedic said:

Jeez, who bought 4?!!!

When / If the next motherload of Gibsons get unleashed at knockdown prices, I can see some retailers adopting the Aldi / LIDL approach of "Maximum Purchase Five Per Customer"...

Panama_Jack666 · August 2018

BloodEagle said:

Panama_Jack666 said:

I filled it in too!

A video of mine for those interested...

Symphonies of Sickness - great album. Also - nice guitar

Cheers mate! Well spied

It's my new rehearsal space which I haven't set up yet hence all the clutter!

guitars4you · August 2018

is it 1/2 time yet - surely someone needs a break

Jonathanthomas83 · August 2018

Lolz at someone pissing about by putting "8" on that poll.

Strangefan · August 2018

@BloodEagle we all know heartwork is the better album tho

StuartMac290 · August 2018

WezV said:

I'm really surprised by the number of you offended by a join line. Its almost like you have never seen a Les Paul before.

One piece tops are relatively rare, so much they almost look odd to me

This x many. It's all a bit bizarre. These are some of the finest electric guitars ever created!

hyperben · August 2018

Went into GG in Epsom earlier and managed to swap the plain top washed cherry for a nicely figured top one! What’s more, it sounds wonderful and plays great! This ones just the right amount of flame for me. The guys in GG were absolutely excellent. I think the company mantra seems to be box shifting, but dealing with the people in the store today I got great customer service.

https://imgur.com/gallery/OanmWHP

TINMAN82 · August 2018

It's not an R8 (have one already) and its GuitarGuitar not Peach. But its a NGD courtesy of the Gibson Memphis sale (ES-335 Figured, £2599). My camera phone doesn't really do justice to the very detailed, wiggly grain patterns all over the top.

http://tinman82.imgur.com/

[img]https://i.imgur.com/X8DE3NP.jpg?2[/img]

Sorry these photos are links and not embedded, unsure how to do that so any tips appreciated.

SteveF · August 2018

hyperben said:

Went into GG in Epsom earlier and managed to swap the plain top washed cherry for a nicely figured top one! What’s more, it sounds wonderful and plays great! This ones just the right amount of flame for me. The guys in GG were absolutely excellent. I think the company mantra seems to be box shifting, but dealing with the people in the store today I got great customer service.

https://imgur.com/gallery/OanmWHP

VERY nice!

HNGD! (Again!)

John_A · August 2018

hyperben said:

Went into GG in Epsom earlier and managed to swap the plain top washed cherry for a nicely figured top one! What’s more, it sounds wonderful and plays great! This ones just the right amount of flame for me. The guys in GG were absolutely excellent. I think the company mantra seems to be box shifting, but dealing with the people in the store today I got great customer service.

https://imgur.com/gallery/OanmWHP

Wow! That one is very nice indeed! IMO much nicer than your original one. If I'd known that was sitting in the shop you may not have got it

roberty · August 2018

hyperben said:

Went into GG in Epsom earlier and managed to swap the plain top washed cherry for a nicely figured top one! What’s more, it sounds wonderful and plays great! This ones just the right amount of flame for me. The guys in GG were absolutely excellent. I think the company mantra seems to be box shifting, but dealing with the people in the store today I got great customer service.

https://imgur.com/gallery/OanmWHP

Holy shit no kidding! Nice one

Panama_Jack666 · August 2018

hyperben said:

Went into GG in Epsom earlier and managed to swap the plain top washed cherry for a nicely figured top one! What’s more, it sounds wonderful and plays great! This ones just the right amount of flame for me. The guys in GG were absolutely excellent. I think the company mantra seems to be box shifting, but dealing with the people in the store today I got great customer service.

https://imgur.com/gallery/OanmWHP

Lovely! Glad you managed to get one you're happy with!

Hattigol · August 2018

WezV said:

I'm really surprised by the number of you offended by a join line. Its almost like you have never seen a Les Paul before.

One piece tops are relatively rare, so much they almost look odd to me

Offended? Not at all.
Just prefer the look without one. That's all.

roberty · August 2018

TINMAN82 said:

It's not an R8 (have one already) and its GuitarGuitar not Peach. But its a NGD courtesy of the Gibson Memphis sale (ES-335 Figured, £2599). My camera phone doesn't really do justice to the very detailed, wiggly grain patterns all over the top.

Sorry these photos are links and not embedded, unsure how to do that so any tips appreciated.

TINMAN82 · August 2018

roberty said:

TINMAN82 said:

It's not an R8 (have one already) and its GuitarGuitar not Peach. But its a NGD courtesy of the Gibson Memphis sale (ES-335 Figured, £2599). My camera phone doesn't really do justice to the very detailed, wiggly grain patterns all over the top.

Sorry these photos are links and not embedded, unsure how to do that so any tips appreciated.

Cool, thanks, what had I missed?

SteveF · August 2018

Shit the bed, that’s gorgeous. My missus would have my nuts if I bought one right after the R8 but I find myself wondering g if I’d miss them much....

roberty · August 2018

TINMAN82 said:

roberty said:

TINMAN82 said:

It's not an R8 (have one already) and its GuitarGuitar not Peach. But its a NGD courtesy of the Gibson Memphis sale (ES-335 Figured, £2599). My camera phone doesn't really do justice to the very detailed, wiggly grain patterns all over the top.

Sorry these photos are links and not embedded, unsure how to do that so any tips appreciated.

Cool, thanks, what had I missed?

Click the 'attach image' button in the toolbar and paste the image url into the yellow box with no tags

I am so jealous of your guitar by the way!

edit: looks like just pasting the absolute url into the editor works too

LuttiS · August 2018

Adamski said:

It’s ok guys, I will try my best to enjoy my guitar with it’s disgusting join line. I mean it’ll be tough, but I’ll do my best!

Goodluck! Report back with how you got on

Kitsune · August 2018

Whitecat said:

hyperben said:

“Figured top” R8

https://imgur.com/gallery/iYL6DoS

I guess they figured you’d fall for it..

I think its perfect! I'd have that one...........if I didn't already have an LP that looks basically the same.

guitars4you · August 2018

hyperben said:

Went into GG in Epsom earlier and managed to swap the plain top washed cherry for a nicely figured top one! What’s more, it sounds wonderful and plays great! This ones just the right amount of flame for me. The guys in GG were absolutely excellent. I think the company mantra seems to be box shifting, but dealing with the people in the store today I got great customer service.

https://imgur.com/gallery/OanmWHP

that more like it isn't it - Glad you got sorted out and in a very amicable way - enjoy it

roberty · August 2018

GG have a photo of each figured maple 335s top with its serial number:

https://www.guitarguitar.co.uk/product/170823313734008-1910586--gibson-es-335-figured-antique-sixties-cherry-2018-11308

They must have been just hammering out the R8s, someone earlier in the thread said management had instructed them to get them out as quickly as possible

Or, more excitingly, maybe they've been spying on us!

historyisjunk · August 2018

historyisjunk said:

I've really enjoyed looking at these.
Hope everyone is enjoying theirs & thanks for posting the pictures.
+1 for Peach Guitars too, for keeping up customer service by the sound of things, rather than just shoveling them out the door.

For the record & in case the phantom lol-er is about I'm not being sarcastic (which is unusual for me).

Mods! Mods! look at page 52, there's five of them! I was enjoying this thread & now it's just a complete nightmare.

Fortheloveofguitar · August 2018

I’ve seen a gorgeous relic R9 for £3999

Hurry up and get some R8’s back in. £2499 was bad enough

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