Slash’s pre-AFD Les Paul up for auction

Cols · September 2023

His old Hunter Les Paul replica is up for auction, minimum bid $1,000,000. Wonder how many squillions it’ll go for in the end?

https://www.gottahaverockandroll.com/Guns_N__Roses_Slash_First_Owned_Les_Paul__Hunter_B-LOT49353.aspx

Brize · September 2023

Meh - the top's crap.

timmypix · September 2023

Pretty top but the shape is awful. I'm sure it's a good guitar but... it's just wrong.

Norlin4life · September 2023

timmypix said:

Pretty top but the shape is awful. I'm sure it's a good guitar but... it's just wrong.

I…..don’t think that’s why people will be bidding on it.

thomasross20 · September 2023

Are folk nuts..
This is an icon !

Kittyfrisk · September 2023

thomasross20 said:

Are folk nuts..
This is an icon !

Slash played a JHS Vintage too?

thomasross20 · September 2023

It's a good thing he didn't play a PRS as he'd never be able to sell it..

Kittyfrisk · September 2023

Seriously, I can't believe how many people would blow seriously stupid amounts of cash on copies of Gibson guitars (or even originals) just because of a passing celeb ownership association? Weird...

Cols · September 2023

I mean, it’s not even a real Gibson, is it? It’s like the mid-80s equivalent of a Harley Benton with pickup upgrades, right?

bluecat · September 2023

I love Slashes playing , but so what.

Kittyfrisk · September 2023

Possibly interesting read for the acolytes https://www.premierguitar.com/gear/guitars/slash-appetite-les-paul

beed84 · September 2023

If I found a million dollars that someone forgot, I would place a bid

Dave8 · September 2023

That was a pre AFD guitar wasn’t it? Sold in 86 it says in the text.

I think the AFD Derrig is a different guitar.

impmann · September 2023

So it’s a FAKE Gibson Les Paul. By definition on here, it’s a FAKE. We don’t condone those on this forum. No matter who built it or played it. Or do we have one rule for ‘normal people’ and another for expensive stuff?

If it was a *great* guitar Slash would have bought it back, wouldn’t he? The fact he hasn’t speaks volumes… but hey, let’s all get worked up about a fake Les Paul that he jettisoned early on and has not tried to buy back.

A million dollars? Ffs…

Adamski · September 2023

Change the title, this isn’t the AFD guitar. If the Derrig was for sale, which Slash still owns, it’d go for more than a million.

I’d say the Hunter is right up there as far as iconic guitars go in Slash’s history as it was his first Les Paul and he played it a lot in Guns before AFD was recorded. It also has the province of belonging to Hunter who played for Alice Cooper and Peter Gabriel.

bluecat · September 2023

If it really belonged to Mr Slash,, why would he want to buy it back now? He must have access to any guitar he ever wanted now, have anything built to his exact specs.
Why should it be worth a million because he used to own it ???

elstoof · September 2023

Aren’t there laws that prohibit the selling of counterfeit goods?

Cols · September 2023

Adamski said:

Change the title, this isn’t the AFD guitar. If the Derrig was for sale, which Slash still owns, it’d go for more than a million.

Ask and ye shall receive…

BigPaulie · September 2023

beed84 said:

If I found a million dollars that someone forgot, I would place a bid

I see what you did there ;-p

I won't be bidding on it as I've no liquid assets at the moment with all my money being pretty tied up.

thomasross20 · September 2023

I imagine at the auction they'll all be like "back off, bitch"

NelsonP · September 2023

'Play authentic'

CarbonCopy · September 2023

impmann said:

So it’s a FAKE Gibson Les Paul. By definition on here, it’s a FAKE. We don’t condone those on this forum. No matter who built it or played it. Or do we have one rule for ‘normal people’ and another for expensive stuff?

If it was a *great* guitar Slash would have bought it back, wouldn’t he? The fact he hasn’t speaks volumes… but hey, let’s all get worked up about a fake Les Paul that he jettisoned early on and has not tried to buy back.

A million dollars? Ffs…

I can't see anyone condoning it and also, it's not being sold in the classifieds. There are no rules against discussing counterfeit guitars.

There's only one post so far with any evidence of someone getting worked up that I can see!

Whatever it sells for will be due to its connection with Slash rather than its authenticity as a guitar. It's not a particularly interesting guitar in my view as it wasn't used on any recordings or for major tours. I never knew it even existed, and I've been into GnR for years.

Fiftyshadesofjay · September 2023

impmann said:

So it’s a FAKE Gibson Les Paul. By definition on here, it’s a FAKE. We don’t condone those on this forum. No matter who built it or played it. Or do we have one rule for ‘normal people’ and another for expensive stuff?

If it was a *great* guitar Slash would have bought it back, wouldn’t he? The fact he hasn’t speaks volumes… but hey, let’s all get worked up about a fake Les Paul that he jettisoned early on and has not tried to buy back.

A million dollars? Ffs…

Maybe you should report Slash to the relevant authorities for selling a counterfeit guitar way back in ‘86, that’ll show them.

impmann · September 2023

Fiftyshadesofjay said:

impmann said:

So it’s a FAKE Gibson Les Paul. By definition on here, it’s a FAKE. We don’t condone those on this forum. No matter who built it or played it. Or do we have one rule for ‘normal people’ and another for expensive stuff?

If it was a *great* guitar Slash would have bought it back, wouldn’t he? The fact he hasn’t speaks volumes… but hey, let’s all get worked up about a fake Les Paul that he jettisoned early on and has not tried to buy back.

A million dollars? Ffs…

Maybe you should report Slash to the relevant authorities for selling a counterfeit guitar way back in ‘86, that’ll show them.

I think tone of voice is missing from my post…

We have folks fawning over a Les Paul copy with a Gibson logo applied that may have been played by Slash. Some of those self same folks get super narky about partcasters made using genuine Fender parts (and still showing Fender logos) and then sold…

As I’ve said a gazillion times, a Les Paul copy is just that - using terms like ‘replica’ are just applied to justify high price tags (and often phoney Gibson logos), as though these are any less of a copy than a shitty old Columbus copy from the 1970s. I’m sure it’s a higher quality build than a Columbus but it’s no more of a replica than the plywood Jap crap.

The point of the post was to point out that (parking Slash for a second) it’s a Les Paul copy… nothing more. And to fawn over it, yet to pour shitty water on anyone selling a Fender badged partcaster (that contains Fender parts) is a little hypocritical.

If it were ‘seminal’ or so fantastically important to Slash, he’d already own it. The fact that two famous players have owned it and then sold it says to me that it may be high quality but not ‘great’ (there is a difference).

And as I say, a million dollars? Really, some have more money than sense. But I have no horse in this dog fight… so I hope whoever buys it is overjoyed by it.

randella · September 2023

Dave8 said:

That was a pre AFD guitar wasn’t it? Sold in 86 it says in the text.

I think the AFD Derrig is a different guitar.

And one which you'd have to prise from his cold, dead hands I suspect!

duotone · September 2023

This is the AFD Kris Derrig @ 53:27 mins.

https://youtu.be/Z64Y-pjZw2E?feature=shared&t=3207

tony99 · September 2023

That article says AFD is arguably the greatest rick album of all time but it arguably isn't.

Led Zep's fourth album is.

randella · September 2023

tony99 said:

That article says AFD is arguably the greatest rick album of all time but it arguably isn't.

Led Zep's fourth album is.

Surely the greatest rick album was that one with Never Gonna Give You Up on it

GoFish · September 2023

The official Gibson video has it captioned "Derek" ?

All this fuss about the guitar, it's become a bad obsession.

tony99 · September 2023

randella said:

tony99 said:

That article says AFD is arguably the greatest rick album of all time but it arguably isn't.

Led Zep's fourth album is.

Surely the greatest rick album was that one with Never Gonna Give You Up on it

I really need to start poof reading my posts

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