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UNPLANNED DOWNTIME: 12th Oct 23:45

Epiphone Joe Bonamassa '63 SG Custom

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At last, the guitar we all think of first when Joe springs to mind - https://www.gak.co.uk/en/epiphone-limited-edition-joe-bonamassa-1963-sg-custom-dark-wine-red/966275

A bargainous £1,499 to you, complete with Epiphone pickups.
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  • Fishboy7Fishboy7 Frets: 1965
    edited September 2023
    Just what the kids have been crying out for
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  • Musicman20Musicman20 Frets: 2100
    This is absolutely insanely overpriced. If people pay that they really have more money than sense.

    The best bit:

    "without the steep vintage price." 

    Well....

    Epiphone humbuckers and a case. Such a good deal....
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  • SvartmetallSvartmetall Frets: 456
    That price is fucking ridiculous. 
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  • OffsetOffset Frets: 9212
    StefB said:
    At last, the guitar we all think of first when Joe springs to mind - https://www.gak.co.uk/en/epiphone-limited-edition-joe-bonamassa-1963-sg-custom-dark-wine-red/966275

    A bargainous £1,499 to you, complete with Epiphone pickups.
    Ahhhhh, but it's a limited edition, see.  'Limited' because the number of times JoBo has been spotted playing an SG are, well,  'limited'.  And they're not just ANY old Epiphone pickups, oh no.  They're individually voiced, offering an array of tonal possibilities.  So there.
    Currently for sale: https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/247085/pro-ject-essential-ii-turntable
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  • rhinofeetrhinofeet Frets: 75
    The 2 pickup Gibson with wonky vibrato is a similar price. I'm sure these will be on sale soon.
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  • FortheloveofguitarFortheloveofguitar Frets: 4108
    Oh well that’s more January sale guff for the stores. Gibson can’t seem to grasp that these joke prices aren’t shifting units. 
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  • chrisj1602chrisj1602 Frets: 3543
    I mean, it looks nice but £1500…for an Epiphone SG when you can get a decent Gibson SG for that any day of the week is just silly.
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  • impmannimpmann Frets: 12286


    Well... I can't say its something I've seen JoBo play much, but its a pretty cool spec SG. Parking the price tag for a moment, the actual spec is great - Maestro, plus three pickup and the bound board look very cool. I like the colourway *a lot*.

    So back to the price - I'm not sure it *is* ridiculous. If the quality is good, then why the heck not? We get folks crowing all the time over Far Eastern made Gibson copies that cost more than this. But because it says Epiphone on the top... it can't be expensive and good can it? 

    Anyhoo... personally, I think it looks great. 
    Never Ever Bloody Anything Ever.

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  • hollywoodroxhollywoodrox Frets: 3605
    I couldn’t believe it when I saw it advertised in an email ,another Jo Bo sig
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  • impmannimpmann Frets: 12286
    Oh, but one thing... someone tell Joe he looks *really dumb* wearing shades indoors. Its not cool. At all.
    Never Ever Bloody Anything Ever.

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  • elstoofelstoof Frets: 1583
    Apparently JoBo was as surprised as anyone when they told him he had a 63 SG Custom in his collection
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  • Philly_QPhilly_Q Frets: 20197
    FIFTEEN HUNDRED QUID FOR A FUCKING EPIPHONE??!! 

    That's outrag....



    No, I don't give a shit really.  It's just what they cost now, isn't it?
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  • ScreamingDaveScreamingDave Frets: 468
    I’ve had a word with my legal team and, apparently, you don’t have to buy it if you don’t actually want it or don’t like the price. Problem solved. Cushty!
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  • borntohangborntohang Frets: 86
    edited September 2023
    They should really just put these out as the Bonamassa Collection shouldn't they? Limited runs with no suggestion he plays it, just "here's a copy of a particularly cool guitar from the collection" like Fender do the FSR colorways. Surely he has enough cool stuff tucked away to fuel the engine for a couple rounds at least. 
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  • designerseye88designerseye88 Frets: 938
    Pretty sure I saw the real vintage Gibson equivalent on Gumtree about 5 years ago for not far off that price. 
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  • chris78chris78 Frets: 8492
    They didn’t shift the 335s that quickly which were cheaper than this.
    Mental
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  • BigsbyBigsby Frets: 2770
    impmann said:
    Oh, but one thing... someone tell Joe he looks *really dumb* wearing shades indoors. Its not cool. At all.
    Given what he's playing, maybe he was trying to avoid being recognised, rather than look cool? 

    ScreamingDave said:
    I’ve had a word with my legal team and, apparently, you don’t have to buy it if you don’t actually want it or don’t like the price. Problem solved. Cushty!
    You had to run that past your legal team....? ;) 
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  • Musicman20Musicman20 Frets: 2100
    impmann said:
    Oh, but one thing... someone tell Joe he looks *really dumb* wearing shades indoors. Its not cool. At all.
    The dude screams 'I am trying' but it doesn't work. Please just don't. 
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  • GoldenEraGuitarsGoldenEraGuitars Frets: 8207
    edited September 2023 tFB Trader
    You know that Halloween episode of the Simpson’s when Bart had the monkey paw and asked to be rich and famous? The Simpson’s ended up EVERYWHERE and people got annoyed, fed up and bemused by it all? 

    No idea why that just sprang into my mind.
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  • WBT2079WBT2079 Frets: 74
    Limited to just 300.
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  • KrisGeeKrisGee Frets: 1137
    This should pair nicely with a JB sig Spider combo retailing at 2k. 
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  • DumodalDumodal Frets: 303
    I'm just thinking that used Custom Shops From the big two are looking more and more like a bargain right now.
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  • NelsonPNelsonP Frets: 3116
    edited September 2023
    Hahahahahahaha.....

    Ha

    Maybe just buy this instead....
    https://www.coda-music.com/gibson-sg-standard-61-maestro-vibrola-faded-vintage-cherry-219.html
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  • GoldenEraGuitarsGoldenEraGuitars Frets: 8207
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    WBT2079 said:
    Limited to just 300.
    Thank goodness for that 
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    • Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@Goldeneraguitars


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  • CavemanGroggCavemanGrogg Frets: 2357
    GoldenEraGuitars said:
    WBT2079 said:
    Limited to just 300.
    Thank goodness for that 

    Limited to 300 guitars, for this batch perhaps, who know how many will be made for their 2024 batch
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  • elstoofelstoof Frets: 1583
    Have Epiphones come with ebony boards before?
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  • CavemanGroggCavemanGrogg Frets: 2357
    elstoof said:
    Have Epiphones come with ebony boards before?

    Yes, and not just on signature models
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  • noisepolluternoisepolluter Frets: 721
    Bloody hell - I got my Gibson SG Standard 61 for less than that a year ago…
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  • borntohangborntohang Frets: 86
    elstoof said:
    Have Epiphones come with ebony boards before?
    Inspired By series Custom, Modern, and Prophecy LPs, SGs, and Explorers which start from around 6/700 I think. Couple of signatures like the Lucille and JJN Goldtop. Before the Inspired By range I don't remember any obvious ones and the Customs all had rosewood. 

    It's definitely dyed Ebony of some kind because the Custom I have is consistently dark and there's no way they're using premium at that price point, but it does look and feel pretty good. 
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  • CavemanGroggCavemanGrogg Frets: 2357
    borntohang said:
    elstoof said:
    Have Epiphones come with ebony boards before?
    Inspired By series Custom, Modern, and Prophecy LPs, SGs, and Explorers which start from around 6/700 I think. Couple of signatures like the Lucille and JJN Goldtop. Before the Inspired By range I don't remember any obvious ones and the Customs all had rosewood. 

    It's definitely dyed Ebony of some kind because the Custom I have is consistently dark and there's no way they're using premium at that price point, but it does look and feel pretty good. 

    Also the old ''Pro line'' that was replaced by the ''inspired by Gibson'' models.
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