Texsunburst59

Thanks Sgt. Pepper. Did the early 90's Classics have ebony fretboards? If so, what years have the ebony boards?

My guitar tech had a beautiful LP that he had shown me a couple of months ago, that he wanted to sell It was a beautiful LP and told him I wanted it and I'd sell some gear to take it off his hands. Well with all this C19 stuff going on, NOBODY is buying anything off CL or FB Marketplace. Anyway he called me this weekend and asked me if I could please buy his LP ASAP. He told me his guitar tech work is pretty much nonexistent, and his wife lost her job 3 weeks ago. I had to talk to my wife about getting money out of the bank to buy the guitar, and she gave me the green light. I talked to my buddy, and we came to a price that was fair to both of us. I was happy to help him out with all the work he does for me. My new to me 2000 Gibson Amber Classic Premium Plus LP Standard:

Grats on the Studio. Nice score.

Yes it came with a mint condition Black Gibson USA hardshell case with white interior just like this one. Since this is my 1st Studio, did these '05 Studio's come with a hardshell case or did the come with the Gibson Gig bag?

Yea the price FORCED me to HAVE to buy it. 😊 I'm really glad I did, because I had no idea that it would play and sound this great.

I frequent pawnshops A LOT in my area, and I score quite a few killer deals. Well yesterday afternoon on the last day of 2019, I run into an amazing deal. I've owned and still own several Gibson LP Standard, and an LP Junior, but never a Studio. So I finally joined the Studio family after all these years. I've to to say that this guitar sounds and plays amazing well with it's very comfortable 50's neck. I know some guys aren't crazy about the 490R and 498T hums in the guitar ,but they sound really good with my rig. My '05 Gibson Black Les Paul Studio:

The majority of them are steals. Most of the guitars I get are at least 50-60% off the going used rate. My biggest guitar & bass steals in the last 7 yrs. : $64.64 - '74 Fender Jazz Bass $180 - '79 Fender Black P-Bass $180 - '78 Hamer Black Sunburst $270 - '05 Taylor 515-CE Jumbo Custom $207 - '96 Larrivee D-05 acoustic $180 - '98 Parker USA Nitefly Honorable mentions: $1075 - '89 Gibson Heritage Cherry Sunburst LP Standard $625 - '00 Gibson Midnight Burst SG Supreme Custom $825 - '08 Gibson Vintage Sunburst LP Standard Plus $1000 - '71 Gibson Cherry SG Deluxe $2400 - '63 Gibson Cherry ES-330 w/ stock Bigsby $277 - '65 Gibson LG-0 acoustic $500 - '11 Fender Blonde 60th Annv. Tele $600 - '79 Fender Blonde P-Bass $500 - '75 Fender Mocha Stratocaster $750 - '77 Gibson Wine LP Deluxe $250 - '97 Alvarez Yairi DY-40 acoustic $250 - '01 Takamine CD-132SC Classical/Electric w/DSP $315 - '89 Fender Metallic Silver Jazz Bass

Thanks Duluthdan. I wish my wife liked my hobby. She thinks I bring home too many guitars. I explain that I'm just rescuing them, and giving them a good home. I'm like a guitar orphanage.

Hello, my name is Skip and I'm from South Texas. I'm a registered pawnshop hound. I have OCD when it comes to my daily routine. It's sales calls, pawnshop,sales calls, pawnshop,lunch, sales calls, pawnshop,sales calls, pawnshop, end of day! I've built up at least more than 1/2 of my collection from buying guitars from pawnshops. My short term goal is to relentlessly purse,find, and rescue as many vintage guitars from pawnshops as I can before I retire. I think I've done an amazing job of doing this the last 7 yrs. My pawnshops scores in the last 2 weeks were AMAZING. Here they are in order of purchase: 1963 Gibson ES-330 w/ Stock factory Bigsby and original case 1978 Gibson Gospel w/ original case 1971 Gibson SG Deluxe w/ factory Bigsby and original case 1965 Gibson LG-0 (picked this up yesterday) Any way here's pics of my only 2 Gibson Acoustics I own.