jdgm Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 It's a snip folks!!!!!!!!!! USA - http://www.ebay.com/itm/1958-Gibson-Les-Paul-Standard-Formerly-Owned-By-Gary-Moore-MOORE-PHOTOS-/221931860255 UK - http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1958-Gibson-Les-Paul-Standard-Formerly-Owned-By-Gary-Moore-MOORE-PHOTOS/221931860255?_trksid=p2047675.c100012.m1985&_trkparms=aid%3D555012%26algo%3DPW.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20140221143856%26meid%3D4dc51bf928854fb3adb3e76f1d6b7c6b%26pid%3D100012%26rk%3D7%26rkt%3D20%26mehot%3Dpp%26sd%3D151928222444 Sorry rct it doesn't say anything about the case [laugh]..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rct Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 It's a snip folks!!!!!!!!!! USA - http://www.ebay.com/itm/1958-Gibson-Les-Paul-Standard-Formerly-Owned-By-Gary-Moore-MOORE-PHOTOS-/221931860255 UK - http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1958-Gibson-Les-Paul-Standard-Formerly-Owned-By-Gary-Moore-MOORE-PHOTOS/221931860255?_trksid=p2047675.c100012.m1985&_trkparms=aid%3D555012%26algo%3DPW.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20140221143856%26meid%3D4dc51bf928854fb3adb3e76f1d6b7c6b%26pid%3D100012%26rk%3D7%26rkt%3D20%26mehot%3Dpp%26sd%3D151928222444 But what...wait...what about... Sorry rct it doesn't say anything about the case [laugh]..... dammit. rct Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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merciful-evans Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 Goodness knows what they'll ask for a new one ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capmaster Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 Goodness knows what they'll ask for a new one ! [lol] To accommodate my personal desire of playability, the neck's back would clearly call for a refinishing. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pin Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 Goodness knows what they'll ask for a new one ! I just can't understand that sort of price. Even if I had no shortage of money the guitar wouldn't interest me at such a silly price. I note there are more than 300 "watchers" all presumably watching to see if it sells. Nothing better to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocketman Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 A guitar is worth what someone is willing to pay. But like you, it's not my thing. So I guess the case is sold separately? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 ...Even if I had no shortage of money the guitar wouldn't interest me at such a silly price... In all honesty if I had no shortage of money I'd be posting a NGD thread instead of typing this... Silly money for a guitar, of course, but I suppose I've been around the world of antiques and antiquities too long. It was inevitable that some portion of the raison d'etre would have rubbed-off on me. "After Hours" is my second-favourite GM album and I've loved the front and rear cover shots (which features this very guitar) ever since I first clapped-eyes on the record. And the exchange rate means that, taking into consideration it's provenance/history, it isn't even all that ludicrous when converted to Sterling. Crazy-money?, yes; but Ludicrous-money? Not really. First thing I'd do (after the NGD thread, it goes without saying) would be to have the neck shaved to a '60s profile.... Pip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rct Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 What do raisins have to do with this? rct Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 They are 'vintage' grapes. This is a Vintage guitar. Obviously this guitar is the same as a raisin. That's what passes for logic round these parts. Pip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rct Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 Well played, old bean. rct Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pin Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 You'd be welcome to it Pippy. I wondered whether my anti-feeling is coloured by the fact that I am not keen on Gary Moore (never have been) but I don't think so. Of all the "ancient" Les Paul's out there I suppose I would hanker after Bloomfield's the most. But then I wouldn't fancy the big crack in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capmaster Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 ... First thing I'd do (after the NGD thread, it goes without saying) would be to have the neck shaved to a '60s profile.... Pip. At least I think I wouldn't have to have a bad conscience if I had the neck just refinished. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 ...Of all the "ancient" Les Paul's out there I suppose I would hanker after Bloomfield's the most. But then I wouldn't fancy the big crack in it... In which case you are a fortunate man, Pin, because you don't really desire Bloomfield's guitar. For a collector the split south of the t'p is one of the defining features of the guitar 'artefact'. Without wishing to go too far off-topic... Famously the ex-PG GM '59 sold to Melvyn Franks for a reputed £2m. As an 'artefact' (IMHO) it's the bee's knees. Page's #1? Nah. "Pearly"? Nah. The "Beano".....hmmmm......yyeeesss......but....... As a guitar? Peter Green said it was a Be-itch to play. GM said something along the lines that it was a challenge to play but that he liked to have a bit of a fight with his guitars. One of my friends (who happens to own a second-run '52 Gold-top) knew GM back then and had played it a few times just after GM got it from PG and also quite recently just before it was sold to Kirk Hammett. He also said it was not a great player. "Crap" was his verdict. But as an Artefact? How great a panting, REALLY, is the 'Mona Lisa'? Jacson Pollock's No. whatever? Any Rothko you care to mention? . If I want to play a guitar I'm more than happy with my lot in life. The GM '58? I'd seriously get a real kick out of dragging it along to the local Open Mic.... Pip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Scales Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 They are 'vintage' grapes. This is a Vintage guitar. Obviously this guitar is the same as a raisin. That's what passes for logic round these parts. Pip. Yeah, but they aren't sour vintage grapes Pip... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 Yeah, but they aren't sour vintage grapes Pip... I prefer the title "Botrytis Cinerea"... Pip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RevDavidLee Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 I just can't understand that sort of price. Even if I had no shortage of money the guitar wouldn't interest me at such a silly price. Agree! I loved Gary Moore and he has all my respect & may he R.I.P. but that price is well, ridiculous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merciful-evans Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 Ah, so this was the LP gifted from Peter Green! Now I am much more an admirer of PG, and I do have Gary's 'Blues For Greeny' where he uses it of course. I still wouldn't buy that guitar at a sensible price. Though I would love to try it out for half an hour. I understand what it is to enjoy playing a difficult guitar though. A pal of mine has a cheap LP copy which he fret dressed and set up perfectly. Its easily the lowest action, most effortless guitar I've ever handled. But its too damned easy, nothing to fight against when bending those strings etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pesh Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 Ah, so this was the LP gifted from Peter Green! Now I am much more an admirer of PG, and I do have Gary's 'Blues For Greeny' where he uses it of course. I still wouldn't buy that guitar at a sensible price. Though I would love to try it out for half an hour. I understand what it is to enjoy playing a difficult guitar though. A pal of mine has a cheap LP copy which he fret dressed and set up perfectly. Its easily the lowest action, most effortless guitar I've ever handled. But its too damned easy, nothing to fight against when bending those strings etc. Not quite, my friend. That Les Paul is a '59, and passed from Peter Green, to Gary Moore, to a few private collectors, and then to Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett, who bought it in 2014 for about $2 million. That Les Paul is also a bit more of a Dirty Lemon Burst finish, now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pin Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 How great a panting, REALLY, is the 'Mona Lisa'? [/b][/i]If I want to play a guitar I'm more than happy with my lot in life. The GM '58? I'd seriously get a real kick out of dragging it along to the local Open Mic.... Pip. Interesting question that. I remember the late Kenneth Clarke (I think it was in his Civilisation TV series) talking about Da Vinci's Mona Lisa. As I recall Clarke said that to really appreciate it you have to view the original (which, of course, very few people actually get to see) in the flesh. Clarke said that it was "perfection". No, you are right - I am not a collector of guitars although could easily end up owning a ridiculous amount of them if I had pots on money. But your point about getting a real kick out of playing it in public is the real killer. I'd be terrified of taking it out of the house for fear of theft or just slipping over and smashing it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merciful-evans Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 Not quite, my friend. That Les Paul is a '59, and passed from Peter Green, to Gary Moore, to a few private collectors, and then to Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett, who bought it in 2014 for about $2 million. That Les Paul is also a bit more of a Dirty Lemon Burst finish, now. aH... thanks Pesh. I scanned the text too quickly methinks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pesh Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 aH... thanks Pesh. I scanned the text too quickly methinks! That's OK mate; I'm guilty having done that once or twice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdgm Posted January 9, 2016 Author Share Posted January 9, 2016 Hmmm. It will go to a collector but for how much? I think in £££(GBP). How much is a 1958 Standard worth? Add the G.M provenance...and state of the guitar market right now. I would say well above £70k but below £132k. What say you? :-k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanHenry Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Guitarist Magazine has a feature on Gary including a previously un-released interview from 1995, an interview with his guitar tech and a run down of some of his gear that's being put on sale, there's also a video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCQ1WxrMZuo&index=3&list=PLDOiIiYLl1KtW6M7ahA32n_r3N97vYBTz Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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