MR GIBS Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 A masterpiece Who will buy this? It is Christmas! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncle fester Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 I don't know if I could carry it off with all the bling, but the grain in the blue surfaces is unbelievable... So Mr Gibs - IMHO, you've got it going on! I think you owe it to yourself to treat yourself a little bit - and I'm pretty sure you could come up with a song or two that makes it shine ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the other side Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 Someone with a lot of money! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jedzep Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 Yuk! Drippingly gaudy. I don't get it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drathbun Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 Like most art it's out of my price range. Ren said it was out of his price range too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jalex Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 I think if it had a natural finish it would've looked better. Not my cup of tea but I do admire the craftsmanship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissouriPicker Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 Lots of $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$! Does it sound 16 times better than on of my $3000 Gibsons? I tend to doubt it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jedzep Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 Still a Maserati if you stripped it down to natural. Adding a NOS tortoise pguard or just none at all makes it even better. I could live with the inlay stuff if I had to. Hmm, I think I got it down to the $8,000 range. Oh no! Just took another look. Tuners have to go too. Hope you aren't reading, Ren. We're just ball busting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murph Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 I love those. Not for me, but fun to look at. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fretplay Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 Now if they did a CJ version I might be tempted!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Paul Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 Check out that reverb shop's other listings, their specialty is over the top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BDuke Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 IMO a beautiful show piece. not for play. To afraid of a scratch or ding Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombywoof Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 Looks like a Smurf decked out for a country music concert. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docr Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 Like a "cream Cake" ... This guitar demonstrates what is technically possible, of course a fine piece of craftsmanship. But on the other hand - you can buy about 6.600 sets of new Gibson strings for the price of this guitar. Finally it will find a place at a wealthy collector. Thank you for the link, it is always interesting to see nice guitars. Doc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorrisrownSal Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 Cue Brian Setzer singing Blue Christmas! He can buy it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhanners623 Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 A guitar can be too gaudy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobouz Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 Check out that reverb shop's other listings, their specialty is over the top. This fellow's stuff is frequently way over the top, but a while back he had a super nice Ren-era J-185 Custom Quilt for $4,000. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merseybeat1963 Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 Extremely overpriced. I like bling but the flowers and shape of bridge not too beautiful..theyve done much nicer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hogeye Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 Just so you know. Gibson had a contract with Ren for 4 super guitars a year. They were Master Museum guitars. These were not offered to the general public but they were commissioned for high end collectors and museums. They never went to dealers. Almost all of them went to the Tsumura collection. This was the biggest collection of Gibson instruments on the planet. You can get a hardcover book of the collection on Amazon for $125.00. It is very unusual for one of these guitars to find it's way to the market. Several years ago Tsumura, who was the owner of a huge pharmaceutical company, was convicted of price fixing in Japan and his holdings were liquidated. This included his massive guitar collection. It's interesting to see these instruments finding their way back into the market. Like most here have stated they are a bit over the top but that is what Tsumura was looking for so...…Yes they are arbitrarily priced and they are probably not worth the price to the average buyer but they are still sought after by the big guys. I'm would not be surprised to see one in SlimT's collection. Tsumura's collection was so extensive that he had one guy that traveled the world just to do nothing but buy guitars for him. Price was no object for pristine show quality instruments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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