melpi65 Posted May 15, 2019 Share Posted May 15, 2019 Good evening, I would like to ask for some help to price my Gary Moore Signature Les paul 2013. I have the original case and papers. THe bad here it's 2 years ago had a headstock break....as many Gibsons before. I took it to repair and the repairing itself it is super profesional, but...it's there. I attach pictures. My idea is if somebody would help me to price this guitar because i'm thinking on selling it. I live in Spain - Europe and the currency is €. My thoughts are bassed on the guitar as new costed 1700€ on 2013 and there are almost not guitar as this on the market the price would be near of 1200-1000€, but i would like to hear some profesional opinion. THank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rct Posted May 15, 2019 Share Posted May 15, 2019 Less than half the going rate for one. If 1200 Euro, best you can hope for is 600. That's the best. There are too many guitars that aren't broken for someone to spend too much on one that is broken. My advice to anyone looking to buy that would be "Pass". So you are up against a pretty big hill there buddy. Good luck with it. You might find exactly the right buyer that needs that exact guitar to fill a whole in their collection, and you could move it along. But it will take time and effort. rct Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard McCoy Posted May 16, 2019 Share Posted May 16, 2019 At least wipe that thing off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01GT eibach Posted May 20, 2019 Share Posted May 20, 2019 I would recommend that you just keep it -- Either that, or just be willing to accept a very low amount because you don't want to see it around any longer. This guitar is going to be a hard sell even at a very low price. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Bill Posted May 20, 2019 Share Posted May 20, 2019 I would recommend that you just keep it -- Either that, or just be willing to accept a very low amount because you don't want to see it around any longer. This guitar is going to be a hard sell even at a very low price. This is the best advise. I would keep it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Dog Posted May 20, 2019 Share Posted May 20, 2019 That thing's been rode hard and put up wet. I'm not an expert on headstock repairs, but of the ones I've seen, that looks questionable. I think you'll have a hard time selling it. I'd just keep it as a beater. Everybody needs one. Who knows, maybe one day you'll want to express your inner Pete Townsend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Bill Posted May 20, 2019 Share Posted May 20, 2019 Who knows, maybe one day you'll want to express your inner Pete Townsend. OMG!! I wouldn't go that far, that's what Squires are for!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidblast Posted May 20, 2019 Share Posted May 20, 2019 Less than half the going rate for one. If 1200 Euro, best you can hope for is 600. That's the best. There are too many guitars that aren't broken for someone to spend too much on one that is broken. My advice to anyone looking to buy that would be "Pass". So you are up against a pretty big hill there buddy. Good luck with it. You might find exactly the right buyer that needs that exact guitar to fill a whole in their collection, and you could move it along. But it will take time and effort. rct this is probably as "right" an answer as you'll get. Keep in mind a new tribute Les Paul will be around 1 grand (USD), so your competition on asking price used + repaired, is getting stiffer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Dog Posted May 20, 2019 Share Posted May 20, 2019 (edited) OMG!! I wouldn't go that far, that's what Squires are for!! I was only kidding, of course. Actually, a guitar that looks like that should have some good stories to tell. At least, I hope so. Edited May 20, 2019 by Black Dog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Dog Posted May 20, 2019 Share Posted May 20, 2019 Its broken, so I'll give a $50 and call it a day. There's the answer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthias 41 Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 Man what were you doing with guitar? Mahagony dosent brake easily Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Pepper Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 (edited) The original Greeny/Moore/Hammett had a headstock break and replicas are selling for 50k. I'd go 51k.The original one was owned by 3 well known players. Sorry it broke. So its worth what you can get for it. Edited October 5, 2022 by Sgt. Pepper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Pepper Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 2 hours ago, Matthias 41 said: Man what were you doing with guitar? Mahagony dosent brake easily Huh? How many Gibson guitars necks models are made of Hog? How many have been broken over the years? Too many to count. Blunt force trauma is gonna brake wood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabs Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 This thread is several years old now.. And yes.. Mahogany, and especially genuine mahogany that Gibson apparently use is not the hardest of woods at all... In fact its about 850 on the janka hardness scale. Which for reference.. Pine is 350 and hard Maple is about 1400 and Ebony is about 3800.. So yeah.. Mahogany, not that hard at all.. However it does work well so is less harsh on the tools and its a beautiful wood which finishes well and is why its used in the first place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinch Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 15 hours ago, Sgt. Pepper said: The original Greeny/Moore/Hammett had a headstock break and replicas are selling for 50k. I'd go 51k.The original one was owned by 3 well known players. Sorry it broke. So its worth what you can get for it. Trogly said the GM signature LPs will probably go up in price because of the Greeny, so you're probably not too far off. He was banned from buying one, btw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthias 41 Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 Well i have GM as well in perfect condition for 8years now. Installed 57 classics changed knobs(hate those reflectors) guitar Works Like a charm. I saw the price for mint condition is about 3000usd..and there are various types of mahagony, but looks Like Gibson uses the one with best sound quality rather then best hardness Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinch Posted October 6, 2022 Share Posted October 6, 2022 2 hours ago, Matthias 41 said: Well i have GM as well in perfect condition for 8years now. Installed 57 classics changed knobs(hate those reflectors) guitar Works Like a charm. I saw the price for mint condition is about 3000usd..and there are various types of mahagony, but looks Like Gibson uses the one with best sound quality rather then best hardness It's a cool model, for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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