mrichard27 Posted March 2, 2023 Share Posted March 2, 2023 Weren't these '50 and '60 Les Paul Standards $2,499 a like a month ago?? Now they are $2,799??? Wow wee... How long until $3,000?? End of the year? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveFord Posted March 2, 2023 Share Posted March 2, 2023 Up up uppen go der prices! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Bill Posted March 2, 2023 Share Posted March 2, 2023 I purchased my 50s Standard in June of 2019 for $2,499, so $2,799 appears to be the fist hike in price since then. I think they been this price for several month now. It's a huge hike... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marco mancini Posted March 2, 2023 Share Posted March 2, 2023 The "American made " is expensive problem is that when we talk of Gibson sometimes they crafted crap guitars and you realised that you only paid the "GIBSON TAG " 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidblast Posted March 2, 2023 Share Posted March 2, 2023 11 hours ago, SteveFord said: Up up uppen go der prices! As the Swedish chef would say Schmrdee dou a new a nicky ado,, schmaley der shmunde le du Schmork, Schmork Schmork! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marco mancini Posted March 7, 2023 Share Posted March 7, 2023 On 3/2/2023 at 1:36 AM, mrichard27 said: Weren't these '50 and '60 Les Paul Standards $2,499 a like a month ago?? Now they are $2,799??? Wow wee... How long until $3,000?? End of the year? In Italy from the 1th of April the will go up by 13% ................well it looks like we will kiss them goodbye , second hand market has plenty of beautiful Gibson's that people want to get rid of and the second hand market of the custom shop is going through the roof Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinch Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 If you get one at a good price now, I'll bet you could make a thousand bucks extra off it in two years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
10PoundLester Posted March 25, 2023 Share Posted March 25, 2023 On 3/2/2023 at 5:38 AM, Big Bill said: I purchased my 50s Standard in June of 2019 for $2,499, so $2,799 appears to be the fist hike in price since then. I think they been this price for several month now. It's a huge hike... Same here . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hype Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 Still decently priced. I mean $10K is usually the baseline for a Murphy Lab nowadays and people are buying them. Even for an upper end Gibson acoustic it’ll run you $5K-$6K and people are still buying them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eracer_Team Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 $2300 in Canada gets you a Studio (Tribute’s are $1800) so if you’re able to buy a new standard for $2700 you’re lucky down south of the border Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NighthawkChris Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 Gibson prices are always a ripoff. Buy used so you won’t have to take a bath once you decide to get rid of your guitar. It’s an abysmal market today regarding guitars - but you know, ymmv. I own 13 guitars and 11 are Gibsons - mostly used and bought years ago. No intention of letting them go, but when I do I’m going to gouge the price like everyone apparently likes to do in todays used market. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidblast Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 7 hours ago, NighthawkChris said: Gibson prices are always a ripoff. Buy used so you won’t have to take a bath once you decide to get rid of your guitar. It’s an abysmal market today regarding guitars - but you know, ymmv. I own 13 guitars and 11 are Gibsons - mostly used and bought years ago. No intention of letting them go, but when I do I’m going to gouge the price like everyone apparently likes to do in todays used market. so just throwing this out there,, A new Standard 60s: $2,900 A new Fender Stratocaster Luxe: $2,600 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NighthawkChris Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 45 minutes ago, kidblast said: so just throwing this out there,, A new Standard 60s: $2,900 A new Fender Stratocaster Luxe: $2,600 Both to me seem high priced especially the Fender. I’m just ranting. A lot increasing across the board… I paid $80 for Science Diet bag for my dog that used to cost $50 a year ago. It’s just bad out there today. So much stuff inflated price tag, so in all fairness to these guitar makers, they are just following suit. It sucks when the increases aren’t for luxury items like guitars but rather for homes and cars. Average people finance for an inflated price tag and inflated rate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marco mancini Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 2 hours ago, kidblast said: so just throwing this out there,, A new Standard 60s: $2,900 A new Fender Stratocaster Luxe: $2,600 in italy they still to have kept the old price https://www.ginomusica.it/it/gibson-les-paul-standard-60s-bb-p-6971.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidblast Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 19 minutes ago, marco mancini said: in italy they still to have kept the old price https://www.ginomusica.it/it/gibson-les-paul-standard-60s-bb-p-6971.html it's possible that they are doing the more honorable thing and keeping the prices on NOS at the rate that they bought at, and not a reflection of the current increase 2 hours ago, NighthawkChris said: Both to me seem high priced especially the Fender. I’m just ranting. A lot increasing across the board… I paid $80 for Science Diet bag for my dog that used to cost $50 a year ago. It’s just bad out there today. So much stuff inflated price tag, so in all fairness to these guitar makers, they are just following suit. It sucks when the increases aren’t for luxury items like guitars but rather for homes and cars. Average people finance for an inflated price tag and inflated rate. we all know it's all what people will pay Chris $10,000 for a Murphy labs les paul is a pretty good extreem example. Yet, they're selling em. OTOH, I'm not sure I could find a reason to drop $2,600 on a Stratocaster. just in principle alone. Are they nice? yes, I just set one up this past weekend for my son. And with just a wink south of $3k for a les paul? yes, it's a lot of money. But! Out of line with going prices for similar caliber of instruments from other builders? I'm not seeing that. Everything is crazy these days, and it's from Eggs to Guitars. The stigma of it all when it comes to what Gibson charges vs. everyone else, the court of public opinion has me amused. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NighthawkChris Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 @kidblast I said my piece here about prices and that’s all I care to go on about. I am living through this American dream like the rest of us are. There’s been a lot of money over the years pumped into the system and the effects of those driving the deficit spending and whatever else is causing the dollar to buy less is beyond my control. Don’t know about anyone else, but I’ll pass on buying a guitar at these prices. Even used is stupid today. Like you said, eggs to guitars - all stupid. Someone once told me I was crazy when you’d start paying over a dollar for a candy bar… they said not for a stupid piece of chocolate. Haha, it even costs a lot these days to buy crap that is literally crap for your body. Don’t get me wrong I think LPs and Strats are great, just that these days, my financial gears aren’t turning for an NGD to share here… just haven’t run into ANYTHING I can conceivably want to spend what you have to today for stuff that isn’t really a need for. I have 11 Gibsons and I think I had enough for a lifetime. Glad I got them the time I did… if I had to sell, I’d make back at least what I spent then - and probably some too… as they say when in Rome… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marco mancini Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 50 minutes ago, kidblast said: it's possible that they are doing the more honorable thing and keeping the prices on NOS at the rate that they bought at, and not a reflection of the current increase we all know it's all what people will pay Chris $10,000 for a Murphy labs les paul is a pretty good extreem example. Yet, they're selling em. OTOH, I'm not sure I could find a reason to drop $2,600 on a Stratocaster. just in principle alone. Are they nice? yes, I just set one up this past weekend for my son. And with just a wink south of $3k for a les paul? yes, it's a lot of money. But! Out of line with going prices for similar caliber of instruments from other builders? I'm not seeing that. Everything is crazy these days, and it's from Eggs to Guitars. The stigma of it all when it comes to what Gibson charges vs. everyone else, the court of public opinion has me amused. Well i fear that Murphy lab Gibson guitars are becoming like swiss wrist watches "emotional things" rather than instrument to be played and kept , i see the second hand market in Italy of Murphy Lab ,guitars nearly never touched and already on the market , if the market of gibson custom shop is "clogged" full of never played guitars what is the point in ordering a new Murphy lab M2M when they do not give the exact price , the exact day they deliver the guitar to the dealer and with the risk of paying a simple les paul custom vos 10.000 bucks when you have a market full of non played guitars at 3500/4000 ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinch Posted April 30, 2023 Share Posted April 30, 2023 (edited) On 3/2/2023 at 1:36 AM, mrichard27 said: Weren't these '50 and '60 Les Paul Standards $2,499 a like a month ago?? Now they are $2,799??? Wow wee... How long until $3,000?? End of the year? Only took a couple months. My guess is $3400 by the end of the year. Edited April 30, 2023 by Pinch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NighthawkChris Posted May 2, 2023 Share Posted May 2, 2023 People keep paying for crap at these high prices, why wouldn’t these companies want to keep selling whatever crap we don’t need where they are? Seems like all companies are looking for hikes to find out where the real demand lies. Why cars, houses, everything costs what it does. Pure greed in a diseased society. Whatever “shortages” - or whatever - goes away; prices aren’t coming back down… get used to it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveFord Posted May 2, 2023 Share Posted May 2, 2023 I took a look earlier today and they got rid of a lot of the models (50s neck Gold Tops, for instance) and went berserk with the Murphy Labs and Artist models. Maybe Henry J. was called back as a consultant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrichard27 Posted May 3, 2023 Author Share Posted May 3, 2023 Wow...... Just, wow..... What could possibly justify a 20% price increase in 5 months?? Did mahogany trees go on the endangered list or something??? $2,500 at the beginning of 2023, increase to $2,800 in March 2023, and now $3,000 in May of 2023.... Guys... In the near future I think the LP standards are going to be $6,500 and the Custom Shop LPs are gonna be $15,000 to $20,000.... This is out of control..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidblast Posted May 4, 2023 Share Posted May 4, 2023 The only thing not increasing these days are peoples income. Build Back Better! right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinch Posted May 4, 2023 Share Posted May 4, 2023 With inflation and electricity and all that, I think their last few golden years of LPs selling like crazy won't be repeated in the next few years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
10PoundLester Posted May 4, 2023 Share Posted May 4, 2023 A $500 increase in 4 years is insane! And what do you get now that you didn't 4 years ago? When I got mine, the nut was so badly cut I thought I had gotten a factory second. And, they "Plek" them but they never finish the fret job. The Plek machine leaves the frets totally unpolished - you can still see the tooling marks on them! I mean, I love my Lester but I had to finish off the build once I got it in my hands from Sweetwater! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinch Posted May 6, 2023 Share Posted May 6, 2023 On 5/4/2023 at 9:02 PM, 10PoundLester said: A $500 increase in 4 years is insane! Four years? It's a few months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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