Californiaman Posted December 20, 2009 Share Posted December 20, 2009 an all original 1961 Les Paul w/ vibrato? I was told it should increase in value between 13 and 17% every year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murph Posted December 20, 2009 Share Posted December 20, 2009 Depends on how bad the buyer wants it, and how motivated the seller is. Gruhn is the master. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruznolfart Posted December 20, 2009 Share Posted December 20, 2009 I dunno, Todd, but I DO know it was this very guitar that made a Gibson neck fan out of me. Original, ca: 1964 (the pic) I'm on drums. The axe; a '61 LP custom, 3 pu's and Bigsby. Sweetest guitar I've ever played. Even to this day. My hands "remember" that axe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dem00n Posted December 20, 2009 Share Posted December 20, 2009 No that price fits perfect for an orginal one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Californiaman Posted December 21, 2009 Author Share Posted December 21, 2009 So this guy has this Les Paul (SG) for sale right in my neighborhood. It's beautiful and in great condition. But $17,000 is a lot of money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichCI Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 Hell yeah $17,000 is a lot of money. I think you need to ask yourself a few questions... Is $17,000 something you can really afford to drop on a guitar? If you make a very nice living and that kind of money isn't that big of a deal in your world, then maybe you can afford it. Are you buying it as a collector or a player? If you're a collector and looking to invest, a guitar is probably as good of an investment as anything else in today's economy. If you want a guitar to play, you can buy quite a few very nice guitars for that same money that are going to be just as good or better from a technical standpoint (arguable, I know). Then again, if you want real deal vintage, it just plain costs a lot of money to get it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deepblue Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 $17K for an SG? Only if it came with a $16K mail in rebate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeVeeWee Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 Hell yeah $17' date='000 is a lot of money. I think you need to ask yourself a few questions... Is $17,000 something you can really afford to drop on a guitar? If you make a very nice living and that kind of money isn't that big of a deal in your world, then maybe you can afford it. Are you buying it as a collector or a player? If you're a collector and looking to invest, a guitar is probably as good of an investment as anything else in today's economy. If you want a guitar to play, you can buy quite a few very nice guitars for that same money that are going to be just as good or better from a technical standpoint (arguable, I know). Then again, if you want real deal vintage, it just plain costs a lot of money to get it.[/quote'] +1, plain analysis Rich! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Californiaman Posted December 21, 2009 Author Share Posted December 21, 2009 Yes, it's a rich-man's investment for sure. Not something I'd be in a position to buy at this time. I don't know too many musicians in the market for a '61 Les Paul to take out on tour. Let alone record with it. Which is something entirely different. During the time I've known this guitar I've heard of two people interested enough in buying it, however the guitar still sits behind a wall of glass and it probably will for a while. I do think I'm going to go in and play it. The owner has a blues deluxe I can plug it into. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jantha Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 $17,000 is an absurd amount to pay for almost ANY guitar in my opinion. I guess I might feel differently if I were filthy rich though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie brown Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 Investment (if you can easily afford it)..go for it! (Got to be safer than the Stock Market??) Player...get a VOS reissue, for a fraction of the price. CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Plains Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 A few months ago, a guy at MLP bought an all original 1961 SG for $10,000. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Californiaman Posted December 22, 2009 Author Share Posted December 22, 2009 See, $10,000 is more like it. If I had the cash, I'd go 10. But these guys who want to sell you a Fender or Gibson from the '50s early '60s for more than that... no, I don't think so. $15,000 and your certainly in the cork sniffer range. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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