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Post by jeje on Jul 28, 2004 9:33:36 GMT -5
If you had a real 'Burst, would you feel worthy to play it? I know I wouldn't..  |
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Post by jeje on Jul 29, 2004 5:36:32 GMT -5
What? noone?
(a Burst is an original Gibson 1958-59 sunburst LP)
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Post by Uriah on Jul 29, 2004 7:14:55 GMT -5
Ohhhhhhh... uh... I doubt it...
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Post by Steelpriest on Jul 29, 2004 16:22:31 GMT -5
Lol, I´d build in two Seymour Duncans or DiMarzios and would play it... sure, no problem... otherwise I might sell it to a collector and purchase other guitars for daily use. ;D
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Post by tekrek on Jul 29, 2004 17:34:30 GMT -5
Well no  ,but I would play it anyway,thats what guitars are for...... |
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Post by CAFeathers on Jul 29, 2004 17:36:33 GMT -5
Probably not, but it would nice having a guitar almost as old as I am. ;D
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Post by supedupviper on Jul 29, 2004 22:04:13 GMT -5
If I had a '59 LP, I would buy a really expensive display case with lots of locks and just display it on my wall, really high, where nobody can reach it. Now if I had a new '04 Gibson LP standard, I would play that until my fingers hurt
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Post by zep on Jul 30, 2004 11:29:44 GMT -5
If I had a '59 LP, I would buy a really expensive display case with lots of locks and just display it on my wall, really high, where nobody can reach it. Now if I had a new '04 Gibson LP standard, I would play that until my fingers hurt ...sounds like the way to go ;D |
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Post by hcoll on Jul 30, 2004 13:32:33 GMT -5
...am I worthy...nope.....
...do I care........nope.....
...most of us would need to take out a second/third mortgage on the house to afford one...then there's the insurance premium needed...possibly another motgage........
...display it in a case...doubtful...as I understand it...most of them are kept in bank vaults as investments...never to see the light of day again..........
...nope...if I ever owned one I'd sell it to the highest bidder...buy a Gibson...probably a Studio...maybe a little house in Chateaugay, NY...then...laugh all the way to the bank with the balance of the proceeds.............
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Post by theboatcandream on Jul 30, 2004 21:46:09 GMT -5
If I had one, I'd sell it for as much as I could and buy a 54 reissue. Black mahogany top les paul custom with P90s. Then I'd buy chrome hardware for it, and still have $46,950 left over for my education.
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Post by jeje on Jul 30, 2004 23:28:00 GMT -5
Nice plan..  I don't think I'd sell it though.. Either I'd play it, or I'd let the prices go up, then sell it  |
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Post by Steelpriest on Jul 31, 2004 2:50:00 GMT -5
 Well, if I really had the money to buy such a guitar I would play it. But only at home or for recording purposes. Guitars are made for being played and not for being in display cases or bank safes. Of course such a guitar deserves some respect and has to handled with maximum care, I´d never play it on stage, etc. The only question that remains is the following: How much money must one have leftover to buy such a guitar... ;D I mean, there is a big difference in being wealthy and being real rich... lol... ;D If I was a rock star and would sell millions of albums... surely I would afford at least one such guitar. But it would probably never leave the house or living room again.
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Post by theboatcandream on Jul 31, 2004 4:08:56 GMT -5
Guys, the value of these guitars is NOT in their quality or value as an instrument. It is purely their HISTORICAL value, as well as HYPE and COLLECTABILITY.
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Post by jeje on Jul 31, 2004 6:17:42 GMT -5
Of course the prices are ridiculous, but don't even try to begin thinking about saying you wouldn't want one ;D
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Post by theboatcandream on Jul 31, 2004 7:00:47 GMT -5
Of course the prices are ridiculous, but don't even try to begin thinking about saying you wouldn't want one ;D I'd be more interested in a 54 or a a 58 futura. |
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I don't think I'd sell it though.. Either I'd play it, or I'd let the prices go up, then sell it 
Well, if I really had the money to buy such a guitar I would play it. But only at home or for recording purposes. Guitars are made for being played and not for being in display cases or bank safes. Of course such a guitar deserves some respect and has to handled with maximum care, I´d never play it on stage, etc.