They just posted a version of that with a 5A maple top 1 piece! I have to get this... can someone lend me $10,000??
@AndorMatus
4 ай бұрын
The regular Les Paul Custom is the holy grail Gibson sound. I am on the market to find the right one.
@Darth.Shredder
8 ай бұрын
IMO, Gibson should offer the Custom in the US production line again. They could offer them in solid finishes for like $3k and sell as many as they can make. Purists and collectors who want period correct reissue specs and the extra attention to detail will still shell out the $5k for Custom Shop versions, just like the R9's, etc.. I don't see the down side. They did it for decades.
@bayougtr
8 ай бұрын
Epiphone is what you want. $3k puts the custom at the standard’s price point. From plain top to dealer exclusives.
@Darth.Shredder
8 ай бұрын
@@bayougtr Nope, Epiphone is NOT what I want. No thanks. I said "solid finishes".... $3k Standards have AA figured tops.... Standards with solid colors are $2799 and Classics are $2199. It doesn't have to be exactly $3k either. Even $3199, $3299, whatever... the point was they good offer it for less than the custom shop and close to everything else in the US production line. They did it for decades. The customs weren't always made in the custom shop.
@SlangJeezy
2 ай бұрын
@@Darth.Shredderyou have to pay to play. Gibson COULD throw custom fret boards and headstock veneers on at the USA factory, and do custom style binding, but why would they when people are willing to pay at least twice as much for a custom shop guitar? It’s the same reason Ferrari doesn’t make a $100K model. It would allow too many people to enter that world and brag that they have a Ferrari. It would dilute the brand and make it “feel” less exclusive, even though that’s objectively meaningless. When you see someone driving a brand new Ferrari, you may not assume they’re a billionaire, but you definitely think “wow, they’re doing something right to afford that”. Gibson knows their customers who want customs want to feel exclusive, just like a Ferrari owner wants to feel exclusive. That’s at least part of the reason why they won’t be bringing any custom shop looks to the USA factory anytime soon. Now you can go get an Epiphone that, for all intents and purposes is built to the SAME specs as a Gibson custom shop, but it will be made in china and not say Gibson on the headstock. Some people are okay with that, some aren’t. I bought an Adam Jones Epiphone with the Gibson headstock. It was $1500. You what that made me want to do? Buy a full blown Gibson custom shop guitar. So I did. Why? Because I was so impressed with the Epiphone model, I assumed the real deal would only get better.
@Darth.Shredder
2 ай бұрын
@@SlangJeezy I've played Gibson since the 1980's. The Ferrari analogy and assumptions about exclusivity may have made sense if the Custom model was always made in the custom shop but for over 30 years it was part of the US production line like anything else. BTW every Ferrari is overpriced, every Gibson isn't - at least in relation to another. A Les Paul Studio is $1600 new - still a Gibson, still made in the USA in the same place a Custom used to be made. As far as Epiphones... Guitars are more than just "specs". Besides, there are no regulations in China. "Mahogany" can be anything and craftsmanship is about more than pushing a button on a CNC machine. I'd personally never buy a Chinese Epiphone, especially for the prices they're asking. Gibson has used Epiphone to replace price points and diversity they used to offer in their lineup and they're laughing all the way to the bank.
@donaldrowe8460
5 ай бұрын
beautiful ! congrats !
@chrisgarrington457
4 ай бұрын
im lucky to own a 2022 also fantastic guitar
@jimjim7008
5 ай бұрын
Mine from 2023 and I measured the 1st fret out of curiousity and to my surprise it was 0.89" which I believed it's on the chunky side... I really been enjoying playing it and sounds fantastic.
@daniellee8458
5 ай бұрын
The overspray on the neck binding is intentional as it is period-correct for the original 1960 Gibson Les Paul Standard. It's supposed to be there. I have the 2022 Tangerine Burst Historic VOS
@MartirosHakopianMarHak
8 ай бұрын
Hey Rolly what is your opinion of Gibson Custom Peter Frampton "Phenix" Inspired Les Paul Custom VOS Electric Guitar - Ebony?
@Foxtrot1989
6 ай бұрын
Beautiful! Absolutely prestigious. Great balanced tone while maintaining the crispy heft of a les paul custom's characteristic sound. What more can i say really?
@Guitarooster52
8 ай бұрын
I agree that they play like butter. Ebony, size of frets and neck shape combined with lush and powerful pickups.
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