Anyone ever heard of "The Paul" by Gibson?
I was in the music store Saturday and seen this guitar for 395.00. It looks like a LP but it's called the paul. The guy said it would be worth a lot more had the neck not been repaired. He said Gibson only made them from 78 to early 80s. This one is not painted and pretty plain.
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Well Epiphone just makes the same guitars as Gibson, just in a different country.
Rock and roll ain't noise pollution, but it can get pretty crappy these days.
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It says Gibson on the head stock and made in USA on the back. 2 pickups, arch top and it has basically the same type body of an LP. I looked it up and all I found was that it was a discontinued model and it was made to be a no frills affordable guitar for lp fans. I was interested in it as a collector because they only made so many and you don't see them that often.
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Original The Paul
That's the early version. I've got a late 90s one,which is like this in name only...they [both] seem to be fine guitars...and I recall that someone else here has one of the originals too.
That's the early version. I've got a late 90s one,which is like this in name only...they [both] seem to be fine guitars...and I recall that someone else here has one of the originals too.
Accuracy,you say? hmm interesting concept..
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Probably ($395 =about £250) it's not much to pay for a Gibson make sure you play it [unplugged and plugged in] for a long time though.
I doubt if it has much of a collectability value,who knows in 10 yrs?. Make a first offer that's ridiculously low if he takes it,say you'll think about it and run,not walk, out of the store.
I'd be wary of buying a repaired Gibson,but,that's just me.
Considering what you can get for $500 in the US (faded SGs,etc) it don't seem to be THAT much of a bargain.
I doubt if it has much of a collectability value,who knows in 10 yrs?. Make a first offer that's ridiculously low if he takes it,say you'll think about it and run,not walk, out of the store.
I'd be wary of buying a repaired Gibson,but,that's just me.
Considering what you can get for $500 in the US (faded SGs,etc) it don't seem to be THAT much of a bargain.
Accuracy,you say? hmm interesting concept..
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