Probably a fair price for an old LP.
I can't ever imagine paying that much for it, even if it is a collector's item. Guess I'm not a collector. Tad is right about being in CL, who would do that? Someone from Austin, obviously. dumbass. I noticed he said something about two extra holes for an old tailpiece (in one of the pics). To me, that right there negates any collector value.
advertising on Craigslist is just telling thugs where they can steal a valuable guitar.Probably a fair price for an old LP. But why Craigslist? Who the hell sells vintage instruments on Craigslist? I feel like emailing the seller a link to Reverb, eBay, Chicago Music Exchange, or Vintage & Rare
I can't ever imagine paying that much for it, even if it is a collector's item. Guess I'm not a collector. Tad is right about being in CL, who would do that? Someone from Austin, obviously. dumbass. I noticed he said something about two extra holes for an old tailpiece (in one of the pics). To me, that right there negates any collector value.
Personally, I wouldn't shell out more than 500 bucks for a guitar. All I care about is sound quality, and if I can't get a satisfying sound out of something even for three hundred, I might as well give up. I can not imagine shelling out thousands of dollars for, as Greg put it, "A chunk of wood."
the huge price is because of rarity and collectability. Original 1959 Les Paul standards "bursts" go for a quarter of a million because they are EXTREMELY rare. Collectors with a lot of money to spend want the rarest pieces in their collection. original gold tops are not as rare as 59/60 bursts, but they are pretty rare.
you can get a modern Gibson gold top for a couple of grand and it's a much better guitar than the $25,000.00 original one. I can fully understand why the guitar has a later tailpiece/bridge on it....the originals were garbage.
But...
If I was a collector and had plenty of money.
I wouldn't be interested in a gold top with incorrect holes drilled in it.
Personally, I wouldn't shell out more than 500 bucks for a guitar. All I care about is sound quality, and if I can't get a satisfying sound out of something even for three hundred, I might as well give up. I can not imagine shelling out thousands of dollars for, as Greg put it, "A chunk of wood."
I think 55 was the year they went to a bridge+tailpiece instead of just having the wrap-around bridge. The change happened mid-run to the best of my knowledge. So an early 55 will have just the bridge, a later 55 will have the bridge and tailpiece. I don't know what the extra holes would be for since 55s didn't have that floating tailpiece thing.
I could be wrong about all of that. That's just how I think it was from reading shit.
yeah, the wraparound setup is what I was referring to. I just figured that would be the most obvious reason for the extra holes...for an incorrect bridge/tailpiece.