price of my les paul

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hi, im thinking of selling my les paul soon, and not knowing much about the second hand guitar market, i was wondering wether anyone could give me an estimate at what sort of price i should be looking for.

the guitar is a 1970 gibson les paul deluxe, in a brown/gold sunburst finish, in good condition. it has all original hardware and parts, except for the piece of the plastic around the input which i have replaced.
it also has the original hard case finished in brown leather with a pink furry inside.

any help with this would be much appreciated!
 
Les Paul's made in 1970 contained high amounts of radiation. It would be wise of
you to send the guitar to me of which I will
dispose of properly free of charge.This way
we can contain contamination to the masses.
I'll even pay the postage. :)
 
Don't believe a word he says. You may already have sold this guitar. Send it to me and I will hold it in trust. Without charge, I will endeavor to maintain its authenticity as a working asset by playing it in loud bars as often as my wife will allow me. I'm sure I can find a buyer; just give me a year or so. Free of charge!! Such a deal. If no buyer, then, ok, back to you it goes! Sign a release, of course. Act now!
 
Be Wise. Very, very Wise. Your guitar is more valuble than you may think. Grun Guitars is a good place to contact. But also check out www.vintageguitar.com or do a web search for vintage guitar and check out the adds from all of the different dealers. I'm sure you'll find a guitar like your's for sale. Just so you know your guitar is not just "old", it very collectable and fall into the "vintage" catagory just like fine wine. Not second hand. I won't tell you here what it's worth, I'll let experience that fun all on you own........WoW - original case hardware and finish. Way cool. By the way the finish is called Tobacco Sunburst.

[This message has been edited by Daddy-O (edited 07-13-2000).]
 
thanks a lot guys!!!

Daddy O - just wondering then, as you said it may be valuable, does that mean that the £600.00 i bought it for is quite a bargain?(im in england so it aint dollars)
 
As a general rule of thumb, you can expect the cost of a guitar in England in Pounds to be the same as it would cost in the US in Dollars.
So a second hand guitar here that would sell in a shop for $1,000 would sell in England for 1,000 pounds (including VAT)

At a very rough estimate, your guitar, if it is truly from that year and does have all the original parts you name and is in very good/excellent condition is probably worth between 1000 and 1200 pounds. That is a retail value - selling it privately would net you less, and selling it to a shop would be quite a lot less.

The difficulty is in finding someone with 1200 pounds who wants to buy an early '70's Les Paul.

If you are sure that it is from that period, great. If not, email me and I may be able to help you identify it correctly.

(... and let me just say here that I have no interest in buying it.)

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Well since you are in england and i am in england too, and if the guitar is in good condition, and since its my favorite color, i could pay you £500 for it, if you eventually decide to sell it. I dont care if it's old or vintage or whatever i am just buying a les paul these days, if you want to sell it for £500 i ll get it. If you think it worths more (historic value maybe or whatever) you better check, gibson would estimate a price for it i think if you go to their site. If i am right it must have mini humbuckers/soapbars. Some of these guitars were made of maple instead of mahogany. If yours is mapple i am not interested, if it is mahogany i ll have to change the pickups to Seymour duncun to get the original les paul sound. Sound examples of both the original and yours (i am assuming) can be found at the gibson site. Listen to the samples and you ll see why £600
was actually ok rather than a real bargain.

A brand new les paul with proper humbuckers and case would cost £999, just get any guitar mag and check the ads.


[This message has been edited by Animaniac (edited 07-14-2000).]
 
Animaniac, The point of owning or buying a VINTAGE GUITAR if it is a Gibson, Fender, Gretsch or what ever make is NOT TO REMOVE AND OR MODIFY ORIGINAL PARTS. If you want this guitar just so you can destroy what it was originaly ment to be, then go buy a new guitar. Would you buy a clasic MG and put a new Ford engine in it? Perhaps the vintage guitar market in the US and Japan is extremley different than in England. Some people seem to know the price of everything but the value of nothing............
 
Different people have different values, plus..who said i am after buying a VINTAGE guitar. All i said is i am buying A les paul.

[This message has been edited by Animaniac (edited 07-15-2000).]
 
One thing I can't bring myself to do is to sell a guitar. None of mine are quite vintage (yet) but I still even have my first one.

Why are you getting rid of it-something I can't understand-you'll miss it, I warn you.
 
I was in Barnes and Nobles earlier today and found a Blue Book on Electric Guitar pricing, which includes vintage and current. If you have access to one of these stores just go and look up the value. (You can get the book from their website, if necessary.) It's available elsewhere too.

Good luck.
 
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