buying Gibson Les Paul

[nicK] · 02-02-2005 8:54pm #1

friend of mine is about the buy one and asked me to have a look on the net first to compare prices... are they much/any cheaper?
i've had a brief look at thomann.de and there seems to be a few different models.. is there any other online site that might do a good deal and ship to ireland/uk?

Creamy Goodness · 02-02-2005 8:56pm

i got a gibson les paul classic from here www.gak.co.uk

it was £999 plus £22 shipping so it worked out at about €1450.

standard les paul's cost a little extra

also (sorry doctorJ but i had to do it) check out http://www.chrisguitars.com/

Jammer · 02-02-2005 10:09pm

Emergency Tax back is buyin me one of these : http://www.chrisguitars.com/fen04showmaster-sss.jpg

how much is delivery, and what method of payment is used?

Doctor J · 03-02-2005 9:53am

Aye, as said above, Chris' Guitars.

gzdamien · 03-02-2005 2:46pm

chrisguitars: paypal is the easiest, all other methods seem fairly complicated/more expensive. my guitar cost around $80 to get shipped but took almost a month. he said if i paid about double that it would only be a few days.

Giblet · 03-02-2005 3:17pm

The older the better. Try second hand.

[nicK] · 03-02-2005 4:10pm

Cremo wrote:

i got a gibson les paul classic from here www.gak.co.uk

it was £999 plus £22 shipping so it worked out at about €1450.

standard les paul's cost a little extra

how much do they cost in irish music stores?
also, what's the 'usual' les paul.. the classic or standard?
i've emailed chrisguitars.com to organise payment, it looks like the best site i've come across so far..

Doctor J · 03-02-2005 4:17pm

The Standard is the usual one, I suppose. A mate of mine got a 1999 Iced Tea burst Les Paul Standard off Chris a while back. Twas mint and is an amazing guitar. The Standards are great qualilty, really excellent guitars. Worth the money you'd get them off Chris, for sure. My mate saved at least a grand on buying here. Good luck with it.

dabhoys · 03-02-2005 10:20pm

Chris's guitars is an excellent way to go. eBay can also be good if you know what your doing. Older isn't always better. I've ab 1980 Custom and it was worth every penny. But the only difference is the finishing on it compared to the Standard. The standard is equally as good. I just always wanted to the custom and I've a few screw's loose so I went for the custom!!!

Gibson Les Pauls are amazing all around guitars. I love mine to bits...

Nidge · 03-02-2005 11:42pm

a month for delivery?...wow, how long do things take to be delivered from america in general, i've ordered a guitar that well takes 9-12 weeks to build, but i think that is just construction time, i may have to wait longer for it to be delivered. Would appreciate info from past experiences...

Doctor J · 04-02-2005 8:57am

Depends. If you get it sent by UPS or FedEx, it'll be about than a week. If you take the cheap option and go by regular post it can be a week to two or three weeks. A month is being a bit dramatic. The last guitar I ordered from Chris took just over two weeks and it was sent a couple of days after Christmas, when one could expect a postal delay.

Eoin Madsen · 04-02-2005 12:32pm

Well, if there's any kind of complication with customs, 3-5 weeks is not unusual.

As far as I remember, a Les Paul Standard is just under €3,000 in Waltons.

D!ve^Bomb! · 04-02-2005 2:51pm

Eoin Madsen wrote:

Well, if there's any kind of complication with customs, 3-5 weeks is not unusual.

As far as I remember, a Les Paul Standard is just under €3,000 in Waltons.

the ****in bastards!!!

masto1983 · 04-02-2005 3:56pm

Eoin Madsen wrote:

Well, if there's any kind of complication with customs, 3-5 weeks is not unusual.

As far as I remember, a Les Paul Standard is just under €3,000 in Waltons.

I must go in and play Stairway on that.....

Nidge · 04-02-2005 7:44pm

please do, rightly cheese them off, god i don't like that whole staff body

dabhoys · 05-02-2005 9:12pm

That whole staff body hasn't a clue about anything to do with musical instruments at all. The guys there didn't even know what I meant when I asked for a set of 10 gauge Ernie Ball stings. As for anything else you'd melt there brain..

D!ve^Bomb! · 06-02-2005 2:32pm

i can't even remember the last time i was in a music shop, at least a year or two.. the internet is a glorious thing

feylya · 06-02-2005 6:23pm

I was in one yesterday, playing an RG570 that cost €850. I can get the 1570 Prestige, case and shipping for €660

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