Gibson Rolls Back Les Paul Guitar Prices to 1952

westtexasred · Post by **westtexasred** » Mon May 11, 2015 6:00 am

For Les Paul's birthday on June 9th Gibson will sell Les Pauls for the 1952 retail price of $261 (link)

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Mon May 11, 2015 11:10 am

Did you see the date of the article?

NickS · Post by **NickS** » Mon May 11, 2015 11:32 am

Thanks, Nick. That made me feel a whole lot better about being non-US.

Josh · Post by **Josh** » Mon May 11, 2015 5:01 pm

lol I'd buy a les Paul if they were that cheap.

westtexasred · Post by **westtexasred** » Mon May 11, 2015 5:21 pm

That's what I paid for my Les Paul at "Crazy Eddie's" His prices are insane!

jcyphe · Post by **jcyphe** » Mon May 11, 2015 5:28 pm

I remember crazy eddie. He was a crook.

speedfish · Post by **speedfish** » Wed May 13, 2015 7:14 pm

Is this one of those internet scams meant to fuck with us?

NickS · Post by **NickS** » Wed May 13, 2015 7:28 pm

I didn't realise Lester and I shared a birthday.

paul_ · Post by **paul_** » Sun May 17, 2015 2:40 am

speedfish wrote:Is this one of those internet scams meant to fuck with us?

It was an April Fool's joke.

If brand new Les Pauls cost $251 in the US for one day and not the next, how many people would hang on to their $251 examples for more than 12 hours in an age when you can flip one to anywhere in the world on eBay for about 10x that? I'd literally be more impressed if they dropped the price of an LP Standard back down to 2 grand next year, as it's closer to 4 right now.

speedfish · Post by **speedfish** » Mon May 18, 2015 3:38 am

paul_ wrote:
speedfish wrote:Is this one of those internet scams meant to fuck with us?
It was an April Fool's joke.

If brand new Les Pauls cost $251 in the US for one day and not the next, how many people would hang on to their $251 examples for more than 12 hours in an age when you can flip one to anywhere in the world on eBay for about 10x that? I'd literally be more impressed if they dropped the price of an LP Standard back down to 2 grand next year, as it's closer to 4 right now.

BASTARDS!!!

Fakir Mustache · Post by **Fakir Mustache** » Mon May 18, 2015 7:53 am

It says "Les Paul" on the headstock, it is not an illegal copy, it is new, and it costs $279:
http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/ENBHSCH
perhaps they have it on sale for $251 sometimes.

NickD · Post by **NickD** » Mon May 18, 2015 12:05 pm

Nice enough, but no copy (Epiphone, Tokai and Edwards included) plays anything like a Gibson Les Paul.

I'm not really sure why either, the recipie is fairly simple.