Gibson CS R8 VOS Les Paul - Rich man's guitar in a poor man's hands

[thegame]

I.must have tunnel vision

So do those guys!

 

[DanTravis62]

There was a website...maybe roflmao.com that i used to set people's browser to, and it opened up something like gay porn with a loud video. I had forgotten about this

LOL i remember this

So i don't remember the name of the actual website, but my buddy and i did this to his dad's work laptop once

God the internet was was a better place back then. The world was

I'm settled down enough to let you think you are right again.

 

[DanTravis62]

You remember the old pain4 gif that was floating around, a few message boards I was frequented usually had some disgruntled kid on a quest to get banned start spamming threads with it, happened pretty frequently

oh my god i haven't thought about that GIF for two decades that's hilarious

 

[VonBonfire]

LOL i remember this

So i don't remember the name of the actual website, but my buddy and i did this to his dad's work laptop once

God the internet was was a better place back then. The world was



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Your reputation proceeds you.

 

[DanTravis62]

Your reputation proceeds you.

Proceeds where? To what? Do you mean "your reputation precedes you" ?

 

[Uzi Nein Millimetah]

Life is too short to not play great guitars—and the right R8 is a great guitar.

A nice ESP or Edwards makes me very happy, but I can understand why people want R8s.

Gibson is perhaps most guilty of all when it comes to liberally applying faerie dust on vintage tribute and especially relic tribute models, and I don't see value in that. If I wanted a traditional Gibson LP, I'd love to have the Jimmy Page model, number 2 model, which had some neato coil splitting and phasing options, very rare when it was produced ('90s), slim taper neck, and looks great! But I don't feel the need to part with $6-$25K to get one , even though I could.

A used LP Classic Plus? Now we're finding some value. Anything I could ever want from a LP could start there, I'm not paying for special edition/vintage hype.

 

[VonBonfire]

Proceeds where? To what? Do you mean "your reputation precedes you" ?

Wow, surprise, you were right again!

 

[S̷͖͑m̵͎͂á̵̺s̸͚̈́h̴̬̑]

Ha. I didn't catch it. I am getting rusty

 

[DanTravis62]

Wow, surprise, you were right again!

 

[DanTravis62]

A nice ESP or Edwards makes me very happy, but I can understand why people want R8s.

Gibson is perhaps most guilty of all when it comes to liberally applying faerie dust on vintage tribute and especially relic tribute models, and I don't see value in that. If I wanted a traditional Gibson LP, I'd love to have the Jimmy Page model, number 2 model, which had some neato coil splitting and phasing options, very rare when it was produced ('90s), slim taper neck, and looks great! But I don't feel the need to part with $6-$8K to get one, even though I could.

A used LP Classic Plus? Now we're finding some value. Anything I could ever want from a LP could start there, I'm not paying for special edition/vintage hype.

I totally agree with part of this. Honestly les pauls vary so much in specs, I can see someone getting an ESP or Edwards, an R8, a classic, or any number of them depending on the situation - IMO it's less about the money and more about finding the right specs in whatever budget you feel comfortable with

An Eii is easily as much as a standard, and an actual ESP is easily as much as an R8, so it isn't as much about that - at least not anymore. back in the day you used to be able to find used ones for a song, but since covid that definitely isn't the case

And speaking of LP Classics, that's my main squeeze the last year or so. I played it side by side with standards, customs, and an R9 and was blown away

 

[Uzi Nein Millimetah]

I totally agree with part of this. Honestly les pauls vary so much in specs, I can see someone getting an ESP or Edwards, an R8, a classic, or any number of them depending on the situation - IMO it's less about the money and more about finding the right specs in whatever budget you feel comfortable with

An Eii is easily as much as a standard, and an actual ESP is easily as much as an R8, so it isn't as much about that - at least not anymore. back in the day you used to be able to find used ones for a song, but since covid that definitely isn't the case

And speaking of LP Classics, that's my main squeeze the last year or so. I played it side by side with standards, customs, and an R9 and was blown away

The fundamentals are the body matls, neck and frets. If those are top shelf, anything else can be changed if needed.

 

[tallcoolone]

The fundamentals are the body matls, neck and frets. If those are top shelf, anything else can be changed if needed.

I totally agree with part of this. Honestly les pauls vary so much in specs, I can see someone getting an ESP or Edwards, an R8, a classic, or any number of them depending on the situation - IMO it's less about the money and more about finding the right specs in whatever budget you feel comfortable with

If you want a substantial neck you are forced to go high end Gibson.

 

[shar-vell Dan]

tom murphy & his lab of homo's is gHey
In 50+ yrs ive never had a guitar that got in a fight w/a set of keys or railroad spike or screw or [insert here].

 

[GearGasms]

This sounds awful. Please stop making videos.

Send your mom over and I'll do her OnlyFans vids for her instead?

 

[shar-vell Dan]