Gibson Rhoads Les Paul

[tonmazz]

I love this but holy shit look at the price!

http://www2.gibson.com/Products/Ele...bson-Custom/Randy-Rhoads-Les-Paul-Custom.aspx

 

[Mudder]

And what differentiates this guitar from any other LP custom? Other than the sig that is.

 

[tonmazz]

And what differentiates this guitar from any other LP custom? Other than the sig that is.

The Mojo... But your point is well taken.

 

[crwnedblasphemy]

There is no Mojo unless Randy himself played it.

 

[tonmazz]

There is no Mojo unless Randy himself played it.

Well I know I'm not getting my hands on that one!! At least not for $7000.

 

[Hard&Heavy]

I love Randy and les pauls just as much as anybody else,but those prices are just plain stupid!!!!!!!!

But it looks sweet

 

[Ventura]

Said it before and will say it again, signature models (that above and beyond "being" a Les Paul as such) do nothing for me... In fact, I avoid them always. I don't want some other guitarist's name, insignia, initials, or beat-to-shit road worn look on my ax - I'll do that myself thank you very much.

I have nothing but HUGE respect and admiration for the offerings of Randy Rhoads - he was the one cat that got me into guitar at such a young age - I thought he was incredible... To this day? I still think of him in the ranks of all guitar gods past and present. I just hope Gibson pays his surviving family some decent royalties for this blatant money grab.

Peace,
V.

 

[gibson08]

Def a cool lookin guitar, At those prices I will never be able to play one, but still cool. I am at least happy with the fact that they came up with a new pickup for that guitar, if it had a 500T I would have screamed. Randy was def a part in my history with guitar, and I would say he was that in most rock guitar players, I am glad to see tribute guitars and amps bearing his name, it brings back great memories.

 

[9ball]

gibsons are overpriced to begin with but that's just ridiculous.

 

[Jordon]

Lotta pissed off comments on that page.

 

[Shiny_Surface]

I'd get one if I had the cash

Most of these will be in collectors hands and not even played imo.

 

[gbsmusic]

I love Randy and les pauls just as much as anybody else,but those prices are just plain stupid!!!!!!!!

But it looks sweet

This is exactly what I was going to say!

 

[Deleted member 10619]

Lotta pissed off comments on that page.

Had a great laugh reading all the comments of the pissed off Gibson customers at Gibson's PUBLIC main site

 

[crankyrayhanky]

the specs look great, but I'm not a big fan of the color...or the price tag!

 

[Chubtone]

They show a pic of Randy with his Les Paul Custom in the slightly off white color that it had become by 1981 or 1982 and then show a pic of the Randy signature Les Paul in this very yellowed color that is what his guitar probably looks like today, 28 years after he stopped playing it. The color is a total fail.

 

[rupe]

Price is insane, but not as bad as the recent Jackson relic Rhoads ($12K).

I'd love to have one of these but I already enough RR fanboy furniture :

 

[lolzgreg]

^^^^^^^^^^

 

[charveldan]

Henry J. has to pay his flood insurance deductable somehow.

 

[Les Zombie]

Im shocked nobody mentioned that the price of 7k is msrp and not the prices dealers will sell it for, usually gibson dealers will take 40 to 45% off msrp, gibson has lots of markup in their products and always has. U should be able to get a vos version for around 4200 to 4500 if you know a decent dealer.

gc is asking 5k for the vos that has the 7k msrp, gc is asking 7k for aged version that has a mrsp of 9880.

Im glad they made the new pickup for this guitar, also has the volute on the neck and 3piece pancake body. I think they will sound better than half the guitars made in the 70s norlin era.

I dont want one but i think its a cool guitar.

 

[romanianreaper]

Once again, a guitar being made for cigar-smoking CEOs rather than real guitar players.

I think Kim Jong Il, the leader of North Korea, must have taken over operations at Gibson. There is no other way to explain the insanity over the past few years. The weird new guitar models, the chambered bodies, and the outrageously priced signature guitars. I just don't know what will come out next.