Inflation is insane. Les Paul’s used to cost $250 less than 50 years ago. They go for 10k today
Inflation is insane. Les Paul’s used to cost $250 less than 50 years ago. They go for 10k today
Are you okay, retard?
Bs … My friend bought one in 1973 and it was close to $800 then.
That picture was taken before the head stock broke off inexplicably.
There is no part of that boomer guitar that is worth 10k.
Made in America just mean made by brown people in America.
The rich, got richer and obviously the prices follow how much the top 1% has in their pocket, not what you can afford.
its not inflation, its a scarcity premium.
old shit will never be made again and the stuff breaks from time to time rendering it more scarce.
then you have ebay jews pushing up prices because why the fuck not?
a triple whammy.
basically inflation is just one third of the story.
i see synthesizers and samplers that went for 200, 10 years ago are going for 1000 now.
that said, not all of them.
some of the old shit is still cheap because demand is low
My 90s Gibson still sounds great. Bought it for ~1000€.
Generic pic from Google, get rekt glowies.
love their music
les Paul
Fender Strat, NIGGUH
Gibson tried to make affordable guitars again by releasing the Faded series. They made glossless Les Paul's, SG's, but they didn't sell well.
I got one of the SG's. It's great. I actually prefer the glossless look. I wish Gibson still made guitars without the gloss, I love natural wood finishes.
Still, there are great US made Fenders and Gibson for reasonable prices considering they retain their value very well and some of them skyrocket in value over time.
You can play one guitar for your entire life, so consider it an investment. Better to get one great guitar than multiple shitty guitars.
vaya con dios amigos
It would sound even better amplified. ;)
the LP i bought in the 90s was 1200 and change
I bought a ludwig snare 4-5 years and its 200 dollars more expensive already, all music equipment goes this way
no.
about ten years ago i bought a used 2004 Les Paul that was a reissue of the 1960 model and paid about $1200. love that guitar but it's mostly decorative now as life has busied up and responsibilities took over
Yes. I got a Mexican Strat for my 10th birthday in 2000, and it's still the only electric I've ever owned. It's perfect. I've only ever had to replace the input jack once and recently the original nut broke, so that got replaced with bone.
For my 40th bday I want to get a cherry red Japanese Jaguar though.
lighter
more versatile
better sound
stays in tune stock
input jack in better position
better necks
more interesting body design
looks better when patinaed.
Should I go on?
I want one of these. American Ultra II Meteora in Texas Tea color.
$2250
not owning a guitar that's been folded over 9999 times by a kensei luthier
No but seriously, prestige is boderline perfect.
My favorite Canadian rockin his Les Paul and making girls drop their panties.
that red body and mahogany head stock.
It just looks like a Strat knock off. The squared off body doesn't help. It could really use its own identity.
I'm sure it plays and sounds lovely though. I'm glad you're happy, anon. Lol
What
I hate women and Neil Young (except harvest moon) so much.
Les Paul’s used to cost $250 less than 50 years ago
In your pawn shop retro-wet dreams maybe.
That guitar is named after a genius guy who had his car-wreck mangled arm permanently set in a crooked position so he could keep PLAYING GUITAR...and yet he still invented multitrack recording.
so quityerbitchin about a few shekels and get back to the woodshed you cheap kike.
its a good album. i love that kind of dreamy 50's sound.
Generic pic from Google, get rekt glowies.
What do you mean by this?
Indeed, no one's fault but Gibson's their quality went to shit over a decade ago and never recovered.
There are plenty of quality clones. Guitar tone is mostly a meme anyway, and I can tell you what synth or drum machine was used on a record by hearing it.
You can also upgrade bits and pieces over time. Mexican Strats are good but the frets wear down so replace them.
T. Model train enthusiast
Old ones are expensive.
New ones range from 700-2500
Don’t care for his dumb politics but the old boy can play.
Young calls his Les Paul “Blackie” and here’s a work out. RIP David Crosby.
youtu.be
I remember being 15, retarded, and into guitar music.
I bought pic related for $1400 in 2020, today it costs $2250.
And don't fucking start with VST/software. It's a different and significantly inferior animal when it comes to making electronic music. One should either be a patrician when it comes to music or save everybody including yourself the time and stick to minecraft.
Does Bocchi the Anon Babble plays a Mexican Strat? yeah i didn't think so
Granpappy traded in his Oldsmobile on a used Mercedes with around 12k miles in early 1960s Miami Beach, so he could go be a big shot with the ladies at Jake LaMotta's nightclub
300SL price paid, with trade- $6000.
what's it worth now?
A new caddy like Jake's was under $5000.
but he said the beach babes were priceless
??? Maybe an Epiphone you could get for $250. Not an actual proper Gibson, unless damaged or second hand. I bought one back in like 2005ish and even then it was nearly $800.
Fair. I'm just being gay. lol
Like Mexican anything, it's good enough
This would look so much better with black pickups.
Being real though I'm glad the modern left wingers can't play music as well as the boomer counter culture movement. It would be insufferable. Lol
Lol no it fucking doesn't
There are 3 commercially available 101 clones not made by Roland
It's worth about a grand for nostalgiaheads
I can get a Behringer for 400
Too much black. Plus black pickups are soulless. They look like replacements because the original soil wasn't good enough.
You can get a $100 chink guitar that sounds the same. You’re paying for a label and if you’re lucky American (Mexican) labour
Better to get one great guitar than multiple shitty guitars.
Yes. I got a Mexican Strat, and it's still the only electric I've ever owned.
its a good album. i love that kind of dreamy 50's sound.
It has some kind of timeless ambience... almost from a parallel universe.
That dreamy, trippy sound that Les Paul got with his tape echo experiments is the first time effects like this were used on a hit record AFAIK
Do you have one?
man I want one of those but I've never played a synth before. can never decide if it's worth the money
That $100 chink guitar will fall to pieces after a year. The neck will warp, the frets will rust, the nut and bridge will be made of cheap plastic, the pick guard will peel off, and more.
Enjoy.
I don’t know anything about music but those look pretty sick anon, nice
What makes a guitar great, anon? You seem to know better than me.
For me it's
tone
action
personality
electronics
My Strat has the same tone and action as every $2000+ guitar I've played but it has a personality and expressive quality to it that really works for me.
The electronics were always shit which is why I had the input jack replaced and some wiring redone. But on the other points it is literally perfect. It's not that I can't buy a new guitar. It's just I have very little desire.
Nah, I only play Tylers
exactly. Even if the hardware, the pickups, the bridge, tuners etc are not good quality you can swap them out for whatever you want and then you have an actual guitar to what you want. And the frets will probably be stainless steel unlike $1k plus Gibson's which still shill to bommers thinking that only "vintage" is best. There is nothing wrong with treating yourself to a US made orr whatever instead of a copy. But let's not kid ourselves thinking it will play any better, they are all machined via a CNC, no one is hand carving those tops. Yes the finishing is done by hand. Ironically the chinks or other far eastern ones have invested in high quality machines and tooling and get consistent QC because it is now expected. Yes you can still get crappy copies that have faults, the thing is Gibson, Fender etc were selling that slop to it's customers for years and still do in some cases.
Most guitars are bad. There's a bunch of math and stuff that needs to be proper with them and the MFR's always do retarded shit that makes it impossible to set them up properly.
They do that, it's a design flaw, nothing about the headstock design or shape is good for the guitar.
Well most guitars are shit from an engineering perspective, regardless of price. They are equal temperament instruments and unless it has a compensated nut and the bridge radius matches the fret board radius, but I can take any guitar and make it play like a 2k+ model, but yeah you can walk into a guitar store and pick up a $3,500 axe and it'll have file marks, fucked up bridge setup and a nut nearly unplayable high out of the factory
Mathematically speaking at E standard with 10's you can get your action to ~1mm on every single guitar, if you can't get it that low without buzzing something is wrong