Gibson Guitars Deals & Offers

doug and pat

i would suggest the change in wiring from the start to the end of the signal effects the sound. as for playability, with so much variety in the various sizes of the various body parts involved in playing the guitar trying to buy one without holding it, that is online, becomes a bit of a mostly miss situation. on youtube there are a couple of old american longhairs who compare gibson guitars from the various era's and play them through different amps. even though we get signal compression variation in sound is evident.

For a guitar, the sound is basically down to how the amp interprets the electrical signal from the pickup. If it's nice to play, it's trivial to buy some nice sounding pick ups and a nice sounding amp, but finding a guitar that *plays* well is much more difficult.

Sound plays a part too

personally, i couldn't care less where the components are from - i'm more interested in the level of quality control and finish. hell, i used to own a gibson les paul gothic - but i sold it and bought a cort z44, and imo it's a vastly better guitar for a fraction of the price. unless you're looking to sell guitars on down the line, just find one that's nice to play and forget the label on the headstock.

Avoid. Cheap and nasty. The Yamaha's are the only decent guitars that Argos sell. As for epiphone, very hit and miss on quality control. Don't buy epiphone online, you really need to check them for yourself.

I get a weird vibe from that video. Like the guy has just casually murdered his wife and she's lying mangled behind the camera.

A video of the guitar and amp in action here for you guys

Think you would be better off with the Epiphone set for only £20 more.. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Epiphone-PPEG-EGL1EBCH1-UK-Paul-Player-Pack/dp/B00KNR9P60/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_267_t_2?_encoding=UTF8&refRID=FZG4Y9H7RPWMHQ4AS8Q8&th=1 Better guitar, better amp, includes a tuner and bag for guitar. Not that I am saying either will sound great (always the amps that let these sets down). Also while we are nit picking, how can it have a 3 way pick up selector switch with only one pick up? It appears to be an invisible one anyway.

Late to the party, but guessing this is no longer stocked if the link doesn't work?

Amazingly cheap for a USA Gibson, it looks like the '57 Classic pickups alone retail at £80 each. Good find!

I gave in and bought one. GAK are now including a free pack of Elixir strings to boot. I play mostly rock and blues and this thing really surprised me. It's just perfect for both. The neck is a joy to use. I usually like thick necks and this is kinda in between. Fills your hand and it tends to make me play more accurately when playing lead - no doubt because it is asymmetric. The pickups are a great match for the body and tone woods. Thick smoldering tones with nice articulation when playing lightly and a fat punch when you dig in. I also noticed how the whole guitar resonates when playing. You can really feel the head stock vibrating when tuning which is a good sign. The tuners are really accurate and feel stable. A very expressive instrument. I know a good guitar when I play one for the simple reason that I can't put it down once I start playing. I have been playing for 24 years and I own 14 electrics ranging from Custom shop Gibson Les Paul's to vintage strats and in my opinion this is a GREAT player. Sometimes the tone from a Les Paul is just too much and the tone from a Strat is just too little and too familiar.. and that's when something like this just fits the bill. If I had to sum up the tone in one word it would be 'smoldering'

I would put just one normal tuning peg on it .

Never played a Gibson SG, but the other half said no more guitars....

Actually I prefer yours to the 2017 model, since it has Burstbucker Pro pickups :-)

I am pretty happy with it. Doesn't seem to be bad quality at all. The only issue i have had is the fret board seems to dry out faster than my other guitars but apart from that it's good. Mine is a 2016 model, hence the block inlays

Roger that. The store is in Blackburn, and Reidys are reputable. Well worth the trip for those interested in this guitar. Would also allow £20-30 for a setup. Shouldn't have to really, but I think that's true of most guitars in this bracket right now. Maybe Reidys would do a basic setup as goodwill. Another £80 for a hardcase if it's going out the house at all. Just bought a Schecter otherwise I'd consider it. Price is great for a fine example.

Must....have. Food and rent is over rated.

Yes you are right. I've had problems with their QC in the past when ordering on-line. So I would advise people to go to the store and try a few before buying.

Still on.

Love it!

Nice find, looks great!

Now I've had time to play about with it I have to say that this is a fantastic guitar for the money. Very easy to play and the p90s sound fantastic. A real quality instrument.

It arrived.

Seems this company's Amazon Marketplace has been hacked. I have an order outstanding and I cannot get in tough with the seller as I get this reply from Amazon. eMailadress closed due to Amazon Hack ------------- Begin message ------------- Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist aus Sicherheitsgründen nicht mehr erreichbar. This e-mail address is no longer available for security reasons. ------------- End message -------------

DO NOT BUY FROM THIS SELLER Herzallerliebst Baby- & Geschenkeboutique This is a fake company. I have just been done over £900 for a Les Paul advertised on Amazon Marketplace. Automatic Email response saying 'Shut down due to hack' no response. Goods at crazy cheap prices, too good to be true. PLEASE DONT BE A FOOL LIKE ME. DO NOT BUY FROM THIS SELLER!

True Re then slipping strings I used a Mustang bridge on my Jag and it's golden. I've to many guitars and these are the easiest of all to play.

Of which only 4 are positive. About Herzallerliebst Baby- & Geschenkeboutique Welcome by HERZALLERLIEBST. We're a little webshop in Vienna, Austria. We sell wonderful gifts (December Diamonds Mermen, Mermaids and Funny Animals) and children clothes (from the German Brand STEIFF, from the Canadian Brand HATLEY...). We have more articles on our German Amazon Site. And we have a nice Facebook-Site: herzallerliebstShop.

Also hours of fun trying to keep it in tune and stopping the strings popping off the bridge (depending on bridge) I'd never suggest one to a beginner, though they are nice guitars. For someone starting out you want reliable, cheap and playable out of the box

all gone. :)

Heritage Cherry is 'in stock' for the same price.

People must be sniping from the bushes on these now only 12 left.

Just get an Epiphone Les Paul Standard. The build quality is superb and they only cost about £300.

​ In fact this is where I got it, looks like they're re still trying to sell it.:-D http://www.guitarguitar.co.uk/electric_guitars_detail.asp?stock=12111614593758

​http://www.gibson.com/Products/Electric-Guitars/SG/Gibson-USA/SG-50s-Tribute.aspx This is the one I bought.

​They did, shame it was such poor build, see my post. http://www.gibson.com/Products/Electric-Guitars/SG/Gibson-USA/SG-Special-60s-Tribute.aspx

Just playing around with my bright red 1965 Hofner Super Solid 3 in original condition which emerges from the back of the wardrobe every now and then when the missus is out. They certainly don't make them like this anymore and so, after all the quality comments, think I'll give this current Gibson offer a miss. Now how does Sultans of Swing go again.......?

Beautiful 8)

Nice price for this model, aching to play Thunderstruck on it!

Good price for a Standard, usually a deal ticket price is about £100 more than this. though you can get it down a bit by paying cash, this price so early in the model year is pretty good. Amazon also offer interest free monthly payments on Gibson at the moment, Heat added. No sign of any deals on 2016 LP standards :(

You are not a nice person

I've never read so much miss informed tosh about guitars than this thread. It's actually worse than the computer threads. Any guitar has the potential for headstock breaks, true sg's are notorious for it. Just don't drop the bloody guitar neck down wether it's a strat,tele,scarf jointed super strat. Well said the guy who mentioned the common fault with plates :-)

Shenanagins The pickups are extremely versatile and you could retrofit Seymour p90 sized humbuckers

I went for the 'used good condition' from the Amazon warehouse. £423 with a 30 day returns.

Shame you couldn't afford a nice keyboard, the one you're typing on makes you appear out of it.

Have to say, guitarguitar CS is spot on. Offered me a replacement which would be setup by their luthier, a few sets of strings and sent down to swap with the current one. I thanked them, but declined, I'll stick with the Epi. From that, I'll probably use them again.

Reading about Gibson, seems their quality has slipped. Appears it's a little hit and miss. It the fact that they charge £700 for this, yet my £300 Epiphone LP looks more like the £700 guitar. Hope you enjoy yours? I'm too ocd to live with it, even at that price.

Same here with my 50s Cherry, well happy

Just like to say ... got my 70s SG in sunburst. No obvious defects. Well happy.

Just wanted to feedback on the SG 50s in ebony I bought from this deal. It's going straight back. Quality is awful. Ding in the face of the body, looks post paint, so poor QA from Gibson. Headstock top edge had paint chips all along, again, this looks like poor QA. Where the fret board meets the neck, it's not flush at all, looks very poor. Also the P90 bridge is scarily loose, but maybe that's how it should be? All in all, if this is what Gibsons are like, I'll stick with Epiphone, my Les Paul standard looks amazing compared to this.

Still no sign of the sub £1049 Les Paul Standards you so confidently predicted..........

And when might this happen ?

They will go cheaper, the 2015 models are meant to be Gibson's worst seller yet so there will be lots of stock to shift and most already already going for the superior 2016 instead.

​The deluxe 2015 Gold Top is only £819.99 at the moment.

All sold out. Went in minutes. Kind of relieved because I was about to hurt my credit card again. Thanks for the heat, all those people that know their guitars. Please expire.

is that full size??

​which includes a hard case !!!

I managed to get a Gibson les Paul junior for 284 pounds delivered from amazon . This was at 6.30 am this morning .

The main thing that puts me off (aside from price tag) is the worry that I'd be spending a fortune on a lemon that I could never sell again if needed (or for far less than anything around its era) A shame really as the problems seem to be largely cosmetic. I've seen some unhappy about the fret widening but the general craft work on the 2015's appears to be top notch

I know people are gonna have a slight whinge about the newer models and the G Force tuner, but a brand new SG for £649 is the cheapest I think I've ever seen Gibson SG Standard

and you work in this industry and you don't think these are ****? and how exactly am I talking crap?

they have to worse quality control and if your lucky you get something which is playable. my advice spend that cash on a far eastern built guitar and you will get a better instrument.

I own a guitar store, have been playing for 25 years and repair and restore guitars. enough to have an opinion in your book?

As do I and you're talking crap pal.

cort make guitars for many of the big names in the business (ibanez, for example, don't even have a factory of their own - i read somewhere that they make around 30% of the new guitars for sale worldwide in their factories, and barely any of them carry the cort brand), so i think they're just genuinely well made guitars. i'll certainly never trade mine in for anything else i've played since i bought my z44 - she's a keeper. and yeah, i have a couple of professional guitarist friends, and they loved it (albeit they're death-metal shredder types, so my tobacco burst singlecut just wouldn't work on stage, apparently).

You can't tell the time?

Very good price. These models tend to go for £180-£200 used on ebay/gumtree.

£218 if you check the other sellers and quidco if you go to the woodbrass site.................in other sellers

I have an odd thing about guitars, I don't play yet I really really want to buy them. Similar to my love of watches. :)

£299

Boasting about what gear you've bought doesn't prove your experience as a good guitarist - only an unhealthy attitude. I think it would be more just to say: "buy whatever guitar you want, as long as it aspires you to play." My relationship with my Pacifica 012 hasn't been great as my personal feeling towards the guitar is that it's a little boring and a little ugly, which did damaged my interest when starting to play.

This does remind me of a story in Guitarist magazine. Some guy had saved up for many years to finally buy a beautiful 2 grand PRS superstrat. While admiring it when he finally got it home he thought to himself..."I wish I'd learned to play the guitar before I bought this!" :D

Axes down guys, nothing like bedrocker aficionados, read some reviews, watched some experts on YT and think they know it all. Music is about FUN

I agree that it is the individuals choice and budget constraints that dictate that choice, but with the budget available the OP has made a good choice IMHO, and you will never struggle to sell a quality instument like an Epiphone for a decent price, and with a better quality guitar to start with, you will not be looking to upgrade it so soon when you do progress.

At the end of the day it's up to the individual as how much they want to spend. If, as many they decide the guitar is not for them this perticular guitar will be hard to shift and definately sell for way less than new price. If they dont want to take advice then that's fine. Maybe we'll see them on Guitar Star but I doubt it? :D

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We have a 1990's Mexican Fender Strat too and this is a different sound - fuller, warmer, jazzier. Very different guitars, but I don't think most people will disappointed with it for £219. There are several reviews and demos on You Tube for those who want to hear how it sounds,

Very nice. I recently bought a hard case for a Gretsch for £109 - just the case. So this piece of kit - mahogany set net, mahogany body with flame maple top, Epiphone Buckers with split coils, Grover tuners? Bargain! Not my sort of thing, but a real bargain.

Yes I saw it to on hotukdeals looks nice but does it sound and play nice, I'm used to my fender strat

Been posted at least twice before. We bought one a while ago and can recommended it - quality build and very nice warm, jazzy tone. Perhaps a bit heavy for a younger player or learner but very good value. The case is quite decent too.

Free hard case included! I Wouldnt say fender are low end though!

I love January for guitar shopping. My 5 degrees added.

Some US made Gibsons can justifiably over-priced and a very few have quality problems that leave them languishing unsold, but they are never low end. Epiphone make some decent standard instruments as well as a couple of low end ones like the LP100. Fenders don't put their name on anything low end, including the Mexicans guitars. Consistently good stuff coming out of Ensenada.

I wouldn't rate either of those as low end. There's a reverse snobbery in the guitar world that makes that statement sound somewhat unfounded.

Low end guitar like an Epiphone or a Fender oO

Yes he does he has his own band.

If youve not played much in 20 years then I see no point in wasting even more money on a hobbie that clearly you have little interest in. The guitar doesnt make the player...its the other way round.

damn this site costs me a fortune. I've had an approx £200-250 ish guitar (at a guess - a Fenix TC20) since the early 90s....rarely get chance to play it despite always wanting to....so tempting to finally pick up something decent....and of course for Rocksmith :)

Great guitar, great price hate the shop. Spent over £2000 there once, they wouldn't even throw in a strap or string! Silly really, spent the same 6 months later but went somewhere else. Voting hot anyhow!

He plays it well then!