Gibson Billy Gibbons Pearly Gates
It has arrived. The Gibson Billy Gibbons Pearly Gates Limited Edition Les Paul Standard (or as I like to call it - GB GP GLELPS for short lol) is now available.
Sure, it's another relic'd guitar. But this is one I want. i mean, FFS, it's Billy Gibbons. Sure its probably going to cost about $8000, and at least you have the option to go with a non-relic'd version, which is a good thing.
EDIT - ok Gibson,. This is a fucking joke. When I put that price up before, I was kidding. Exaggerating. Obviously not enough. Here are the released prices:
Billy Gibbons Burst
Aged by Tom Murphy, Signed by Billy Gibbons
$25,882
Billy Gibbons Burst
Aged by Tom Murphy
$15,294
Billy Gibbons Burst
Vintage Original Spec
$11,176
If you want to know why I think relics should die, now you know why. You now pay a different price depending on who fucks up the finish????
Gibson... this is possibly the final straw. You have broken my heart and spirit one too many times with this. Lets have a look at some of the comments on the actual product page on the Gibson site:
Welcome to Gibson's Theater of the Absurd!!! I'm speechless
"Now you can own it" ??? WHO ??? collectors who will never use it ??? not the average working musician you need to revamp your prices other wise you will price your company right outa business !!! unbelievable
I'm a 51 year old Detroit autoworker who only made a tiny fraction of what the press and the Repuiblicans said I was making. I was only making $14.40/hr at Ford. Not $28 or $70! Because of southern Republican lies, I'm out of work. Now Gibson (from Tennessee y'all) keeps rubbing these damn $15k guitars in my face! Who cares if this guitar is pretty y'all? Y'all gotta realize elitist jerks like y'all caused the worst recession since 1929, y'all, and y'll gotta realize that y'all can't squeeze blood out of a turnip, y'all.
10k for a signature ? Should throw in a hooker for that amount or at least a meet & greet , how about some coupons , Hah!
You've got to be kidding. 11K to 25K???? $500 in wood and wire. Obscene scam artists selling their only decent guitars to lawyers and dentists. What about the guys who actually play. You know....musicians. We got no bread.
Looks like I'm not alone....
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 GIBSON CUSTOM 1959 LES PAUL PEARLY GATES BILLY GIBBONS  US $9,500.00
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 Gibson Les Paul Billy Gibbons Pearly Gates Aged Signed US $49,999.99
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You are a stupid fool thats why you are out of work at 51. If you had educated yourself and looked into the future when you were 20 you wouldnt be in this situation and you could buy that Pearly, if you chose to do so. Dont blame anyone but yourself for the choices you made in your life. I made a damn hard choice and left behind a promising career doing what i love to take care of my family. 15years in school and a hell of alot of hard work later im still fighting to get ahead…. but i have self respect and i can pay my bills!
Hey carmaker dude! Lay off the insulting “ya’ll” crap! A bunch of us Southern guitar players think Gibson’s prices are outrageous, too. Keep in mind that Gibson may have a factory in Nashville, but they are still a Yankee company so start complaining in your own back yard. If you want almost Gibson quality for a lot less, buy an Epiphone. ( Les Paul called Epiphones “damn fine guitars”.) If that don’t work for you, buy a Fender or an Ibanez. But if you think all southern guitar players are rich Gibson owners, you need to think again and get out more!