check out this funny auction on ebay(making fun of gibson)

[bearkat16]

I got a good chuckle out of this one.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ABSURDLY-overpr...346834747QQcategoryZ47072QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

[vexed73]

that is funny.

 

[Silhouette]

Ambitious

 

[Pundix]

I got a good chuckle out of this one.

He certainly has some strong opinions. Back when I did collect guitars though it wasn't the boomers I saw at the shows driving the prices up. But that's another story for another time.

 

[Jimi D]

I came to those conclusions years ago, but I never really felt the need to try and spoil someone else's fun by blasting my opinion all over the 'net... Lets face it, as pasttimes go, guitar collecting is pretty harmless - no guitar collector's neighbor's kid ever slaughtered twenty of his classmates with a stolen Les Paul...

 

[dochep]

Dude's got way too much time on his hands. (He's right and all, but...way too much time...)

 

[dfrady]

I came to those conclusions years ago, but I never really felt the need to try and spoil someone else's fun by blasting my opinion all over the 'net... Lets face it, as pasttimes go, guitar collecting is pretty harmless - no guitar collector's neighbor's kid ever slaughtered twenty of his classmates with a stolen Les Paul...

+1

 

[tommyindelaware]

I came to those conclusions years ago, but I never really felt the need to try and spoil someone else's fun by blasting my opinion all over the 'net... Lets face it, as pasttimes go, guitar collecting is pretty harmless - no guitar collector's neighbor's kid ever slaughtered twenty of his classmates with a stolen Les Paul...

.....

 

[fogman]

Well I was going to buy it, but I didn't want to be made fun of!

 

[SteveB]

..I never really felt the need to try and spoil someone else's fun by blasting my opinion all over the 'net...

You mean the internet has other uses?

 

[hbucker]

For safety sake, everybody take a step back. He's about to collapse from the weight of that chip on his shoulder.

 

[SteveB]

Who, me?

I was actually agreeing with Jimi, and admitting my own guilt at the same time!

 

[hbucker]

I was talking about the eBay seller/ranter.

 

[nobozos]

I do kind of have to laugh at these "collector" guitars coming out of Gibson and Fender.

It's kind of like Hot Wheels. Back when we were all playing with them, we took them for granted. We left them in a sandbox in the backyard, ran over them with our lawn mowers, and stuck fire crackers in them to see what would happen. Now, those old Hot Wheels cars are worth in some cases 1000 percent more than they were when we bought them. Now, Hot Wheels is making "collector" series Hot Wheels cars, and collectors are buying them up because they think that they will be worth something, but they will never be worth the originals.

I think in order for something to be truely collectible, it has to be taken for granted for a number of years before the general public appreciates the beauty or functionality of it. Once it is sought after, the supply of that product must be such that the demand always outweighs the supply.

That's why I think that us EBMM owners are going to be some of the most envied guitar players down the road. We know what we've got, and EBMM doesn't crank out guitars like Gibson or Fender, so the supply will be taken up by........us.

The Relic and Historic series guitars are guitars pretending to be something great. EBMM guitars are guitars that ARE great.

 

[ripley]

I do kind of have to laugh at these "collector" guitars coming out of Gibson and Fender.

It's kind of like Hot Wheels. Back when we were all playing with them, we took them for granted. We left them in a sandbox in the backyard, ran over them with our lawn mowers, and stuck fire crackers in them to see what would happen. Now, those old Hot Wheels cars are worth in some cases 1000 percent more than they were when we bought them. Now, Hot Wheels is making "collector" series Hot Wheels cars, and collectors are buying them up because they think that they will be worth something, but they will never be worth the originals.

I think in order for something to be truely collectible, it has to be taken for granted for a number of years before the general public appreciates the beauty or functionality of it. Once it is sought after, the supply of that product must be such that the demand always outweighs the supply.

That's why I think that us EBMM owners are going to be some of the most envied guitar players down the road. We know what we've got, and EBMM doesn't crank out guitars like Gibson or Fender, so the supply will be taken up by........us.

The Relic and Historic series guitars are guitars pretending to be something great. EBMM guitars are guitars that ARE great.

+1.

 

[hbucker]

I think you make a good point with one exception.

I look at the historic reissues as collectable guitars for players. If you have a real '57 Les Paul gold top it's doubtful that you'd be willing to practice and gig with it. There's too much value there and you wouldn't want to screw that up.

But if you could have a new guitar that wasn't collectable but still matched the specs of the original '57, you'd really have something. A guitar that is sweet to play and you aren't screwing it up by playing it.

I agree though, the reissues will never be worth what they'r billed to be worth. Who knows what will be valuable in 40 years? I suspect it will be old guitars made from wood...

It's been said in several publications I've read that we are in the second golden age of guitar building. I do believe EBMM is one of the "mass production" companies in the heart of that second golden age.

 

[dan desy]

I came to those conclusions years ago, but I never really felt the need to try and spoil someone else's fun by blasting my opinion all over the 'net... Lets face it, as pasttimes go, guitar collecting is pretty harmless - no guitar collector's neighbor's kid ever slaughtered twenty of his classmates with a stolen Les Paul...

If someone ever decides to swing one of those 70's-LP-Custom-boat-anchors around, I bet they could take a few heads off!

 

[phatduckk]

Dude's got way too much time on his hands. (He's right and all, but...way too much time...)

LoL
+1