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BillyWizz

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http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/GIBSON-CUSTOM-SHOP-58-REISSUE-VOS-LES-PAUL-IN-TOBACCO_W0QQitemZ190198953569QQihZ009QQcategoryZ33040QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem


58 Re-issue VOS for ?1,650.00


Cheapest in the UK : ?2,499.99


Anyone spot the problem ?
 
'58s can be had for ?2000ish I think? It's still a great saving.

Why so cheap? :roll:
 
It does seem cheap, but you see Fender Custon Shop Strats on eBay for around ?1500 new, yet they are marked at ?2200/?2400 on the walls of most guitar shops.

Mike
 
I had a chat with the seller and he say's he buys in from the USA a couple at a time.


But even then, do the Math

One of those in the USA is around $3.099, (http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Gibson-Custom-Shop-1958-Les-Paul-Standard-Plain-Top-VOS-Electric-Guitar?sku=517980) even if he got a small discount and hid it from UK Customs, he is only making a few quid a guitar ?

So he must be A: Getting them cheaper then $3k and have a cast iron way of avoiding UK customs and VAT.


I have noticed a few VOS appearing on ebay since late last year at around this price.
 
I could have spotted one problem perhaps ...

The TRC is too far away from the nut / fretboard ...

TRCtoowide.jpg


This the headstock with the TRC of my Gibbo Classic ...

Gib5.jpg


Roger
 
BillyWizz said:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/GIBSON-CUSTOM-SHOP-58-REISSUE-VOS-LES-PAUL-IN-TOBACCO_W0QQitemZ190198953569QQihZ009QQcategoryZ33040QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem


58 Re-issue VOS for ?1,650.00


Cheapest in the UK : ?2,499.99


Anyone spot the problem ?


Guys...........

It's a genuine Gibson Custom Shop 1958 reissue from 2007

VOS (Vintage Original Spec) finish (not all gloss but kinda flat ) in faded tabacco sunburst

The serial# is 8-71354.........means

R8 in 2007 and 1354th in 2007.............


It's a fantastic guitar, with a fantastic price, that's all, and it's a Gibson Made in the USA,

Mick
(Gibson God...also) 8)
 

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