Posted on 08-10-2009 03:08:22
Lol, nice one Veeman that didn't take long.
Reeltarded, the posterior of my neighbour's dog is available for your tender ministrations at your soonest convenience. Have at it, with my compliments.
And as a final thought, who entrusts the sale of a guitar priced at $80k to an e-merchant rated at less than 100%? Is the fact of being in a global recession supposed to make us even
more careless with our money?
It's a crazy world out there...
Posted on 07-10-2009 15:40:15
I like this one best of the limited Japan-only models that Gibson have introduced recently.
Can't help thinking though that it again looks a bit 'cheap' in its general finish and appointments. Nickel hardware with p/up covers would have been nice, as would neck binding and perhaps some different inlays.
Generally a thumbs up from me though. I think it will do quite well on the Japanese market.
Posted on 07-10-2009 15:28:41
Firstly, don't you think that prototypes such as the Futura are more deserving of the accolade of 'rarest Gibson ever'? Or perhaps the elusive transitional split-headstock Explorers? It's ridiculous to apply the description to a model which features a standard production body shape. The sale item is absurdly overpriced.
Secondly:
mint:
unused or appearing to be newly made and never used.
The seller needs to get a grasp of English and tailor his hyperbole accordingly.
And thirdly: this is a board comprised of a small and friendly community who share useful information and look out for one another. Bringing that kind of attitude to the table will win you no friends here.
Posted on 19-09-2009 20:50:37
What we have here is a seller who's happy to mislabel his merchandise.
He calls the guitar DEAD MINT and then goes on to admit it has dings and the finish is 'crazed'. Closer inspection of the pics shows it to be heavily worn, with severe chipping and scuffs evident. Anything but DEAD MINT in fact - it's an abuse of the term to use it in describing this guitar. DEAD MINT is factory fresh/unplayed, nothing less.
Also - 'RAREST GIBSON EVER'. ??? Has he never heard of the original Futura? The '58 Moderne?
Impossible to trust anything that this seller says, I'm afraid. I wouldn't go near it at a fraction of his price.
Posted on 10-09-2009 08:25:28
Wow. Gibson really don't know what to do with the V, do they?
First the Tribal V, now the 'Star Ray V'. Yuk
Posted on 25-08-2009 16:27:56
Lovely guitar.
Bit naughty to list it as 'new' though, as I happen to know it's had at least three owners.
You can see it's a used example anyway from the pic of the tuning posts - Gibson never issues factory guitars with that much excess string length.
Shouldn't really list a guitar as new unless it's unplayed.
Posted on 25-08-2009 16:26:32
Lovely guitar.
Bit naughty to list it as 'new' though, as I happen to know it's had at least three owners.
You can see it's a used example anyway from the pic of the tuning posts - Gibson never issues factory guitars with that much excess string length. So it's obviously been played.
Shouldn't really list a guitar as new unless it's in unplayed condition.
Posted on 03-08-2009 05:38:55
Shame it's not in nicer condition - these are lovely guitars and seem to be quite rare now. I don't think Gibson have made any since late '07/early '08. They replaced it with a gun metal grey one for '09.
Odd that the owner (or original owner) has swapped out the truss rod cover. The original tr covers were plain black with no text.
