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Post by meanstreak on Jun 21, 2021 16:28:07 GMT -5
Super stoked, even if it cost $4700 lol!
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Post by welshylad on Jun 22, 2021 2:18:59 GMT -5
Bit of a piss take tbh. 99% of Oasis/NG fans won't be able to afford that
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Post by quantum on Jun 22, 2021 4:23:32 GMT -5
Bit of a piss take tbh. 99% of Oasis/NG fans won't be able to afford that Noel's all about getting his coin!
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Post by rorymcbride on Jun 22, 2021 4:32:42 GMT -5
Super stoked, even if it cost $4700 lol! Can I borrow £20?
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Post by morning_rain on Jun 22, 2021 4:45:01 GMT -5
I ordered 5.
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Post by rorymcbride on Jun 22, 2021 6:52:10 GMT -5
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Post by durk on Jun 22, 2021 7:27:00 GMT -5
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Post by Bellboy on Jun 22, 2021 7:47:48 GMT -5
Bit of a piss take tbh. 99% of Oasis/NG fans won't be able to afford that In this case I disagree mate. It is a lovey guitar and with the story and Gibson brand is worth that tbf
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Post by carlober on Jun 22, 2021 16:51:38 GMT -5
I would love to have it but I can't justify spending that sum on an acoustic. The price is not too far from non-signature Gibson high-end acoustic guitars though.
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Post by The Thieving Magpie on Jun 22, 2021 17:09:42 GMT -5
My big brother have Kurt Cobain's signature Jaguar. that has picture and Kurt's guitar tech interview book, I don't play guitars but Interesting read. so I'd like to read book, if there is.
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Post by meanstreak on Jun 23, 2021 18:40:02 GMT -5
Bit of a piss take tbh. 99% of Oasis/NG fans won't be able to afford that In this case I disagree mate. It is a lovey guitar and with the story and Gibson brand is worth that tbf Ya it's less than the Frank Hannon Dove ($5349) and the Orianthi J-200 ($5499) and the same price as the Sheryl Crow Country Western. Also less than the regular SJ-200.
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Post by welshylad on Jun 24, 2021 2:41:07 GMT -5
Well you lot must have more money than I have, I'd never fork out that for a guitar
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Post by quantum on Jun 24, 2021 2:49:56 GMT -5
In this case I disagree mate. It is a lovey guitar and with the story and Gibson brand is worth that tbf Ya it's less than the Frank Hannon Dove ($5349) and the Orianthi J-200 ($5499) and the same price as the Sheryl Crow Country Western. Also less than the regular SJ-200. Forgive my ignorance, but what's changes between a £300, £1,000 and £3,000 acoustic guitar? Is it the materials or the craftsmanship? I assume cheaper guitars are made by machines, and expensive made by hand?
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Post by welshylad on Jun 24, 2021 3:18:13 GMT -5
Just buy an Epiphone and put an Adidas sticker on it. Job done.
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Post by BasementGuitarist on Jun 24, 2021 11:11:01 GMT -5
Tried to purchase one 2 hours after it had been officially released and it was already out of stock! I'm jacked!!
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Post by frjdoasis on Jun 24, 2021 12:22:38 GMT -5
I would like to afford it, but I'm quite happy with my Harley Benton acoustic
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Post by meanstreak on Jun 24, 2021 16:19:24 GMT -5
Ya it's less than the Frank Hannon Dove ($5349) and the Orianthi J-200 ($5499) and the same price as the Sheryl Crow Country Western. Also less than the regular SJ-200. Forgive my ignorance, but what's changes between a £300, £1,000 and £3,000 acoustic guitar? Is it the materials or the craftsmanship? I assume cheaper guitars are made by machines, and expensive made by hand? Ya you're dead on with all of those things. First off is materials. When it comes to an acoustic guitar materials you have basically three categories - All laminate Solid top with laminate back & sides All solid wood Then there's the further sub categories, with solid high grade woods being the most expensive as well as the actual finish materials being another big dividing point. Then there's the factory, mass production style machine made stuff or the made mostly by hand in East Asia vs made entirely by hand and/or in the USA. As a general rule the more pricey the guitar the better it will sound and (maybe most importantly) the easier it is to play. There is a point of diminishing returns though of course and a really high quality, great sounding and easy playing guitar can be had for under $1000. Examples being several of the Epiphone Masterbilt series and the new Epiphone Inspired By Gibson series. (Gibson owns Epiphone and has always put out guitars of a similar design but made of less expensive materials and built in East Asia to keep costs down.) They are all fantastic guitars, made of all-solid woods and built by excellent craftsmen. They do use factory machines to cut most of the woods in a mass-production style, but many of the later steps are done by hand. I own five of the Masterbilts and have recently picked up an Inspired By Gibson Hummingbird. All of them sounds really good, and play really well too. The most expensive of the bunch being the Hummingbird and Masterbilt Fronteir that was $799. I'd argue that each of them sounds just as good as the much more expensive Gibson J-45 I have.
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Post by meanstreak on Jun 24, 2021 16:21:25 GMT -5
Just buy an Epiphone and put an Adidas sticker on it. Job done. Ya that was actually what I was planning on doing. Had decided to get the new Epiphone Inspired By Gibson J-200 but got a call from a buddy who works for Gibson with the heads up that one of the Noel guitars would be available in my city. I already have the old Noel signature Epiphone Supernova so decided to get crazy and get the Gibson to complete the set!
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Post by meanstreak on Jun 24, 2021 16:22:46 GMT -5
Tried to purchase one 2 hours after it had been officially released and it was already out of stock! I'm jacked!! Man check Reverb and eBay, I'm sure they'll start showing up there soon.
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Post by dampcottage on Jun 24, 2021 18:04:58 GMT -5
Forgive my ignorance, but what's changes between a £300, £1,000 and £3,000 acoustic guitar? Is it the materials or the craftsmanship? I assume cheaper guitars are made by machines, and expensive made by hand? Ya you're dead on with all of those things. First off is materials. When it comes to an acoustic guitar materials you have basically three categories - All laminate Solid top with laminate back & sides All solid wood Then there's the further sub categories, with solid high grade woods being the most expensive as well as the actual finish materials being another big dividing point. Then there's the factory, mass production style machine made stuff or the made mostly by hand in East Asia vs made entirely by hand and/or in the USA. As a general rule the more pricey the guitar the better it will sound and (maybe most importantly) the easier it is to play. There is a point of diminishing returns though of course and a really high quality, great sounding and easy playing guitar can be had for under $1000. Examples being several of the Epiphone Masterbilt series and the new Epiphone Inspired By Gibson series. (Gibson owns Epiphone and has always put out guitars of a similar design but made of less expensive materials and built in East Asia to keep costs down.) They are all fantastic guitars, made of all-solid woods and built by excellent craftsmen. They do use factory machines to cut most of the woods in a mass-production style, but many of the later steps are done by hand. I own five of the Masterbilts and have recently picked up an Inspired By Gibson Hummingbird. All of them sounds really good, and play really well too. The most expensive of the bunch being the Hummingbird and Masterbilt Fronteir that was $799. I'd argue that each of them sounds just as good as the much more expensive Gibson J-45 I have. I'd highly recommend checking out Lowden Guitars on YouTube for more information
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Post by Sadie on Jun 24, 2021 21:44:55 GMT -5
I can't even begin to tell you how jealous I am of the fact that you now own that beauty, enjoy it
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Post by quantum on Jun 25, 2021 7:24:41 GMT -5
Forgive my ignorance, but what's changes between a £300, £1,000 and £3,000 acoustic guitar? Is it the materials or the craftsmanship? I assume cheaper guitars are made by machines, and expensive made by hand? As a general rule the more pricey the guitar the better it will sound and (maybe most importantly) the easier it is to play. There is a point of diminishing returns though of course and a really high quality, great sounding and easy playing guitar can be had for under $1000. Thanks for the detailed info! I borrowed a friends (20 year old) Yamaha FG411 acoustic for a few months, and as a beginner don't find it easy to play. I think this is a ~$300 guitar, so would a $1,000 guitar be a lot or just a little easier?
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Post by Manualex on Jun 25, 2021 15:23:34 GMT -5
As a general rule the more pricey the guitar the better it will sound and (maybe most importantly) the easier it is to play. There is a point of diminishing returns though of course and a really high quality, great sounding and easy playing guitar can be had for under $1000. Thanks for the detailed info! I borrowed a friends (20 year old) Yamaha FG411 acoustic for a few months, and as a beginner don't find it easy to play. I think this is a ~$300 guitar, so would a $1,000 guitar be a lot or just a little easier? That depends on what you find confty to play, some people like to play with high action in their acoustic guitars, I don't. The gauge of strings also change a lot the feeling of What You play. Thats why you should try playing a guitar before buying them, you might buy a expensive one but if it isnt confty to you it will feel like a waste of money. Ofc you wouldnt have a chance to do that with these kinds of limited run guitar.
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Post by meanstreak on Jun 25, 2021 20:07:53 GMT -5
Thanks for the detailed info! I borrowed a friends (20 year old) Yamaha FG411 acoustic for a few months, and as a beginner don't find it easy to play. I think this is a ~$300 guitar, so would a $1,000 guitar be a lot or just a little easier? That depends on what you find confty to play, some people like to play with high action in their acoustic guitars, I don't. The gauge of strings also change a lot the feeling of What You play. Thats why you should try playing a guitar before buying them, you might buy a expensive one but if it isnt confty to you it will feel like a waste of money. Ofc you wouldnt have a chance to do that with these kinds of limited run guitar. That's a decent beginner guitar! But ya there's a good chance a higher end model will be a lot easier, but you can take any guitar to a shop and get a setup along with new strings, not sure what that would be in the UK these days but it's about $60 here plus the cost of strings. Typical acoustic strings are 12 gauge but you might find it easier on the fingers to get 10 gauge. A setup will get the neck relief correct and the action (string height off the fretboard) as low as possible so it's easier to play. These things go out of whack after a while, and often with the cheaper guitars they aren't setup at all from the factory.
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Post by yogurt on Jul 24, 2021 5:31:55 GMT -5
Beautiful guitar. I guess people will slag off the price and consider it unaffordable for most fans, but a non signature J-150 is way more than the average person would pay for a guitar too. So that’s just what it costs.
I do think it’s cool when artists work with the guitar company to name an affordable guitar fans can use, but Gibson isn’t that kind of company. Their prices have sky rocketed over time and they were always expensive anyway, especially for a good acoustic.
Plus these limited signatures by Gibson are made by completely analysing the original and being almost identically replicated by the best luthiers.
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