Comments on: Gibson Announces Limited Run Jeff Beck 1954 Les Paul Oxblood

By: Julian Karswell

Julian Karswell — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 20:30:41 +0000

I wouldn’t mind having a guitar that Jeff Beck played and signed. That in itself would be trey inspirational. I once got to play a Les Paul that had been one of Jimmy Pages, given as a gift to Trevor Rabin. Awesome enough that Trevor let me play it in the first place! But I swear I felt a lot of inspiration just holding the thing.

Sure it’s a lot of money but lots of people go through that much in dope in a few months so better to put it into a special axe and then play the heck out of it.

By: Buddy Davis

Buddy Davis — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 12:21:47 +0000

Type in Dick Wyzanski on internet go to his website Jeff Beck news bulletin#15 for real real story of oxblood les paul so you can find out Strings and Things took my solid black 54 les paul I traded them,had their craftsman Teddy Paige do it chocolate brown we called it(Jeff told me personally it was oxblood and he is an expert with paint colors being a hot rodder,we’ve been friends going on 40 years.)You will find out the story of Strings and Things SELLING it to him is INACCURATE!!!! and that I got it back from Charlie Lawing a then co-owner of the store after customer did not like it and I DID,and after having it back for weeks sold it to Jeff the day after seeing him play in Little Rock Ark.with BBA,when he called me on my home phone wanting to go look for a les paul to fatten up his 3 piece sound with BBA in front of a hot rod shop in Memphis after he saw nothing he wanted at S&T’s which I took him to or 2 other music stores after that.Don’t be afraid to find out the truth,please just do it then decide for yourself am I accurate or the person telling the story on S&T’s site. I’m 100% confident you’ll decide the correct answer.P.S. after seeing this bogus story on the S&T site for years and now all these other sites promoting the oxblood you would want the record set REALLY straight too if you were me. sincerely BUDDY DAVIS Memphis Tenn.

By: Cary

Cary — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 20:56:25 +0000

hahaha… so true, so true ;)

By: Tom L

Tom L — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 20:42:31 +0000

Ho hum….it’s a black Les Paul with humbuckers. I can get a black LP Studio for…oh, that’s right, about $1000. So I could have 8 of those guitars or one of these? Please, this is not even up for discussion.

By: GRIMM

GRIMM — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 18:32:12 +0000

True Josh, comparatively it’s not bad – and if I consider the total amount of money I’ve spent on gear and guitars over the years the price tag for a custom model isn’t that far out of reach. So maybe if I don’t make any more purchases in the next couple of years I can get me a Custom Shop LP! That cheered me up.

By: Josh

Josh — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 04:53:10 +0000

GRIMM, that’s really not a bad price for a custom Gibson. Most of their customs run above $5000, so this isn’t that bad a price comparatively. Especially considering the Fender’s that Cary mentioned. Regardless of price, this LP looks awesome! It’s too rich for my blood, but I’d love to have one of these.

By: GRIMM

GRIMM — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 21:25:58 +0000

Man I’m getting tired of all of these unaffordable artist models – I understand it’s business and if that’s what it takes to stay afloat in this economy I’ll go along with the program – so long as there are options for us “poor” people.

By: Stratoblogster

Stratoblogster — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 20:00:16 +0000

Whoa! How does this work? Isn’t JB married to Fender, with an Artist model there? Talk about having your cake and eating it too– there must be a great story behind how he’s managing to work both Gibson & Fender.

Good for Jeff!