Wildwood guitars has gloss top CS GOld top JB for sale (Page 6 of 12)

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My plan is to be patient and wait to hear back from Joe.

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It appears that a few have sold. Probably by people who've seen this thread or similar threads on other forums wanting to grab one before they're possibly stopped, or as some have said that they've wanted a unaged JBLP and haven't been able to find one for sale.

Will these cheapen the original unaged JBLP's? In my opinion no, not really. First run will always be the first run. 2009/2010 was a banner time for the custom shop. They put out some of their best guitars using top grade woods during that time frame. This run doesn't impress me at all. But hey, if it floats your boat, go for it if you want a laminated swiss cheese guitar.

Even if Gibson-Wildwood were legally allowed to produce this run under a previous contract, I find it very distasteful/disrespectful that neither company asked for Joe's blessing, considering the favorable relationship they once shared.

Just my two cents.

Being in the construction business specifically paint contracting where I specialize in cabinet finishing. We build cabinets on the job and finish in place here. The maple you are talking about is two different species. The harder species is Sugar Maple. This was the standard Maple used until about 15 years ago and also what baseball bats are made of,  then it was replaced by Silver Maple.  Silver Maple is a much softer wood and may have dark grey streaks in it. It is graded stain grade which lacks the grey streaks or paint grade that contains some grey. Another softer maple the Red Maple is used in furniture and musical instruments is also softer than Sugar Maple and faster growing but does not contain the grey streaks.

Yes, they will probably sell all 40 of these Gloss editions.  After all, demand for Joe's Gold Top models is still really high from what I can see.  I know it still was a couple of years back when I started my hunt for one.

It looks like the Bonaburst editions aren't selling as well as they hoped.  Most people must be telling them "But I want Joe's Gold Top".  Result?  WW's marketing division decide to get a batch of Gold Tops made up and put them in their store.

Part of the reason for this disparity?  Possibly because Joe still plays his Gold Top prototype #1 on stage these days, and they feature heavily on his still popular RAH DVD.  To be fair, he also plays his Bonaburst, but this has been refinished and looks nothing like the ones on the Wildwood catalogue.

They may sell all 40...eventually, if all 40 are produced.  While there is a lot of love for Joe's GT, there's not much love out there for 2 piece fingerboards, especially at $4,300.  Weight-relieved will probably factor in as well. While a couple or three have been sold, they're not flying off the shelves.   Remember when a couple of the original JBLP GTs popped on their site a year ago or so, they weren't there for more than a couple of hours.  Only time will tell.

Re: Jimmy Page models - yes, good they didn't make more, however, they made 25 Murphy aged guitars signed by JP, 150 Murphy aged unsigned models, 870 Custom Authentic non-Murphy aged guitars produced, the run ran from 2004 to 2007, so there was good chance of getting at least a CA.

I think Joe has 2 BonaBursts, #52(?) was sent to HM and painted black for the BCC tour.  I think he still has original in BonaBurst.  Though I didn't see it on the Spring tour.

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I had higher hopes for Gibson in terms of communication. Or at least you could be noticing royalty checks coming in!
Goldtops are not even part of the live rig so much anymore. At least if Gibson is going to do a bonamassa run of les pauls, it should resemble a guitar used on the current tour, IMO. Magellan or Principle Skinner

I wonder if being held in the dark on this is going to affect your relationship with Gibson, not from Joe's end of J&R, but maybe Roy will reem them out. Interviews I've read with him are pretty hardcore from the business side of the Joe camp. Gibson has a good thing going with JB right now, and I'm very surprised something like this would happen without some kind of promotion, press release, or interview endorsement news from Joe. Gibson's marketing department seems to have dropped the ball, and their management never notified the endorsee? Craziness.

- Nic from Detroit... posting on JB's Forum since 6-2-2006
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Since 2010, Bonamassa fans have taken advantage of my JB friend discount = my cost + shipping.

It certainly seems that way.

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It just leaves me with a bad feeling of greed with this whole thing....pretty soon goldtops will overtake the world....one on every block...like a stop sign!