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I could swear that I posted here about my JBLP, but I don't see it, so I'll add the info now. I have 119! Signed by Joe at the Cleveland Ohio House of Blues ( and what a trip that was as the HOB does NOT want to let you in with a guitar.) Number 119 lives with me in Valley City Ohio USA. Best sounding LP I have ever played. Now I want a blue one.:P
I could swear that I posted here about my JBLP, but I don't see it, so I'll add the info now. I have 119! Signed by Joe at the Cleveland Ohio House of Blues ( and what a trip that was as the HOB does NOT want to let you in with a guitar.) Number 119 lives with me in Valley City Ohio USA. Best sounding LP I have ever played. Now I want a blue one.:P
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Tom #275
This is now updated ..... OCTOBER 16th 2009
The Joe Bonamassa Signature Les Paul List
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Prototype Joe Bonamassa California USA
# 001 Joe Bonamassa California USA
# 002 Len Bonamassa New York USA
# 003 Roy Weisman Florida USA
# 005 Michael Lynch Kent England
# 019 Richard Bowers Kansas City USA
# 024 RICJunkie New York USA
# 026 Li'l Eddie Seattle WA USA
# 027 JBLP27 NW Arkansas USA
# 028 Guitar Center Arlington Hts IL USA
# 036 Spider New York USA
# 038 Jim Moody Oklahoma USA
# 039 Wolf Amarillo, TX USA
# 043 Pete59 Holmes Chapel England
# 044 Clint London England
# 051 RikEmmettFan Las Vegas USA
# 052 Joe Bonamassa California USA
# 054 arcguitaro USA
# 056 padreloco Phoenix AZ USA
# 065 Matt Portadown Northern Ireland
# 072 David Robinson Newnan GA USA
# 075 Bizzer Dayton, OH USA
# 077 SwingKing64 Seattle, WA USA
# 082 Stevi Rewers Denmark
# 083 Eltriodelsaco Spain
# 094 CaryDad Cary, Illionois USA
# 098 Adam Leeds England
# 099 Don Ritter USA
# 102 JBLP102 Northern VA USA
# 115 Michele "Crazy Italy" Florence Italy
# 119 ohiorick Valley City OH USA
# 124 Scott Browning Bristol England
# 125 Jackson Music New York USA
# 126 Pierre Kasprzyk Belguim
# 140 Alex Bolte Germany
# 145 Wolf Amarillo, TX USA
# 152 Guitar Shop Verona Italy
# 155 wharris Ridgeland MS USA
# 157 Vim Norway
# 174 Tim V Oakley, CA USA
# 178 Giles D Southport England
# 180 Ed Van Zijl
# 184 Pattyluvsjoe Indianola,Iowa USA
# 203 Billion81 Newport Beach CA USA
# 207 Kevin Shirley California USA
# 214 Mica Spain
# 222 Knotins USA
# 242 Matt
# 251 RikEmmettFan Las Vegas USA
# 255 Wildwood Guitars Louisville CO USA
# 256 Daveschutt N Carolina USA
# 258 MisterLee Missouri USA
# 259 North California USA
# 261 Mike Seattle WA USA
# 263 Steve Costello Ontario Canada
# 264 Brian Bilski Chicago Illinois USA
# 265 Michael Alabama USA
# 266 Pete59 Holmes Chapel England
# 267 BostonGuitar USA
# 268 Puppetz323 USA
# 269 Ryan Coleman New Jersey NY USA
# 270 Ryan Coleman New Jersey NY USA
# 275 T mcguire Montana USA
# ??? Guitars of America USA
# ??? Keith Urban USA
# ??? Lewis Hamilton England
....................... Michael
All very lucky people Michael! 
Well, except for the top four, those three guys paid for it in a different way. 
Roy
#44 currently on ebay for sale.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Gibson-Les-Paul-A … 0446942607
Alex
I stopped at Jackson Music today. #125 has been sold. Hopefully the new owner will find his/her way here.
The RAH DVD lists JBLP #180 as courtesy of Ed Van Zijl.
A blue one has made it to the UK - 276. Bought by a colleague of mine at work via Guitar Village. He reads these forums and I will try to persuade him to register and supply more detail. Hopefully I will get a chance to photo my two and his one in the same room. i.e. Aged, Un-aged and Blue all in a line:-)
Pete
# 203 (aged/relic'd) here. Bought it off a ebay seller for 3200 (I think that's what I payed)
swapped out the poly saddles though.
Newport Beach, CA
Was it new for 3200 because there's another one on ebay us right now and i would love to buy it but it is buy now at 3800 which seems too much, am i wrong?
How much should sell a new one?
I'm not certain what the street price over in the states is
but here in germany its (with the current exchange rate) more than 5000$.
And thats already cheaper than a couple months back (around 6000$)
If I were you and i'd have the cash then for sweet suffering Murphy go for it!
Otherwise you can email the seller and offer him whatever you are willing to pay.
You cannot go wrong with a JBLP. Its getting harder in the future to get one as they'll
get more rare. Also you have a collectors item, one of Joes children.
and you are member of an exclusive owners club 
Just kidding, its a great sounding and playing guitar.
I never regret the buy and play it on every gig. Full recommendation.
Alex
Was it new for 3200 because there's another one on ebay us right now and i would love to buy it but it is buy now at 3800 which seems too much, am i wrong?
How much should sell a new one?
Mine was technically used but it had factory strings and all the case candy was in tact including the pickup selector knob and picks were in their plastic wrapping.
I thought $3200 was alot....until I played it. Mine is a heavy relic which is the only way I would buy this thing. The spanky new ones are too pristine.
There's one on TGP right now for $3,200.00 which might be the same one on Ebay. Funny, last week or two there were none of these guitars listed anywhere, Ebay, music stores..NONE.
I bought this thing to play not to collect so....The neck is huge which I Love. The poly saddles are **## though but you can judge that for yourself. If you can, play a Large neck '59 to see if you like it.
Anyway- I'm with Stratovari- offer whatever you want. $3,800 is a bit too much. Offer $3,200.00 and see what happens. Still, if you really want it, Pay for it. That's the way I see it.
Either way- it's an insane guitar. I think there are better pickups than the BBII and BBIIIs as they are waaay powerful but for you die hard JB fans this thing rips. I like Joe a ton but he plays with a bit more gain than I tend to dig on. Some Sakashtas or Godwoods will do the trick.
Best of luck
JBLP #56 Purchased new for $3400 from an eBay Seller earlier this year.
Nice checking and aging. Tone to die for and Sustain for ages through my Egnater Tourmaster.
Phoenix, AZ
amused wrote:Was it new for 3200 because there's another one on ebay us right now and i would love to buy it but it is buy now at 3800 which seems too much, am i wrong?
How much should sell a new one?
Mine was technically used but it had factory strings and all the case candy was in tact including the pickup selector knob and picks were in their plastic wrapping.
I thought $3200 was alot....until I played it. Mine is a heavy relic which is the only way I would buy this thing. The spanky new ones are too pristine.
There's one on TGP right now for $3,200.00 which might be the same one on Ebay. Funny, last week or two there were none of these guitars listed anywhere, Ebay, music stores..NONE.
I bought this thing to play not to collect so....The neck is huge which I Love. The poly saddles are **## though but you can judge that for yourself. If you can, play a Large neck '59 to see if you like it.
Anyway- I'm with Stratovari- offer whatever you want. $3,800 is a bit too much. Offer $3,200.00 and see what happens. Still, if you really want it, Pay for it. That's the way I see it.
Either way- it's an insane guitar. I think there are better pickups than the BBII and BBIIIs as they are waaay powerful but for you die hard JB fans this thing rips. I like Joe a ton but he plays with a bit more gain than I tend to dig on. Some Sakashtas or Godwoods will do the trick.
Best of luck
Thanks a lot for your advices ... i appreciate a lot, and especially i hadn't see this one on TGP, i 've just send an offer on this one, i'll see what happens ...
The seller changed the pickups for motor cycle black belt in neck and a wolfe... in the ohter position, i think it is a more vintage type tone which i personaly doesn't dig so much, i would prefer the modern high gain tone of the original humbucker i guess ... but i may change my opinion trying the guiar so ...
About the neck i will try to find a 59 profile if i can but i remeber playing one LP that had a really big neck and well it was not the most confortable for me but still i could accomodate to it ... and in the least case if i buy one and really can't play the guitar, i would not sale, i would rather pay a luthier to work on it ... what do you think?
Street price in the US was around $4500. but many dealers discounted it by quite a bit while others held to the $4500 figure.
I can't understand why anyone would buy a JBLP and try to improve upon it. I mean COME ON FOLKS! The guitar was built to Joe's specs! He owns 3 of them and plays one or more on every gig. I mean if you buy one and it doesn't suit your needs, please consider selling it to someone who appreciates it for what it is: One of 298 (that Joe doesn't own)! Swapping out pickups probably won't destroy the collector's value (as long as the originals are kept with it) but shaving down the neck? (shudders). If you're going to do that then just get an R0 and I'm sure that Joe would happily sign that if you asked him.
Street price in the US was around $4500. but many dealers discounted it by quite a bit while others held to the $4500 figure.
I can't understand why anyone would buy a JBLP and try to improve upon it. I mean COME ON FOLKS! The guitar was built to Joe's specs! He owns 3 of them and plays one or more on every gig. I mean if you buy one and it doesn't suit your needs, please consider selling it to someone who appreciates it for what it is: One of 298 (that Joe doesn't own)! Swapping out pickups probably won't destroy the collector's value (as long as the originals are kept with it) but shaving down the neck? (shudders). If you're going to do that then just get an R0 and I'm sure that Joe would happily sign that if you asked him.
I couldn't agree more. I actually played R0's forever until I bought #155. I now find the chunkier necks much more comfortable (especially for lengthy playing sessions).
Street price in the US was around $4500. but many dealers discounted it by quite a bit while others held to the $4500 figure.
I can't understand why anyone would buy a JBLP and try to improve upon it. I mean COME ON FOLKS! The guitar was built to Joe's specs! He owns 3 of them and plays one or more on every gig. I mean if you buy one and it doesn't suit your needs, please consider selling it to someone who appreciates it for what it is: One of 298 (that Joe doesn't own)! Swapping out pickups probably won't destroy the collector's value (as long as the originals are kept with it) but shaving down the neck? (shudders). If you're going to do that then just get an R0 and I'm sure that Joe would happily sign that if you asked him.
I agree with this but only to the extent that you are wrecking the value of the guitar and NOT AT ALL because it's what Joe does. I love the guitar but the poly saddles had to go. It's my gear and my money, I'll do whatever I want with it. I really doubt that Joe (or Gibson) cares two cents..
I have a 1966 JTM 45/100. I have a custom wound OT in it which TO ME sounds better than the old Drake/Dagnall. I don't care what Jimi Hendrix had. No offense to him of course.
Anyone here ever read the tech notes for Eric Johnson's set up on his '54? It's a mess, Buzzes, Frets out, strings fall of on the high e. I love his sound and playing but want my gear set up correct and not as he likes it.
Chill Winston....Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.
I can't understand why anyone would buy a JBLP and try to improve upon it. I mean COME ON FOLKS! The guitar was built to Joe's specs
I don't think Joe would argue with putting a pair of PAF's in...
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