Gibson sells Certified Vintage Guitars with Certificate and a Warranty
If you collect vintage Gibson guitars, then this could be an important announcement for you
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Gibson is now selling Certified Vintage Guitars with certificates and a warranty. This latest move sees the US guitar company enter the vintage guitar market head-on.
Certified Vintage Guitars
Gibson Certified Vintage Guitars is the latest venture announced by the US brand.
The first five guitars announced for sale are a 1959 Sunburst Les Paul Standard, a 1961 Les Paul Standard, a 1959 ES-355 Mono, a 1956 Les Paul Junior and finally a 1982 Moderne model.
“Only Gibson can verify the true value and authenticity.”
Authenticity
Each guitar is offered with a Certificate and a Warranty, which Gibson claims will ensure everything is original and that it has been checked over by the Gibson experts. I’m not sure how much value that will add compared to other well-established vintage guitar dealers. But, it surely can’t hurt the authenticity and provenance of a collectable vintage Gibson guitar.
1961 Les Paul Standard
Will collectors buy into this?
In fact, the statement “Only Gibson can verify the true value and authenticity.” comes across as pretty definitive and somewhat big-headed at the same time. Though, I still think a lot of serious vintage guitar collectors will probably lap up this marketing and be happy to buy from Gibson directly.
1959 Sunburst Les Paul Standard,
How Much?
Currently, you have to phone Gibson directly for a price. Except for the Moderne which is listed for $12,500. It will certainly be interesting to watch this latest venture unfold over the coming years and see what else they dig out of the archives.
Plus, we may see other guitar brands follow in the same footsteps, so this could be a whole new realm of guitar sales for established guitar brands across the USA and beyond.
Let us know what you think of the new Certified Vintage Guitars from Gibson in the comments section below.
More Information
- 1961 Les Paul Standard: Gibson
- 1959 Sunburst Les Paul Standard,: Gibson
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One response to “Gibson sells Certified Vintage Guitars with Certificate and a Warranty”
If you tolerate this, then your Gibson will be next This will eventually mean that you will not be able to describe your old Gibson as “Vintage” without paying Cibson a “Certification fee”, $5000? They had to get a slice of the vintage market because no one buys new Gibsons. Old Henry may have been a dick at times, but he was preferable to these carpet bagging scum. Gibson is like sepsis in the musical instrument market. Blacklist them now.