Epiphone Joe Bonamassa 'Lazarus' 59 Les Paul Standard Owners Thread

[BigRedDog]

That is one fine lookin L.P.

 

[fry]

Has the demand for these already died down? I see a few on Reverb listed at inflated prices, but they don’t seem to be moving now. Maybe everybody who really wanted one already got one?

 

[elephantrider]

it's certainly possible!

 

[Surfcaster]

Has the demand for these already died down? I see a few on Reverb listed at inflated prices, but they don’t seem to be moving now. Maybe everybody who really wanted one already got one?

I've seen a few listed from smaller retailers at the $899 price tag. I'm not sure why anyone would pay a higher price at this time. If they continue to get good reviews over the coming months, there may be a demand from some people that were on the fence or may discover it at a later time. I wish I purchased the Black Beauty when it first came out...if I want one now I'd have to ante up.

 

[fry]

I've seen a few listed from smaller retailers at the $899 price tag. I'm not sure why anyone would pay a higher price at this time. If they continue to get good reviews over the coming months, there may be a demand from some people that were on the fence or may discover it at a later time. I wish I purchased the Black Beauty when it first came out...if I want one now I'd have to ante up.

I was under the impression that basically every retailer was sold out, that’s why people were asking inflated prices. Apparently Joe’s website is still selling them for $899. You can check sold listings on Reverb, a few have sold well above retail. I wouldn’t personally pay more than retail for it, but I guess it’s a supply and demand thing.

 

[Surfcaster]

I was under the impression that basically every retailer was sold out, that’s why people were asking inflated prices. Apparently Joe’s website is still selling them for $899. You can check sold listings on Reverb, a few have sold well above retail. I wouldn’t personally pay more than retail for it, but I guess it’s a supply and demand thing.

You are correct, the two listings that I noticed over the weekend on ebay (smaller guitar shops) are gone, Now the average price is about $1250 plus shipping up and above $100. But I believe you can still get one on Joe's store...comes with a cool strap, a $35 value, lol.

 

[Surfcaster]

Look at what has just been listed on JB's store...

$199...20" x 20" litho, $399 framed...no thanks. They should have included it with the guitar.

 

[elephantrider]

I'll keep the strap. it's nicer than that poster.

 

[LuthierVandross]

Look at what has just been listed on JB's store...
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$199...20" x 20" litho, $399 framed...no thanks. They should have included it with the guitar.

The strap is cool though. I wouldn’t have used the poster lol

 

[fry]

I was never a big fan of Joe, never disliked him either. I only went to his website to buy this guitar. Man, that guy has more stuff for sale than Walmart!

 

[elephantrider]

^ I'm the same way. surprised he had so much merch, good lawd.

 

[fry]

Over the past week the number of Lazarus content at Youtube increased quite a bit. People seem to be receiving their oders.
Not sure how long these will be remain available. Besides stock at JB Store some of the stores here list it as "on demand". Now and then they pop up at smaller shops as well. Probably no big stocks and gone really soon. Would be really interesting to find out how limited the standard Outfit is.

Joe’s store now sold out.

 

[LuthierVandross]

Joe’s store now sold out.
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Yeah… I’d like a set of final numbers on how many of these were produced.

 

[omm]

In the second one, you can see the front pickup hanging on for dear life.

 

[Surfcaster]

I was never a big fan of Joe, never disliked him either. I only went to his website to buy this guitar. Man, that guy has more stuff for sale than Walmart!

Some of the stuff is NUTS...Guitar Ashtrays, a gazillion t-shirts, Bobble heads...posters! I actually bought a really cool ty-dyed t-shirt for $19, and the quality is top notch.

 

[LuthierVandross]

That second one I ran through the decoder and found:
Your guitar was made at the
Qingdao Plant (Epiphone), China
on July, 2021
Production Number: 36214

the numbers on theseunfortunately do not distinguish a model and I’m sure these were ran with several other models at the same time. So if this is right, this is the 36,214th one that was built in 2021.

 

[LuthierVandross]

In the second one, you can see the front pickup hanging on for dear life.

Do you still have yours or looking to sell it?

 

[omm]

At the shop as we 'speak.'

 

[DrBGood]

In the second one, you can see the front pickup hanging on for dear life.

And it doesn't come with a toggle switch button !

 

[musicmaniac]

Joe’s store now sold out.
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They just went up another couple hundred!