Official announcement: Joe Bonamassa Les Paul Standard with Bigsby® Outfit

[CaptainT]

I want the colour...I want the Bigsby...I want the guitar

Damn, GAS, here we go again

 

[djw171]

First sighting... kinda... available for pre-order at Andertons for £599.00 (app. US$900)... available Nov 1st...

Yeah we'll see. I recall the Pelham Blue being launched in January 2014 at Namm, took 9 months to arrive!

 

[Curmudgeon]

Yeah we'll see. I recall the Pelham Blue being launched in January 2014 at Namm, took 9 months to arrive!

Yep. I decided to pull the trigger a few months later and didn't get mine until Feb. of this year.

 

[El Kabong]

Sweetwater is taking pre-orders for $799...

 

[Heavy Blue]

Buying Gibson pickups are like playing Roulette... sometimes you get a winner, but usually the house wins! I've got a dozen or so sets sitting on the shelf here and out of those maybe 1 or 2 were acceptable... but nowhere near as good as the sets they were replaced with. The BBs in my first Epi Bonamassa were replaced with SD Bonamassas... now there's a set of pickups I can dig into. BBs... not so much so...

Yep, I may have hit 00 using the roulette analogy. I also lay no claim whatsoever to possessing golden ears of tone haha. I'll tell ya though that after using the Epi's infamous hotch/classic pups (aka the wax blocks, I wish I still had those pics) for the first 4 years I had it was tonal heaven by comparison lol.

 

[El Kabong]

These are in stock now in Japan... should have mine in a couple days!!

 

[Louie]

First thing that came to mind:

 

[El Kabong]

Indeed... as I said above "That woulda been a great candidate for a racing stripe..."

 

[Spiteface]

That is getting in overpriced territory.

It's a Joe Bonamassa signature Epiphone, of course it's going to be grossly overpriced for what it is.

Honestly, that aside, as much as I loathe Bonamassa, colour looks pretty cool. The only indication it's a Bonamassa sig is the truss rod cover, that would be cheap to fix!

 

[djw171]

It's a Joe Bonamassa signature Epiphone, of course it's going to be grossly overpriced for what it is.

Honestly, that aside, as much as I loathe Bonamassa, colour looks pretty cool. The only indication it's a Bonamassa sig is the truss rod cover, that would be cheap to fix!

I believe there is an interview with Joe somewhere saying just that; anyone can change the truss rod cover to remove his name and its still a great guitar.

It's cheaper than the Epi Slash and roughly the same as the Gary Clark, Tommy Thayer and other signature Epiphones, and to boot it's a really great guitar for the money. So long as you like the neck thick. I've not read a bad review of the PB or Gold Top versions.

I don't think there is any guitarist that I've ever 'loathed'. Joe do something to you personally?

 

[pomaranc]

First thing that came to mind:

Yup, same here, British racing green

 

[djw171]

I have a Marshall Class 5 and extension cabinet in BRG which would match it perfectly.

 

[El Kabong]

vs.