PSA: Willcutt's Sell One Month Old Used Murphy Lab Defect as New

[Tensjeek]

Don’t worry about what people think.

 

[Big Monk]

Here's a return that Sweetwater has up for sale. NO WAY I would buy one of these.

Gibson Custom 1959 Les Paul Standard Reissue Electric Guitar - Murphy Lab Ultra Light Aged Factory Burst

Solidbody Electric Guitar with Mahogany Body, Maple Top, Mahogany Neck, Rosewood Fingerboard, and 2 Humbucking Pickups - Factory Burst

www.sweetwater.com

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If you need anymore proof than these photos that this is a defect, your brain don’t work.

 

[TrackerDan]

A fool and their money are soon parted.

 

[jk60LPTH]

unsuspecting customers dont buy 7000 dollar guitars in my neighborhood.

they buy 10 grand 10 top PRS's and enjoy being screwed

Nah, if it costs 10 grand, it's not because it's a 10 top, it's because it's a Private Stock or a Wood Library with add ons, you can flnd 10 tops for 4-5.5 grand. I've got 5 LPs and most cost over $6000 new, and a couple cost more, which is a hell of a lot more than my '67 SG Standard which cost $300 when I bought it in '68 (the case was an extra $15). We must live in different neighborhoods.

PS- I don't own any PRS guitars, I've played them and they're fine instruments, I live 30 minutes away from the factory, I've taken a lengthy tour to see how they build guitars, asked the workers questions that my guide didn't know the answer to, and seen every step in their production, from the room where the wood is dried to where the finished guitars are being tested by musicians... I even saw the 2 pickup winding machines that were purchased from Gibson. There are no shortcuts, no bosses looking over workers shoulders urging them to hurry up or take shortcuts. They're treated well, paid well, at several benchmark anniversaries of their employment they can design their own guitar with anything on it, any kind of personally selected wood they want, whatever pickups, tuners, etc they want for free. And on top of that they're customer service is great. It's kind-of-like if every one of Gibsons guitars came out of the Custom Shop, except maybe a little refined.

Why don't I have one? I imagine I will one day not far off. I grew up with Gibsons though, so there's an innate love for the brand, even though I know they have their issues. I'm willing to put up with a few as long as they're not too bad. If there's anything I'm not fond of about PRS, it's some of their finishes... i like a finish that looks like wood with a stained enhancement, and you can get that, in some cases get that in spades, with PRS. But some are less like that and more like a car finish, and lose that connection with the natural world that I like.

 

[Six6String6]

No, actually my perspective is very common

Oh, so that’s where I went wrong. I was chastised for having an opinion back there. I should have had a perspective.

 

[skydog]

If Gibson was smart, they’d refund every one of these, stamp a big old ‘2’ on the back of the headstock, and sell them at cost, just to put it behind them.

 

[skydog]

Can’t they just break out the bulldozer again?

 

[AJK1]

Can’t they just break out the bulldozer again?

Just what I was thinking
The longer this thread continues the more they will devalue
I wouldn’t want to be a current owner
Like a fish hidden in the trunk, it will be nearly impossible to get the stench out

 

[Andrew1225]

Can’t they just break out the bulldozer again?

What a travesty really…what a waste.

say what you will on these guitars, but they could’ve easily been donated to schools/music schools.

 

[treemanjohn]

How did the guitar play and sound?

 

[scott1970]

If Gibson was smart, they’d refund every one of these, stamp a big old ‘2’ on the back of the headstock, and sell them at cost, just to put it behind them.

Or they could label them the Murphy Lab Continuous Aging Series and price them for $12K. Folks would be happily sharing pics of their new bubbles and flakes.

 

[mudface]

Gibson can fix this in 4 words:


Taco Bell Gift Card

Use the edge of the card and scrape that shit off.

 

[socialhero]

Gibson can fix this in 4 words:

Taco Bell Gift Card

That fuckin’ snake is everywhere!!

 

[Joe A]

Then these guitars are made for you and those who think like you.

I'd never buy one of these. In fact, I have yet to see an "aged" Gibson that looks good to me.. but they got a little closer.

 

[Bobbylee]

If you can touch a tit, well then it is real... is a LP like a tit in a manner of speaking...

 

[skydog]

Or they could label them the Murphy Lab Continuous Aging Series and price them for $12K. Folks would be happily sharing pics of their new bubbles and flakes.

I don't like bubbles and flakes
And that ain't what it takes to love ‘em
You fool, you fool

 

[skydog]

How did the guitar play and sound?

What the hell difference does that make? Get that shit outta’ here!

 

[calieng]

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Thank you to the Mods for putting up with all this on here.

 

[dancsgrv]

1st off… wether it’s a relic or pristine the finish should never “flake” off, end of discussion.

I think if you take a razor blade to a finish and allow air, heat, cold, moisture and anything else that may be present to get into and under that finish that is no longer a barrier, you are asking for it to come loose. I doubt that any manufacturer could guarantee that it won't. I do think that should be clearly stated in the advertising, though.

 

[VictorB]

I think if you take a razor blade to a finish and allow air, heat, cold, moisture and anything else that may be present to get into and under that finish that is no longer a barrier, you are asking for it to come loose. I doubt that any manufacturer could guarantee that it won't. I do think that should be clearly stated in the advertising, though.

The don’t use razor blades anymore.