JoeC
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- Oct 25, 2019
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Hello All,
I decided to trade in my 2014 R8 for the 1959 or 1960 60th V1 Anniversary. I have heard so much on how the anniversary guitars are the closest thing to the real thing. I recently played a vintage 59 LP back to back with the 60 Anniversary and I have to say extremely close. I also own a 2018 59 Brazilian and maybe 3 degrees of separation between the anniversary and that one. Both my 59 and new 60 are night and day difference and improvement between my 2014 R8.
Since I wanted to trade in my R8 I was looking for local shops in Chicago area for the anniversary guitars and have to say -hard to find. No 59s anywhere and 60s were slim picking. Finally had to drive to Milwaukee to find the match. So this got me thinking, Anniversary generally hold value better, 59 better than 60s. Gibson just like most businesses were greatly down in 2020 and sounds like not much is coming out of there recently. If production was down, less 60s were made last year thereby making that year more valuable? Thoughts? My Serial number is 001231 at end of October making it rather low in the line in my opinion.
I decided to trade in my 2014 R8 for the 1959 or 1960 60th V1 Anniversary. I have heard so much on how the anniversary guitars are the closest thing to the real thing. I recently played a vintage 59 LP back to back with the 60 Anniversary and I have to say extremely close. I also own a 2018 59 Brazilian and maybe 3 degrees of separation between the anniversary and that one. Both my 59 and new 60 are night and day difference and improvement between my 2014 R8.
Since I wanted to trade in my R8 I was looking for local shops in Chicago area for the anniversary guitars and have to say -hard to find. No 59s anywhere and 60s were slim picking. Finally had to drive to Milwaukee to find the match. So this got me thinking, Anniversary generally hold value better, 59 better than 60s. Gibson just like most businesses were greatly down in 2020 and sounds like not much is coming out of there recently. If production was down, less 60s were made last year thereby making that year more valuable? Thoughts? My Serial number is 001231 at end of October making it rather low in the line in my opinion.