Pic of a '58 V...NEW

[IPLAYLOUD]

8-2857 shipped to Arthur's Music in Indianapolis on 5/29/58.
One of the first batch out the door.
Held by Amos Arthur.
He looks in a state of shock.
"$347.50...for THIS??"

 

[cryptozoo]

Wow, time machine... in more ways than one.

 

[latestarter]

Look at all those cool amps!!!

 

[Jonny Rash]

Nice picture.

 

[bizzwriter]

Yeah -- he's probably thinking, "How do I get Gibson to take this thing back!?!"

 

[Elliot Easton]

I think a lot of music stores that got V's and Explorers kind of resigned themselves to using the guitars in their windows as a sort of flagship symbol of the 'new modern Gibson line'. You know, kind of saying, 'it's the future, the space age and Gibson is at the forefront of futuristic guitars.' kind of like that giant mechanical Swiss Army knife that you see wherever they sell Wenger products. make sense?

 

[Emperor-TK]

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[marshall1987]

Love the black pickguard.

 

[IPLAYLOUD]

I was told by a collector that he knows of 2 Explorers that came out of this store.
Evidently they were a little more "hip" than we think. ;-)

 

[latestarter]

It's such a great photo...thanks for sharing it

 

[58Lover]

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[MapleFlame]

All the tweed amps from Champ/Harvard to Bassman. Really nice looking two tone Gibson GA amps too. Cool to see them new.

 

[Elliot Easton]

really is.

 

[Beano Geno]

All the tweed amps from Champ/Harvard to Bassman. Really nice looking two tone Gibson GA amps too. Cool to see them new.

That's the first thing I thought when I saw the photo too. Very cool picture.

 

[Tom Wittrock]

Was it really that expensive? :hmm

 

[j45]

He looks in a state of shock.

Apparently due to the severed thumb left hanging on the third fret...

 

[Tom Wittrock]

Actual new price was $247.50, not $347.50. :ganz

 

[Pip]

Great picture a moment in time for sure.

 

[Elliot Easton]

Actual new price was $247.50, not $347.50. :ganz

or in other words, what a guitar is really worth.

 

[Brown Recluse]

All the tweed amps from Champ/Harvard to Bassman. Really nice looking two tone Gibson GA amps too. Cool to see them new.

And the twin speaker Rickenbacker amp on top of the tweed Fenders.