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les paul standard cost in 80's

mca

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Just curios, what were les paul standards going for back around 1985.

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SFW

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When I bought my used '74 Custom in 1988, a new Standard cound be had for $850. At least that's what my local shop was selling them for then.
 

VOSSG

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In, I think, 1982 I bought a Standard Gold Top 30th anniversary brand new for $550.00.
 

EC1000

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I bought my used ebony standard in 1985 for 500 bucks..it was in great shape, I seem to remeber the dude saying it was an 83.

i still miss it :(
 

sarge40

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Got my brand new (at the time) 1986 cherryburst standard for $650 out the door. Just wish they cost that much now.
 

AndyC

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I bought my cherry sunburst LP Custom new in 1986 for $ 825.
 

TommyTouch

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Heritage Series 80 $900.00 out the door. 1981 from Leo's Music. The price was kind of steep compared to a Standard, but I had to have it.
 

jrnic

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In 1978 I bought my brand new Les Paul Special w/ P90's for $385 (I still have it too, it's in the picture to the left) and in 1979 I bought a new SG Standard for $299!! (I WISH I still had that one!)
 

JDPS150

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Got my Custom new in 85 from Guitar Trader. $7-800 IIRC.
I do remember that Standards, & SGs were around $650.
 

CharlieS

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Heritage Series 80 $900.00 out the door. 1981 from Leo's Music. The price was kind of steep compared to a Standard, but I had to have it.

You did better than I. I got dinged for almost a grand for an H-80 back then by one of those 'Mom and Pop' stores which I am happy to report is no longer in business.
 

Tom Wittrock

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1984 Gibson price list....LP Std was $999.00 plus case [$79.50 for the Protector and $119.50 for the regular hsc].

1987 price list......LP Std was $949 except sunburst, which was $1049 plus case [$91.50].

:)
 

bnorm44

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It's a day I'll never forget, I bought my first real guitar as a Junior is H.S in 1986. A white studio for $599 at Steve's Quality Instruments, now gone. I worked my ass of to get that guitar, subseqently it was stolen at a keg party shortly after, My father being a police sargent at the time tracked it down a week later. It's been passed down to a nephew who plays it to this day.
 

rog951

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My recollection is that Standards were going new for around $600-$700 in the early-mid '80s. I kinda lost touch with the LP market in the late '80s though. Embarrasingly, I got too interested in shredder-type guitars for a while there and stopped paying attention to Gibson. Thank God I got over that affliction! ;)
 

jimmydeuce

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I bought my first new Standard in 82 for $625 with the protector case. I was still in school and not even working. The shop I got it from was really great about helping us young punks out. He let me give him 50 bucks and financed it instore for $20 a month. He charged me one extra payment of $25 as interest. I paid it off early and had to make him take the extra $25. When I started working I bought everything from amps to picks from him and only him until he closed up shop.
 
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