Collectors Choice #1 Melvyn Franks VOS

Vanengelen · Nov 8, 2018

Dear all, I'm in the opportunity to buy myself a CC#1 Melvyn Franks. What's a decent price for it? What does the Vintage Guitar guide say? Mine is a '14 edition. I'm afraid the price has gone up a little since then.

corpse · Nov 8, 2018

These have gone up alot- and are unusual enough there is not a market price yet. Reputation is good for these- you HAVE to play it though as they vary like any guitar. If it's good you have to consider it might go $10-12K.

PeteNJ75 · Nov 8, 2018

I've been keeping my eye on the market for these for the past few months, and the prices vary wildly. I've seen them going as low as $8K but for one with a nice top I've seen people asking $15K (which I think is outrageous for a non-aged version of an 8 year old guitar). Good luck!

duaneflowers · Nov 9, 2018

Love my Greeny... IMHO it is one of the best runs Gibson ever did... :salude

Vanengelen · Nov 22, 2018

Picked her up this week. Beyond a doubt, on of the best guitars I ever laid my hands on. In the end we've settled the deal for 8k.

corpse · Nov 22, 2018

Outstanding.

Lenny · Nov 23, 2018

In hindsight I wish I had held on to mine, I'd have made quite a profit on it. I felt the frets were slightly too low. The middle position though nailed the OOP sound and it looked great. One of the best necks as well.

duaneflowers · Nov 23, 2018

Vanengelen said:
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Picked her up this week. Beyond a doubt, on of the best guitars I ever laid my hands on. In the end we've settled the deal for 8k.

Beauty!!! If the beastbuckers don't float your boat, there are a ton of superior aftermarket pickups available... seems everyone makes a Greeny set... I recommend the Wizzes, I tried a dozen different ones in my CC#1, but those are the ones I settled on.

Midnight Blues · Nov 23, 2018

Lovely! Congrats, HNGD

and play her in good health!

herb · Nov 25, 2018

Congratulations!:salude I've been half assedly looking for a VOS over the years. Want to give some tips on how you found yours or did it fall into you lap? I'm jealous. :wah

PeteNJ75 · Nov 26, 2018

herb said:
Congratulations!:salude I've been half assedly looking for a VOS over the years. Want to give some tips on how you found yours or did it fall into you lap? I'm jealous. :wah

Yup, I'm curious too... How did you happen to find it? I'm surprised it wasn't on Ebay or Reverb. Was it a local store or something? Thanks for any tips!

Vanengelen · Nov 27, 2018

I actually ran into it accidentally. I’m a member of the Facebook Group “Gibson Les Paul Historic Reissue R8,R9,R0” just because I like to see all those great looking guitars people post in that group. In some reply, somebody posted a picture of his CC1, and wrote “thinking of selling it” underneath it. So I contacted him (he happened to live just about 50km away from where I live) to let him know that, if he wanted to sell her, he should talk to me. And luckily, we finally settled it for a price we were both happy with.

herb · Nov 28, 2018

Vanengelen said:
I actually ran into it accidentally. I’m a member of the Facebook Group “Gibson Les Paul Historic Reissue R8,R9,R0” just because I like to see all those great looking guitars people post in that group. In some reply, somebody posted a picture of his CC1, and wrote “thinking of selling it” underneath it. So I contacted him (he happened to live just about 50km away from where I live) to let him know that, if he wanted to sell her, he should talk to me. And luckily, we finally settled it for a price we were both happy with.

You lucky dog! Thanks for the response. :2cool

El Gringo · Nov 29, 2018

Such a beauty congrats on your NGD !

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