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Gibson ever make an R9 or R0 Black Beauty?

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Been dreaming about a 3 pickup black beauty for years, have been saving for a while plus should get a decent tax return check so I have started looking. I used to have a g0 Burst and an R7 goldtop. The R7's neck was way too large for me and the g0 (sort of in between a R0 and a R9 shape) was perfect. So I assumed the BBR7 will have too large of a neck for me. I've seen some collector choice ones like the tommy colletti one, but that is double the price of what I am trying to spend. Definitely want to keep it used and hopefully can find a decent deal on one that maybe has changed pickups or is a bit beat for less than $3,000.

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tomh8 said:
Been dreaming about a 3 pickup black beauty for years, have been saving for a while plus should get a decent tax return check so I have started looking. I used to have a g0 Burst and an R7 goldtop. The R7's neck was way too large for me and the g0 (sort of in between a R0 and a R9 shape) was perfect. So I assumed the BBR7 will have too large of a neck for me. I've seen some collector choice ones like the tommy colletti one, but that is double the price of what I am trying to spend. Definitely want to keep it used and hopefully can find a decent deal on one that maybe has changed pickups or is a bit beat for less than $3,000.

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Good luck finding a used Custom Shop guitar for less than $3,000 . Checkout prices on Reverb.com
 
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El Gringo said:
Good luck finding a used Custom Shop guitar for less than $3,000 . Checkout prices on Reverb.com
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I've bought two custom shop les pauls for less than $3000 in the past 3 years. Reverb prices are always high and my budget is around 3000 but can be pushed to 3500. Theres multiple R7s on reverb right now for that price, but I wouldn't get along with the neck shape.
 
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"So I assumed the BBR7 will have too large of a neck for me."

have you ever actually tried one ?
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stumphead said:
"So I assumed the BBR7 will have too large of a neck for me."

have you ever actually tried one ?
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Yes, and previously owned an R7 Goldtop. Its not like I can go out and try 10 bbR7's to find one that may or may not have a slightly thinner neck shape
 
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stumphead said:
"So I assumed the BBR7 will have too large of a neck for me."

have you ever actually tried one ?
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Not sure I really understand where the attitude is coming from. I'm wondering if Gibson made a custom shop black beauty that typically has a neck shape I am more comfortable with. Are you going to argue that R7's don't typically have a larger neck than r9's and r0's? Of course they do.
 
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