Anyone seen this yet?

[AboutSweetSue]

Seems similar to buying stock. I have no problem with this as it doesn’t affect me in any way.

 

[taliesin]

So I'm thinking of selling some non-fungible tokens in my vintage air guitar... it's a non-existent '59 Les Paul that has amongst other songs been used on a few renditions of Radar Love.

I'm willing to sell shares in my extremely collectible early 80's Matsumoku Vantage bass that has actually been used to play Sweet Child o' Mine at a local establishment for which I got paid.

Line forms on the left...

 

[retslock]

Gibson redefines guitars as investments with new Rally partnership

Don't know if I'm in the minority here, but I find this revolting.

It's ALWAYS been about the music that these collections of wood, plastic, steel, and paint inspire for me. I don't really understand the mind set that comes up with this sort of thing.

The mind set is about making money. Nothing else. It happened to art and it will happen to anything that has a capacity to accommodate greed and generate money.

 

[james condino]

Look at how many $25,000 "collectors edition" PRS guitars are flooding the market at half or less the original selling price.....

 

[vvvmmm]

Hey girl, wanna come upstairs and see my certificate as a part owner of a Gibson scam?

 

[pbass74]

The next virtual currency--BitGuitar!

 

[joelns]

Great idea until the headstock breaks. Don't take investment advice from this comment.

 

[two fingers]

Gibson redefines guitars as investments with new Rally partnership

Don't know if I'm in the minority here, but I find this revolting.

It's ALWAYS been about the music that these collections of wood, plastic, steel, and paint inspire for me. I don't really understand the mind set that comes up with this sort of thing.

It's kinda dumb. But "revolting" is a bit melodramatic. Relax. They aren't requiring you to participate.

 

[vvvmmm]

Yeah, it's not like they won't take yer $ to buy a bass you might could actually play ...

 

[JeezyMcNuggles]

Gibson redefines guitars as investments with new Rally partnership

Don't know if I'm in the minority here, but I find this revolting.

It's ALWAYS been about the music that these collections of wood, plastic, steel, and paint inspire for me. I don't really understand the mind set that comes up with this sort of thing.

People invest in far more obscure things. Everyday.

 

[Wilmingtonian]

How much of the airspace in a headstock crack does $5 get you?

 

[JW56789]

I can't wait for the middle-of-the-night, off-hours UHF channel 30 minute infomercial about this, no doubt with 'operators are standing by', and if you call right now, 6 free Les Paul picks, and three cans of Finger Ease (you're gonna need this somewhere BESIDES the guitar neck . . . . ).

Next Up on Channel 73 (at 3AM): Time Share Mesa Boogies ! ! !

 

[White Beard]

Everyone take a step back and remember Gibson is a lifestyle company. They sell the finest things to the finest people. People like Robin Leech and Ted DiBiase. "Virgil! Hand me my Gibson sunglasses so I can look at my shares of the Slash Double-Neck Les Paul Copy."

The worst investment anyone can ever make is in products that have manufactured rarity. This is Beanie Babies, only less popular. This is poly-bagged comics. Cabbage Patch Kids. POGs.

What do these four things have in common? You can find all four of them in any random dumpster.

 

[pie_man_25]

Everyone take a step back and remember Gibson is a lifestyle company. They sell the finest things to the finest people. People like Robin Leech and Ted DiBiase. "Virgil! Hand me my Gibson sunglasses so I can look at my shares of the Slash Double-Neck Les Paul Copy."

The worst investment anyone can ever make is in products that have manufactured rarity. This is Beanie Babies, only less popular. This is poly-bagged comics. Cabbage Patch Kids. POGs.

What do these four things have in common? You can find all four of them in any random dumpster.

Are you tracking the stuff going on with supreme presently?

it's kinda silly how much one can sell a brick for.

 

[DirtDog]

I'm willing to sell shares in my extremely collectible early 80's Matsumoku Vantage bass that has actually been used to play Sweet Child o' Mine at a local establishment for which I got paid.

Line forms on the left...

I’ll take 1000 shares. I’m planning on short selling. ;-)

 

[vvvmmm]

I think, as a life-style company, Gibson might wanna look into Gwyneth's Goop, another concept I have no interest in, other than making things smell like certain other things.

I mean, imagine a Duane Allman-scented LP, or a Jack Bruce-scented EB1 ...

 

[White Beard]

Are you tracking the stuff going on with supreme presently?

I just checked ebay and a silver foil embossed variant cover first printing Supreme #1 has a buy it now price of $12. I think that I could get that down to $9. Even Alan Moore's first issue is like $20.

 

[pie_man_25]

I just checked ebay and a silver foil embossed variant cover first printing Supreme #1 has a buy it now price of $12. I think that I could get that down to $9. Even Alan Moore's first issue is like $20.

Different Supreme:

Red clay brick selling for up to $1,000 on eBay

They mostly make "streetwear," with a lot of artificial scarcity, but also do quirky one-off stuff like this that can go for funny amounts of money.

 

[Michedelic]

Different Supreme:

Red clay brick selling for up to $1,000 on eBay

They mostly make "streetwear," with a lot of artificial scarcity, but also do quirky one-off stuff like this that can go for funny amounts of money.

If you’re dumb enough to fall for that crap, you deserve to be ripped off.

 

[Michedelic]

Stop the presses, here’s the Gibson deal of the century…

I like that “one of the first made” thing; wasn’t it introduced in 1952 or thereabouts?