Blackie clone at my local GC....

NY Chief · Post by **NY Chief** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 3:41 pm

My bass player called last night to tell me that the local GC has one of Blackie clones (in a glass case.) He also said our "GC guy" would take it out if the case and "let me" play it. Said he has three guys who want it but can't sell it untill Thurs. Also said it is a great playering guitar. I'll report if I get a chance to play it.

Oh, the $$$$ ????

TWENTY FUCKIN GRAND

worldoftone · Post by **worldoftone** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 4:11 pm

Yeah, I'd rather get into something like a '60-'64 Vintage Strat for that kinda dough. But, these will probably appreciate . . . for a while anyway.

- WOT

NY Chief · Post by **NY Chief** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 4:18 pm

worldoftone wrote:Yeah, I'd rather get into something like a '60-'64 Vintage Strat for that kinda dough.
- WOT

no shit, eh?

45auto · Post by **45auto** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 4:42 pm

wouldn't pay that for clapton's guitar...

JD · Post by JD » Wed Nov 15, 2006 4:44 pm

For a guitar that *BOLTS* together no less...

Guitar Adjuster · Post by **Guitar Adjuster** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 5:37 pm

They have one in the San Antonio GC as well, look cool but not 20K cool

JD · Post by JD » Wed Nov 15, 2006 5:59 pm

More like $1K cool to me (and a stretch at that).

prs1999 · Post by **prs1999** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 7:26 am

I know at $20 grand,this is suppose to be a collectors piece but insider info from a GC employee said..it plays and sounds like shit....

worldoftone · Post by **worldoftone** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 10:43 am

but insider info from a GC employee said..it plays and sounds like shit....

I would take anything a GC employee says with a grain of salt.

- WOT

JD · Post by JD » Thu Nov 16, 2006 12:33 pm

LOL. I would tend to agree. My guess is they play and sound fine, but who is guing to gig a $20K replica guitar? I would think these would end up on the walls of rich guy's houses more as artwork and conversation pieces.

NY Chief · Post by **NY Chief** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 12:46 pm

For 20K for a COPY of a guitar Clapton played it had better come with two years lessons from Clapton himself, 5 years front row center seats and transportation to all his shows, a party at his house to meet all his friends in the biz and oral sex (no, not from him

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JimiJames · Post by **JimiJames** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 12:30 am

JD wrote:............ but who is guing to gig a $20K replica guitar? I would think these would end up on the walls of rich guy's houses more as artwork and conversation pieces.

Next to his "Relic" guitars...
Realistically dump the same $$$ in a vintage LP that should appreciate a lot more steadily than that.. since your not gonna play it.

Jimmie K.

yngwie308 · Post by **yngwie308** » Sat Nov 18, 2006 3:20 pm

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saborthw · Post by **saborthw** » Sat Nov 18, 2006 3:48 pm

My guess is that ther won't be lines at GC around the block for these like the new Playstation 3

20K for this is way too much, SRV was 10K and limited to 100 guitars Rory,s guitar 2750. Fender & GC what are they thinking.... although you might see Steven Segal first in line for a Blackie

Scott

BashCoder · Post by **BashCoder** » Sat Nov 18, 2006 3:50 pm

My $0.02 from another thread:

Yeah, I got the whole sales pitch last night. It's interesting: GC's previous Clapton remake - the "Crossroads 335", was a success and they apparently went up in value right away. That guitar had a street price of around $12,000 and they all sold immediately. Some made a 25% return the week after the release on ebay.

The Jeff Beck Nocaster recreation hasn't performed in the same way, however, and appears to be a marketing "miss".

But the business model for Fender and GC is of course the recreation of SRV's main strat. They made about 100 of those, and sold them for $10,000 each. Now I believe they regularly go for much more. Last night I played one with a retail price of $40,000.

So if they were doing only 100 of these at $22,000 (over 2% of the cost of their $1MM original Blackie), I could understand the economics. Or if they were doing 200 at $10,000. But GC and Fender are going for 4X multiples of the SRV project, and that spooks me just a bit. Basically twice as many guitars for twice as much money. I get it - this is Clapton and that was Beck. But the folks who bought the Beck Nocasters aren't seeing that thing go up in value at all.

Nashville's GC has pre-sold one already. It goes on display tomorrow at several stores. The marketing for this thing is great. Dig Fender's awesome website for this guitar here: http://www.fender.com/blackie/

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