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Joe B gets another one-owner 59 burst
Posted: Thu Aug 08, 2019 9:14 am
by Mini Forklift
Re: Joe B gets another one-owner 59 burst
Posted: Thu Aug 08, 2019 9:22 am
by robthemac
Any indicated on how much he paid for it? You'd have to think upwards of USD$500k. I don't know how Joe affords it.
Re: Joe B gets another one-owner 59 burst
Posted: Thu Aug 08, 2019 9:25 am
by Mini Forklift
robthemac wrote:Any indicated on how much he paid for it? You'd have to think upwards of USD$500k. I don't know how Joe affords it.
No, was no mention of that but yeah US$500k is probably not far off the mark. Crazy huh
Re: Joe B gets another one-owner 59 burst
Posted: Thu Aug 08, 2019 9:27 am
by Dharmajester
robthemac wrote: I don't know how Joe affords it.
No substance abuse, upscale loose women and no kids.
Re: Joe B gets another one-owner 59 burst
Posted: Thu Aug 08, 2019 9:32 am
by Single coil
About bang on the colour id want a burst in. Doesn’t this dude have enough lps
Re: Joe B gets another one-owner 59 burst
Posted: Thu Aug 08, 2019 9:33 am
by WellyBlues
Dharmajester wrote:robthemac wrote: I don't know how Joe affords it.
No substance abuse, upscale loose women and no kids.
yup, no kids would make that possible
Re: Joe B gets another one-owner 59 burst
Posted: Thu Aug 08, 2019 9:58 am
by robthemac
I guess I underestimate how much Joe earns through his records and touring. Maybe he's done well in buying and selling guitars too.
Or maybe selling Spot was enough for every future purchase.
Re: Joe B gets another one-owner 59 burst
Posted: Thu Aug 08, 2019 10:05 am
by codedog
I saw a post somewhere recently where he mentioned that he has actually formulated "fire escape" strategies around his gear... which pieces of gear he would rescue, in which order/grouping, etc. The mind boggleth when one has that much potentially irreplaceable gear. Having said that, I guess they may be similar to original paintings and other bits of art.
Re: Joe B gets another one-owner 59 burst
Posted: Thu Aug 08, 2019 10:07 am
by Conway
Whoever this Joe B fella is, he's welcome to it.
Re: Joe B gets another one-owner 59 burst
Posted: Thu Aug 08, 2019 10:30 am
by robthemac
codedog wrote: Having said that, I guess they may be similar to original paintings and other bits of art.
I suspect you could take his entire collection and the combined value would be about the same as a decent piece of Renaissance artwork. Perspective, I guess.
Re: Joe B gets another one-owner 59 burst
Posted: Thu Aug 08, 2019 12:10 pm
by Mini Forklift
robthemac wrote:codedog wrote: Having said that, I guess they may be similar to original paintings and other bits of art.
Not sure how many he has right now, but I remember reading a while back that he owned four 59 bursts. I'm not a huge fan of his music but I think it's great that he plays them as opposed to being locked up in a vault somewhere; credit where credit's due, the guy certainly knows his history with regards to guitars & amps
Re: Joe B gets another one-owner 59 burst
Posted: Thu Aug 08, 2019 12:22 pm
by werdna
Not a good top, no stripes.
Re: Joe B gets another one-owner 59 burst
Posted: Thu Aug 08, 2019 2:08 pm
by Mini Forklift
werdna wrote:Not a good top, no stripes.
Seems like many of the original 59's would fall into the 'plaintop' category if they were produced today
Re: Joe B gets another one-owner 59 burst
Posted: Thu Aug 08, 2019 3:46 pm
by sizzlingbadger
t'internet says Joe is worth US$20m
Re: Joe B gets another one-owner 59 burst
Posted: Thu Aug 08, 2019 4:33 pm
by Mini Forklift
sizzlingbadger wrote:t'internet says Joe is worth US$20m
Far out, didn’t realise he was worth that much. Good on him; he’s a hard worker and has recorded/toured/repeat the process pretty relentlessly throughout his career.
TBH if I had that in the bank I’d probably buy 2 or three 59’s myself