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"You can live two collecting lifetimes and never see an original owner 1959 Les Paul Standard. Today in Atlantic City I was honored to buy this one from Martha. Her husband Frank bought this guitar in 1959 in Plainview New Jersey. The family kept it for 60 years until today. I am very excited to be the second owner. Thank you Martha and family. I will give a loving home. I give you 9-0427 aka The Daddy Reed Burst."





Came with some pretty cool case candy too

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.

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

robthemac wrote: I don't know how Joe affords it.

No substance abuse, upscale loose women and no kids.

About bang on the colour id want a burst in. Doesn’t this dude have enough lps

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

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.

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.

Whoever this Joe B fella is, he's welcome to it.

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.

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

Not a good top, no stripes.

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

t'internet says Joe is worth US$20m

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