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Message: <blockquote data-quote="R_J_K75" data-source="post: 9070831" data-attributes="member: 6921294">It's been so long since I read the article and I'd be hard pressed to find it, I'd have to go through my stack of guitar magazines but probably won't. I do recall something seeming odd as if the writer of the article deliberately misquoted Thyail. I stopped reading articles in guitar magazines after that one.Whoever bought all three mustve had quite a bit of cash. There is always the story of the one that got away. About 2004 there was a Gibson Les Paul I was considering buying from Guitar Center, it was Midnight Blue. It was a really nice looking guitar priced at about 2K. When I went back it was gone. Might have been a GC exclusive because I've never seen one since. Gibson is way overpriced IMO. I know Gibson was pretty notorious for who they allowed to sell their guitars at least in the 90s. I became friends with a guy who opened up a music store in my neighborhood. The shop was small when he first opened but he contacted Gibson to see if he could carry their products. They wanted an obscene down payment, and they required him to move a ridiculous amount of inventory a month. Ultimately they decided that he was too small and just told him no. Fast forward six months to a year, he had a great inventory, expanded into the adjacent building and put a stage to jam and a recording booth in. One afternoon him and I are sitting around and the phone rings, he picks it up and the 10 second conversation went like this, "Hello?...F**K OFF!" and he hung up. I asked him what that was all about? It was Gibson trying to get him to sell their products. There used to be alot of smaller music stores in Buffalo but Guitar Center put them all out of business except for one. Back then and even now the only place you can find Gibson is in Guitar Center unless you find something used. I never seen one either and I bet theyre very expensive if you happen across one. It looks like they were a very limited run<a href="https://jackwhiteartanddesign.com/work/instruments-and-hardware/three-golden-gibsons/" target="_blank">Jack Whites Fort Knox</a>I have a Gretsch G5222 Electromatic Double Jet. Out of all the guitars I own theres 3 or 4 I play more than the others. The Gretsch being one that I play every so often but when I do I always wonder why I dont play it more as its a great guitar, feels and sounds very unique. Im not too familiar with the Rival Sons, sure Ive probably heard a song or two on the radio but couldnt pick them out if I heard them. I've been told by a few friends that they are good. I'll have to check them out.</blockquote>

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