The Kris Derrig Les Paul Replica:

eSGEe said:
GIBSON did the opposite and WELCOMED Slash into the fold----
there are SLASH low end AFD beginner guitar "combos"
HEll they been riding the SLASH $$$ train since 1990---- all the way to 2018
28 signature models

Slash Signature Les Paul | Gibson guitars

Slash Paradise - This is a page about Gibson Slash Signature Les Paul guitars: Custom Shop, Snakepit, Standard, U.S.A., Goldtop, VOS and Appetite.
www.slashparadise.com www.slashparadise.com

guess that FORGERY didnt piss em off to bad now did it---
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. I can't imagine how many people bought Gibson les pauls just because of that album alone.
 
eSGEe said:
GIBSON did the opposite and WELCOMED Slash into the fold----
there are SLASH low end AFD beginner guitar "combos"
HEll they been riding the SLASH $$$ train since 1990---- all the way to 2018
28 signature models

Slash Signature Les Paul | Gibson guitars

Slash Paradise - This is a page about Gibson Slash Signature Les Paul guitars: Custom Shop, Snakepit, Standard, U.S.A., Goldtop, VOS and Appetite.
www.slashparadise.com www.slashparadise.com

guess that FORGERY didnt piss em off to bad now did it---
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As long as there's a profit in it.... :-)
 
Robert Herndon said:
Slash, Warner Brothers, even Gibson didn't seem to mind... :)
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Eh...Gibson may approach the subject with a wink and a nod since they were the beneficiaries of renewed interest in Les Pauls when Slash became the most popular guitar player in the World for a while there. Nobody knew at the time that it was a counterfeit guitar because the builder chose to use a logo he had no right to, and so everyone saw the guitar and assumed it was authentic.

And I don't believe for a moment that Gibson was happy about it but what could they do? Keep in mind that the lore/myth surrounding the guitar was that it was "better" than the real thing, so when the truth came out about its origins that alone could be looked at as a shot at Gibson, so there is no way they were psyched about that but they were selling guitars, so...

Not to mention the fact that the thing was apparently only used very sparingly on the Appetite album for overdubs and some solos. It's not even the guitar you are hearing on the majority of the record.
 
The funny thing is, the Derrig was never "given" to slash, only lent to him, but the guy has light fingers & simply kept it. Alan Niven never pressed the issue. Slash did the same with the SIR #36 amp, however they did press the issue & took it back the first time they knew where it was. I believe he also simply "kept" one of the Max guitars.
Apart from the luthiery, what set the Derrig guitars apart was the woods they were constructed from. He would scour the country for very old & desirable (recycled) timber. I believe some of the wood for slash's guitar was recycled from a very old barn door.
It did have original PAF's in it at first, but Chris wouldn't part with them & put the Duncan's in it before letting Alan Niven take it. Hasn't the neck been repaired like 5 times or something. It was repaired a few times at least during the original tour. Cheers
 
gball said:
That's a good price for one! Generally I am seeing them around $4600/$4700 new.

Not kidding: if you don't mind, where did you see one that cheap (if new)? I would jump all over that.
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Guitar center Rancho Cucamonga. Been hanging there for a year when I last saw it....about 6 months ago.
 
ivan H said:
The funny thing is, the Derrig was never "given" to slash, only lent to him, but the guy has light fingers & simply kept it. Alan Niven never pressed the issue. Slash did the same with the SIR #36 amp, however they did press the issue & took it back the first time they knew where it was. I believe he also simply "kept" one of the Max guitars.
Apart from the luthiery, what set the Derrig guitars apart was the woods they were constructed from. He would scour the country for very old & desirable (recycled) timber. I believe some of the wood for slash's guitar was recycled from a very old barn door.
It did have original PAF's in it at first, but Chris wouldn't part with them & put the Duncan's in it before letting Alan Niven take it. Hasn't the neck been repaired like 5 times or something. It was repaired a few times at least during the original tour. Cheers
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Correct!!!!
 
gball said:
That's a good price for one! Generally I am seeing them around $4600/$4700 new.

Not kidding: if you don't mind, where did you see one that cheap (if new)? I would jump all over that.
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If you call...ask for Erik 'Viper' Ayala. Drop my name. He knows the stock better than anybody.
 
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