Joe B gets another one-owner 59 burst

Mini Forklift · Post by **Mini Forklift** » Thu Aug 08, 2019 9:14 am

"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

robthemac · Post by **robthemac** » Thu Aug 08, 2019 9:22 am

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.

Mini Forklift · Post by **Mini Forklift** » Thu Aug 08, 2019 9:25 am

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

Dharmajester · Post by **Dharmajester** » Thu Aug 08, 2019 9:27 am

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

No substance abuse, upscale loose women and no kids.

Single coil · Post by **Single coil** » Thu Aug 08, 2019 9:32 am

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

WellyBlues · Post by **WellyBlues** » Thu Aug 08, 2019 9:33 am

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

robthemac · Post by **robthemac** » Thu Aug 08, 2019 9:58 am

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.

codedog · Post by **codedog** » Thu Aug 08, 2019 10:05 am

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.

Conway · Post by **Conway** » Thu Aug 08, 2019 10:07 am

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

robthemac · Post by **robthemac** » Thu Aug 08, 2019 10:30 am

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.

Mini Forklift · Post by **Mini Forklift** » Thu Aug 08, 2019 12:10 pm

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

werdna · Post by **werdna** » Thu Aug 08, 2019 12:22 pm

Not a good top, no stripes.

Mini Forklift · Post by **Mini Forklift** » Thu Aug 08, 2019 2:08 pm

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

sizzlingbadger · Post by **sizzlingbadger** » Thu Aug 08, 2019 3:46 pm

t'internet says Joe is worth US$20m

Mini Forklift · Post by **Mini Forklift** » Thu Aug 08, 2019 4:33 pm

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

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