Mark Knopfler 1958 Les Paul

[Love Expresso]

Would love to be able to afford one (theoretically). Everybody should be entitled to do what he wants with his "mountains of dough". Better Gibson guitars than weapons or drugs I say! 

LE

[quizzaciously]

VOS #71 from Germany for €5,899:

https://www.musikhaus-hermann.de/gibson-mark-knopfler-1958-les-paul-standard-vos-41833/

[Jules]

VOS in Spanish means "original version with subtitles" obviously related to movies 

No idea of what it means when it comes to guitars...

[Fletch]

Vintage old stock (valves) vintage original spec (guitars)- the idea is they make a guitar to look and feel as though someone bought it in 1958, never played it and put it under the bed and someone just discovered it today... so it has all the old specs and looks a 'little' aged but no dings and fake scratches that there seems to be a real market for these days. Interestingly VOS valves (tubes) have a market place too, because according to many, they don't even make the valves like they used too...

[quizzaciously]

VOS in Spanish means "original version with subtitles" obviously related to movies 

No idea of what it means when it comes to guitars...

I'd explain but it's going to be boring even for musicians... think of it as an euphemism for VIP

[Love Expresso]

Well, Fletch explained and illustrated it perfectly well! Thanks Fletch!

LE

[Fletch]

My pleasure! Its all personal taste of course - I don't give a hoot about debating the merits of MK marketing a fancy Gibson, but having played a few VOS Strats, and some Custom Shop Strats (an Eric Johnson one springs to mind), they can feel amazing, and if i had endless money i probably would want one. However I covet nothing more than my trusty Highway One 2008 model i go back to again and again, for every live thing i have to do I got lucky !!

[quizzaciously]

*** AGED LP eBAY ALERT ***

http://www.ebay.com/itm/2016-Gibson-Mark-Knopfler-1958-Les-Paul-Standard-Aged-R8-in-Aged-Case-Nitro-Mint-/222327060264?hash=item33c3b9b728:g:5MwAAOSwj85YOeRr

[dmg]

*** AGED LP eBAY ALERT ***

http://www.ebay.com/itm/2016-Gibson-Mark-Knopfler-1958-Les-Paul-Standard-Aged-R8-in-Aged-Case-Nitro-Mint-/222327060264?hash=item33c3b9b728:g:5MwAAOSwj85YOeRr

Wouldn't buy it;  think the cat's just pissed on it!

[quizzaciously]

*** AGED LP eBAY ALERT ***

http://www.ebay.com/itm/2016-Gibson-Mark-Knopfler-1958-Les-Paul-Standard-Aged-R8-in-Aged-Case-Nitro-Mint-/222327060264?hash=item33c3b9b728:g:5MwAAOSwj85YOeRr

Wouldn't buy it;  think the cat's just pissed on it!

LOL! Seems like you're not the only one who thinks like this, the guitar is up for sale for about 2 hours now... world record right there.

[quizzaciously]

Two guitars, VOS and AGED still up for sale. The hype is over? LOL

[Masiakasaurus]

Vintage old stock (valves)

Do you mean "NOS" (new old stock)? I've never heard valves being categorized as VOS before, that's why I ask 

[Fletch]

Yes, I think you're right. I think I got my acronyms confused - yes, never used old valves and brand new (but i look really old) guitars

[quizzaciously]

Aged #007 for sale:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/2016-Gibson-Custom-MARK-KNOPFLER-1958-LES-PAUL-Aged-S-N-007-/232158409727?hash=item360db833ff:g:r~gAAOSwj85YPP2-

[dmg]

Aged #007 for sale:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/2016-Gibson-Custom-MARK-KNOPFLER-1958-LES-PAUL-Aged-S-N-007-/232158409727?hash=item360db833ff:g:r~gAAOSwj85YPP2-

Shouldn't that be agent, not aged?  In any case

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007 is a great number to have.