9 RARE EXPENISVE GUITARS

Baxter and Jonathan talk about the most expensive and rare guitars out there. You might be surprised at whats on the list!

[@legomasterthe3rd240]

You guys are seriously my favorite guitar channel. I could listen for hours. I hope to visit the store one day. Cheers

[@CasinoGuitars]

Right on Thomas! We would love to meet you:)!!!

[@natashanyxx9486]

I have one of the 90s aluminum Jackson Rhoads Roswell guitars. There were 124 made, and I have #86. It has a Tom Holmes PAF pickup in it. That era was early in his career.

[@jjRoxy]

Please make a little video about it. I would love to see more about them!

[@ericcarpenter3263]

Thanks Baxter. I spit coffee out of my nose when you said “they wrote a book about horses based on this guitar”. That really was a special guitar.

[@saltwatersaddletramp7229]

My faves, ‘68 / ‘69 Fender Paisley Red and Blue Flower Telecasters.

[@ScottJamesHicks]

Just to clarify: Keith Moon supposedly said that the band would “go down like a lead balloon.” Hence, Led Zeppelin.

[@itslikethesamebutdifferent8020]

And to clarify further: Keith was actually referring to the band that he himself was going to form with Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck on guitars, John Paul Jones on bass and Nicky Hopkins on vocals. I’d have loved to have heard them on stage and on record. Keith moon’s all animalistic approach to the drums would’ve matched Page’s all over the place, sloppy sort of guitar playing perfectly. Not to mention that Jonesy would’ve kept the steady beat on this one with the bass and between him on keyboards and Beck on guitar, would’ve made an amazing combo. Certainly would’ve been one of the greatest bands of all time,

[@mariodriessen9740]

If it even exists…, the Gibson Moderne ‘58 should be on this list as well. No one ever saw one though (or have they???).

[@CasinoGuitars]

Oh yes!!!

[@chris_2714]

Billy Gibbons apparently has one in his collection. No pics though, just stories from him so...

[@chrisbenson673]

I was gonna say that. Ya beat me to it.

[@lawrencerenner8111]

Gotta have the Gibson Moderne on this list for sure!

[@lawrencerenner8111]

@@chris_2714 I heard that years ago James Hatfield bought a black korina Moderne from Al from Sun red sun .

[@TribalGuitars]

Rhett Shull went down to the Songbirds Foundation Museum in Chattanooga, TN and they had 2 or 3 of the Gibson Flying Vs that were made with Korina wood, which were discontinued after they found out the wood dust was a carcinogen and the guys that made them were getting cancer. They only made something like 40(?). They're valued (if I remember right) at something like $1.25M each.

[@timcobb1752]

No, that's not the reason they discontinued them. They stopped making them because they didn't sell well initially. They were about 10 years ahead of their time with the explorers, vs and modernas. As a matter of fact, I have a late 9os korina epiphone explorer..... Same wood

[@TribalGuitars]

@@timcobb1752 It's what their guide said. One site says: Terminalia superba Korina / Afara / Limba Toxic (wood, dust) / dermatitis, respiratory problems, sepsis.

[@timcobb1752]

@@TribalGuitars They are also about to release a bunch of reissue korina explorers and vs... made to the original 50s specs copied from an original guitar scan......

[@ryangunwitch-black]

That's why I can't play Korina guitars. It's too dangerous when I shred.

[@brain21]

All of those Vs were korina, not just 40 of them. They ran them for about a year and stopped because they didn't sell, and the reintroduced them in 67 withthe bigger pickguard, and made of mahogany. Those 58 korina Vs are not worth 1.2million. The estimates given here are about right.

[@mars-lpv3458]

Randy Rhoads is my favorite flying V player. . And the main reason I started playing.

[@guyincognito1423]

Hammer of the Gods is mandatory reading for any Zeppelin fan. You'll never look at a shark the same way.

[@WorldsOkayestGuitarPlayer]

"Left handed people weren't invented until the 1959 Les Paul Standard came out" 🤣🤣🤣

[@richardclark.]

Baaaahhh!

[@bb_lz9790]

My dear Mother-in-Law was born Left handed long before that, but the Nuns tried to beat it out of her. She became ambidextrous!

[@ItsVictoriaG]

You’re back! I missed my morning dose of Baxter and Jonathan! I wasn’t thinking of the one-of-one rare models when I was trying to come up with some. Aren’t some of the original Jems considered sought-after/valuable? I don’t know much about 80s/shredder guitars, but aren’t the original Jacksons built when it was owned by Charvel sought after, too? For people into the shredder guitars? You had a lot of late 50s on your list, but the 80s were like… 40 years ago. I remember you discussing in an earlier video about how the 70s are now vintage and the 80s are getting there.

[@davidarich2]

@ItsVictoriaG You are correct about some of the early Jacksons/Charvels and the early Ibanez Jem/RG-550 (1987-1990) being " rare" and sought after. I will be one to admit I am a pointy shred guitar fanboy, but I don't think those guitars come with the same panache as the 1950-64 guitars do, and might not really belong on the list. To me, guitars are like vintage muscle cars and hot rods, and as far as the buying/selling market goes they're super similar in what is considered rare vs getting hard to find in good condition. Lots of people in the car community want a 57 chevy nomad which is really rare, instead of a 1987 Chevy Camaro Z28 (which are now getting hard to find and are sought after). The 80s guitars were built in much higher numbers and using more modern building techniques and technologies. For the vintage purists out there, like it or not, Some of the 80s and 90s and even some 2000's guitars are "vintage" (Tom Delonge Strat) and to the right buyer worth as much as theyll pay for it. Just like a 59 LP standard...

[@duanewelsh5611]

Have seen Bonamassa play 3 on this list live. 58 explorer, 59 Les Paul, 59 flying v. Hats off to him for taking them on the road,!

[@oskarileikos]

Hell yeah! He's got the spirit. Not like a collector who buys expensive guitars and locks them up behind glass doors

[@jeffhigginbottom9624]

Ovation Deacon or Breadwinner. Solid body electric from the early seventies. Unusual and kind of rare. I had one in the early eighties, wish I had kept it.

[@DRChevalier]

Still have my Deacon….

[@harrysachs2274]

My old man is a lefty who grew up in the 50s whos dad forced him to learn righty. He(my grandfather) also wrote the tune "Hanky Panky" but died in act accident and his band mate took the song and it became a hit. I don't care if you don't believe me, it's still a true story.

[@silverfr3ak]

Well, don’t know if it’s true, but a lefty learn as a righty is something he’ll be thankful for the rest of his life. Find guitars left handed is a nightmare.

[@allisonholmesmusic97]

Damnit now I’ve got that song stuck in my head

[@harrysachs2274]

@@allisonholmesmusic97 pretty catchy isn't it.

[@mojo6778]

One of the members of Paul Revere and the Raiders played a white Vox Phantom.

[@jimc6687]

A cool follow-up would be the top 9 projected rarest and most expensive guitars 60+ years from now!! Jim C.

[@kokobily]

Wooohooo first one here! Greetings from Thessaloniki Greece! You guys rock! Thank you for all the interesting content!

[@CasinoGuitars]

Thank you and nice one, bright and early:)!!! Cheers and sincere thanks for joining us!

[@kokobily]

how about the bo diddley gretsch?

[@scottdematteo]

Another cool video. How about a tube related video. What amps most popular by tube/valve type or anything relating to tubes I'm a valve geek. Cheers and rock on!

[@jerryvahnknight218]

The book is Hammer of the Gods and it was Keith Moon that said it would, “go over like a Led Zeppelin”.

[@joshuaromo835]

“Expenisve” guitars are my favorite

[@JeffSeale]

Flying V? Gotta be Albert King.

[@TribalGuitars]

Schenker! Love Albert, too.

[@bobilly]

What about the 50s Gretsch White Penguin?

[@scottmacphee35]

It is good to see the two of you back on the interwebs!

[@Surge_LaChance]

Thanks for keeping our community together with your awesome content!

[@jacksondemarre8057]

If the original 1958 Gibson Moderne still existed, would that be number 1?

[@natashanyxx9486]

Only one movie reference…and it didn’t involve Steven Segal 🤔 This was a very pleasant episode to take in with my coffee this morning ☕️🌞

[@CasinoGuitars]

Don’t worry we’ll bring Steven back soon:) he’s always with us!

[@shepp7988]

Glad to see this video today I’ve missed you guys I wake up every morning with my coffee and cigar and watch You 2 goofs I can’t get my morning started right without going to the casino first

[@mmrseed]

A somewhat rare guitar that is starting to get expensive is the ESP MX250 (James Hetfield model explorer), especially custom shop ones with the wolf to man inlay, and VERY rare but not yet expensive is the Jeff Hanneman ESP S&Key with only 12 made before ESP was told to knock it off due to the waffen SS inlay

[@brain21]

Of the 2 59 lefty LPs, one is famously owned by Paul McCartney. I can't recall off of the top of my head who owns the other one.

[@taztaylor6192]

Did Fender make more Broadcasters or 'Nocasters'? (I know, same guitar but apparently the logo or lack makes a difference.)

[@kitano0]

9 Rare EXpensive Guitars, or Joe Bonamassa's closet.

[@jjones8817]

Wish they would have shown the pictures of the guitars a little longer while telling the facts. Great content for sure.

[@davedavid7061]

where ya been?!

[@CasinoGuitars]

We took a few days off to give the guy behind the cameras some much needed rest from listening to us drone on:) We’re back though, don’t worry:)!!!!!

[@handwrittenhero87]

If you have one of the 2 lefty 59 Les Pauls that makes you either Paul McCartney or the only other person

[@harrysachs2274]

I feel like McCartney should be one of the owners.

[@georgedavidson2024]

I think Paul’s is a ‘60

[@944justin]

The Walnut Gibson flying V's made between '67 and '71 numbered only 35. Marc Bolan owned one. It sold for $72K in the 2000's. Less than 7 exist today in original condition.

[@ryangunwitch-black]

A longform Casino Guitars audio only podcast across all the podcast catchers would be awesome.

[@thoughtman]

i'll never be able to afford an EXPENSIVE guitar (i don't run apple) but i have a question-who does your hair? thank you.

[@jeffs6114]

Top ten best cheapest guitars next please.

[@RC51Rod]

The 89 Ibanez 777vsk is a rare one. Under 100 were made. From what I understand they were never for sale either. The send out demos and destroyed the rest due to the hot pink finish fading very rapidly.

[@vincentrockel1149]

1959: best year ever for cars and guitars. Pretty good year to be born as well.

[@xxGriff]

the 1st V i ever played was a '59. they look so very cool but, it was a crash course in yoga trying to find a way to play it... so, stand up and use the strap. it was an incredible playing guitar. there was one issue. this was 1983 and the guy who owned it had a Kahler trem installed >.< 1st, im not one for locking trems (never have liked them) and then the horror of carving into a '59 Gibson V....

[@jeffbriggs4268]

Nice topic and coverage! Do any of the Gibson 335-like guitars qualify as rare, expensive collectibles? Any Gretches? Also, have there been any updates on the recovery of the stolen guitar collection?

[@alexwoolridge94aw]

The Gibson Explorer is one of the most comfortable guitars I've played

[@hlcotten6587]

Great programs. Informative topics. Superb skills on the guitar. ✨💎💎💎✨

[@stephenkilroy8170]

The Gibson Moderne ... 1958 ? I wa told was the holy grail of collecting but looks like it would be terrible to play ... love the channel here in NZ

[@DRChevalier]

I own a reissue that Gibson made in the 00’s. It is an odd bird but one buys it to go with a V and an Explorer

[@WayneMemphisMojo]

Yeah but what about that last Parts-Caster I made ... pretty rare y'all 😆😆😆😆

[@dukkedusse]

I totally get why they made only 19 Explorers back then and stopped!!! What I don't get is - why they make them again..?!?

[@CasinoGuitars]

That made me smile:)

[@lawrenceberge2185]

I think, when discussing lists of this sort, that you must emphasize the distinction between "Rare" and "Unique". A single, one-off prototype guitar is not "Rare"', in my opinion. It is absolutely "Unique". Rare items (plural) imply scarcity, to be sure but also tend to be available to those with the patience, money and connections to track them down. Like Joe Bonamassa, and not me.

[@ryangunwitch-black]

You don't look like my ex-girlfriend but you definitely argue semantics like my ex-girlfriend. Lol But you're not wrong.

[@larryalexander900]

What about all those Martins, Taylors, etc?

[@donnyhall2535]

'58 flying V probably the rarest of all. Yeah, 1700 '59 burst made. 10,000 still in existence. Some of the V's are going for around $1M

[@ChrisEck13]

The Explorer is actually much rarer than the V. Watch 5 Watt World's Short History of the Gibson Explorer.

[@drewvloedman3585]

When you get around to a list of rare inexpensive guitars, 1979 Gibson ES-335 CRS and CRR models. 300 made of each and fewer if you remove factory seconds. I have one of each and they won't be helping me pay off my mortgage.

[@PNWGuitar]

The 58 Korina V is my dream v, I wish they would release a standard range of these. I'd even pay 5k I just cannot pay the price of the limited releases and the availability is ridiculous

[@knockoutguitarist087]

It’s hard to find the Freddie king ES 355 the one with the Gibson logo pickups I WANT THAT GUITAR!

[@Shiloh7377]

I've read or heard that to...about the led zep going down.....

[@alandunn4459]

Does Leo Fenders " Snakehead" prototype still exist? If so I can't imagine any change from $500k.

[@waifubreaks1572]

We lefties have it hard sometimes, btw one of those lefty 59s is owned by Paul McCartney. Idk about the other one.

[@Blinkubus]

Tiny typo on the title, haha

[@honkytonkinson9787]

I like the early Parker Fly and the 90s Ibanez Talman; dream guitar is a dark green Talman with three lipstick pups. Kinda rare these days

[@sohosteveuk]

Bursts were not 'all built in 1959'! They were built between 1958-60 as I understand it....

[@jaybe813]

Expensive is misspelled on the red graphic and video title. :)

[@michaeleaster1815]

6:57 the tale, from Wikipedia: One account ... was Keith Moon and John Entwistle had suggested that a supergroup with Page and Beck would go down like a "lead balloon". Fun video!

[@keefjunior4061]

No Gretsch?

[@pacoelizalde8491]

One of the lefties les pauls is owned by paul mccartney! Also bonamassa’s blackburst is a rare guitar in its own right

[@georgedavidson2024]

I think Paul’s is actually a ‘60 not a ‘59. Still rare as hens teeth obviously!

[@MrGixxer1300r]

Awsomely Great content!!!!!!

[@docdaytona108]

“Why ain’t my ‘59 Les Paul worth the average amount?” “Because it’s beat to shit. If it was in better condition, it’d be worth more.” Meanwhile, at a guitar store elsewhere… “Why is that ‘59 Custom Shop more expensive than the one right next to it??” “Because it’s been beat to shit. If it was in better condition like the other, it’d cost less.” … … WHAT THE (BEEEEEEEEEEEEP)ERIOUSLY!!

[@kevinhay7073]

The guy in Wishbone Ash!

[@contrabandjoe7974]

Try to find an original 50's Gretsch White Penguin... RARE RARE RARE. The Penguin has GOT to be a top 9 rare guitar....

[@jamesreeves4600]

why did you guys only post one video last week?

[@Peter-fn8kj]

been missing casino videos!

[@williamwallace2325]

Hey guys, Macca has one of the two extant left-handed '59 Bursts. HEY--I just tonight watched video on YT of his concert from three nights ago in....NORTH CAROLINA...

[@williamwallace2325]

I left out the money part of the sentence---on tour, like his current one, where he was in Winston Salem on the 21st, I think he travels with his Burst on tour and plays it in the appropriate places, i.e., songs for which the recording was made with Paul playing that guitar in the recording, like "The End", where Paul trades licks in a three guitar massive crescendo-- now Paul's traditional finale.. (Can you imagine carrying that thing around) ...I do think that Paul's Left handed Burst MAY be a 60 and not a 59, but that still makes it a Burst, which were 58, 59, 60

[@williamwallace2325]

I don't know what I did to the KZbin Gods or Censors and Ministry of Truth to have some words striken. I I am wrong on any count, well, Homeland Security will be coming after me, I guess.

[@thepennydrops.]

I was hoping you were going to mention the Gibson Rainbow SG Zoot Suit, then hopefully that'd increase the value of my one. ;)

[@johnblackwell2164]

Gretsch 6134 White Penguin. Is another rare one.

[@iainfreeman5112]

Does Paul McCartney has one of the left handed LPs. I know he has 57.

[@DanEtch]

I think John McEnroe has one of them...

[@johnault2649]

Paul has one!

[@WalkenDead]

Dwight Yokum was in Panic Room

[@davidspondike]

Do a video on acoustics, same topic.

[@glenproctor1999]

My dream guitar as a young teen was a CSL pre-lawsuit ripoff of the Les Paul Recording, you've shattered those dreams 😂

[@johnplunkett2004]

Those sure are some expenisve guitars…

[@caiusmadison2996]

Funny you say that about Fender not making a rare guitar, how about those fabled Marauders? 3 completely different prototypes are known to exist, again all different, essentially making 3 qually rare stand-alone guitars. Pretty interesting story about how the models in the spreads where just mockups. The real examples are nothing like those guitars, either.

[@williamwallace2325]

Baxter---somewhat off topic, but do you know that Norman, Norman's Rare Guitars, is hospitalized and is ill. In a video he was sitting up and speaking, so I am sure he'love for his peeps to wish him well.

[@mitchmatthews6713]

What is an "EXPENISVE" guitar?

[@mcfontaine]

What about that weird Light Show Ricky?

[@deanjones7559]

I think McCartney has a leftie 59 burst

[@pierheadjump]

Thanks Casino ⚓️

[@brettgl21]

Brett Williamson, 2021 Custom Flying V. Only one has been made. Think about it. LOL!!!!

[@WalkenDead]

As I sit here relaxing with some Bourbon with my Explorer in my lap, I have to say they are, to me, one of the most comfortable guitars I have ever played. I have a Strat and a LP, but the Explorer body shape and it's direct descendent, the ML just sit really nice whether seated or standing. Probably gonna catch hell for calling the ML the direct descendent, but ya'll all know it is even though Gibson didn't do it

[@ryangunwitch-black]

I love my 83 Explorer. So comfortable to sit with.

[@brunosilviomartins]

Yes, Jared Leto was in Fincher's Panic Room.

[@jdstan9650]

You know what's less expenisve than all these guitars? Spellcheck...

[@CraigFlowersMusic]

Expenisve?

[@guillermourrutia2159]

Why so long for a new video! I thought you and Baxter had a fall out! Lol jk have an awesome week

[@Smart-Alex]

I've never had an ex-wife nor an expenis too.

[@terrycolletti6793]

Paul McCartney has one of the lefty 59s so there's only one left

[@stratorobert123]

John McEnroe tennis player had or has one too

[@edsaadi]

No Strat?

[@mcfontaine]

“They wrote a book about horses based on this guitar” … 👏👏👏

[@Shiloh7377]

Isn't there a silver fox or white falcon or dove or something gretsch I think that are rare???

[@thepostapocalyptictrio4762]

Next video… 10 most common expensive guitars.

[@alexo5861]

Baxter, “Hammer of the God: The Led Zeppelin Saga” is probably the book you read. We all wanted to be Jimmy Page after reading that book. Honestly I still want to be Jimmy Page!

[@thseed7]

I hope nobody talks crazy about you getting off topic. I like the weird divergences. Yes, Jared Leto was in Panic Room 🤣🤘🎸

[@jerryodom7358]

Whatever happed to all those Normandy Chromed Aluminum Hollowbody guitars? I haven’t seen a used one for sale in decades. Anyone have one for sale? If you know anything about chrome, it’s gonna start peeling..so you better release it from your collection now… LOL.. buyers are standing by…and as you’ve learned from this video, rare does not necessarily mean it’s a good or desirable instrument..

[@AndyDion]

Top 9? You guys crazy!!

[@autistichead8137]

Esquire ?