Free Melody Maker for me! Yippee!!

blakejcan

blakejcan

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The 2014 melody makers just dropped to $450 which was kind of my magic number. I travel a lot for work and rack up travel rewards points. I cashed a bunch in a while back for Amazon gift cards cause I just find them more useful than trying to book flights using miles which is a major pain in the ass. Plus..........I knew I could turn those into a guitar purchase at some point. :)

I had close to $350 in Amazon cards plus I have my Citi Visa linked up to my Amazon account which turns my cashback points into Amazon credits. I had about $100 in credits on that. Plus eBates is offering 8% cashback on musical instrument purchases through Amazon.

The $350 in Amazon cards plus $100 in Citi points took care of the purchase price and the 8% cashback took care of the tax.

My net cost...........$0 for a new Melody Maker from Sam Ash via Amazon.

I'm freakin stoked! This plus the Les Paul Trad Pro II I just got on the cheap is making this a very Gibson holiday season for me.

I am done for a while. I hope. Or I'll be in real trouble.

On the flip-side, I'm going to Chicago next week and stopping by Chicago Music Exchange which is the best guitar store ever by a long ways in terms of set-up and selection. Could be bad.

Melody Maker will show-up to the house while I'm in Chicago. Hurrah!
 
Re: Free Melody Maker for me! Yippee!!

Which variant? There seem to be numerous pickup permutations.
 
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That's slick! What color did you get?

I got my Melody Maker (a Les Paul Melody Maker from 2003) for free as well. It was thrown in for free when I bought my 2004 LP Standard. I had been planning on buying a LPMM as well, so I jumped when that sale came up.

Ironically, I like the LPMM much more than the Standard, and I have put countless hours more play on it than on the Standard.
 
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Cool deal. When you get back from Chicago, post pics. :)
 
Re: Free Melody Maker for me! Yippee!!

I got the 2014 which is a bit different than previous years. Carved body, maple cap, somewhat controversial 120th anniversay logo, different P-90s of some sort and an intonated wrap-around bridge. But whatever, it's going to be a blast. Just get loud and gritty and don't worry about dinging it up.
 
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