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I work for a French retail group that sells many things : books, video games, movies, appliances... and music gear. I am in charge of the music instruments department specifically. I was eligible to discounts on a few guitars, and one of those was the Noel Gallagher Riviera, which was put on clearance.
I snagged a brand new one for the equivalent of $580 a month ago. Fair enough, I wanted one since it's reveal a few years ago as I've been an Oasis fan for as long as I remember, and a few of my favourite bands and artists such as Interpol, Al Caiola, George Benson, The Strokes, SRV and many others got me wrapped around the idea of owning a semi-hollow one day. I'm thankful for the opportunity to play this pretty axe.
Sales season has been up for a week and a half in France now, and the store chain I work at was having a slew of its Epiphone models on clearance. One being this lovely 2025 LP Standard 60s Figured Blueberry Burst that I got shipped from a few hundred miles from me. I already have a 2016 Custom Pro that I adore and was my first real quality guitar and helped me progress tremendously.
On its highest discount (-70%) and with a few vouchers and my employee discount to top it off, I managed to get this brand new model for $160 today. I've been kind of mesmerised by the color on this. It's evocative, alluring, and inspiring in every sense of the word. I've been putting guitar aside for a few months now but adding these two models to my collection (that is much too large for a player as mediocre as me) reignited a fire in me that reminds me of promises and goals I made to myself when I started this journey 8 years ago.
Safe to say, I'm not buying a guitar anytime soon.
Have a good one y'all.