:) I'm in the market for a Les Paul.

I have done a lot of price comparing.
I have Gibson's list price on the models I am considering.
I have the normal selling prices of the major dealers (33% off list price).
I also have a couple examples of "Clearance" prices (50% off list price).

It appears that the dealers sell all @ 1/3 off list. If they have them in stock for a while, they sell them @ 1/2 off list. This tell me that they probably get them from Gibson for around half of list cost.

Can anyone verify this?

Examples:
- STD Premium Plus - list=$4028, reg price=$2660, clearance=$
- STD black - list=$3178, reg price=$2120, clearance=$
- STD faded - list=$3018, reg price=$2000, clearnace=$1700
- STD color - list=$3448, reg price=$2300, clearance=$1689