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darrenw5094 · 12-09-2009 10:34am #1

Rod, Jane and Freddy from Rainbow would love these new things.

4zn76tysfajdxp · 12-09-2009 2:09pm

spoonbadger · 13-09-2009 1:11am

For a bried second i thought it was a copy of claptons fool SG.

I was wrong =\

jimi_t · 13-09-2009 1:26am

It's slightly laudable for the fact that each stripe is a separate piece of wood as oppposed to being painted on - I mean I quite like it bar the appalling pickups and electrics configuration. I mean a single tone and volume knob? You're not dropping 2-3k to play in a skiffle band

spoonbadger · 13-09-2009 2:01am

Woah, those are individual pieces of wood?. That's actually very cool!!. Probably sounds like pants, but eh!!

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As for the skiffle, well, if it's good enough for jimmy page!! :pac:

Yakult · 13-09-2009 11:10am

I would definally use the second SG if I got it for free.. But wouldnt buy one ha

Last Angry Man · 13-09-2009 12:32pm

Not really my cup of tea to be honest but its nice to see them trying new things. It;s also not massively expensive for a Gibson....

there's a nice Limited Run Nighthawk on the way though that I may be after...

rcaz · 13-09-2009 2:13pm

Gibson wrote:

adical design starts with a body built with multiple birch wood laminate pieces (each one approximately .075" thick), each dyed with a different color then compressed and bonded together to form one solid block of wood

Er... Plywood?

This is how skateboard decks are made.

Seziertisch · 13-09-2009 6:01pm

I'd imagine that marketing/brand awareness is one of the main functions of these "novelty" guitars by Gibson. Considering that and the discussion they prompt, it seems like a fairly successful strategy.

Jeanious · 13-09-2009 9:05pm

spoonbadger wrote: »

Woah, those are individual pieces of wood?. That's actually very cool!!. Probably sounds like pants, but eh!! .

As for the skiffle, well, if it's good enough for jimmy page!! :pac:

Bah? Didnt Page have numerous switches, push-pull pots, out of phase, reverse polarity switches etc?

jimi_t · 13-09-2009 9:23pm

Seziertisch wrote: »

I'd imagine that marketing/brand awareness is one of the main functions of these "novelty" guitars by Gibson. Considering that and the discussion they prompt, it seems like a fairly successful strategy.

But if you look at it as brand dilution, its the least successful strategy since they muddied their name with the Faded SGs and other low quality consumertars.

spoonbadger · 13-09-2009 10:03pm

coyle wrote: »

Bah? Didnt Page have numerous switches, push-pull pots, out of phase, reverse polarity switches etc?

True!.

He also played skiffle :pac:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfiyEsMOSu0

Seziertisch · 13-09-2009 11:18pm

jimi_t wrote: »

But if you look at it as brand dilution, its the least successful strategy since they muddied their name with the Faded SGs and other low quality consumertars.

Well, in terms of brand dilution this started happening long before this. The reason that the vintage market has taken off as much as it has, is that they don't make 'em like they used to (and haven't for a long time). Comparing newer guitars (particularly a lot of Gibsons) to their older counterparts, a lot of the time the body shape is about the only thing they have in common with one another. At least nobody is going to go out and buy one of these and expect it to sound like what player x used on whatever classic recording.

rcaz · 16-09-2009 8:03pm

Hmm... Anyone want to try sort all this rubbish out?

ArthurGuinness · 17-09-2009 4:56pm

Any one here the rumor that was going around the LP Forums of a possible Peavy buyout of Gibson

darrenw5094 · 17-09-2009 8:15pm

Gibson are screwed...........everything down the drain.......

Took people for granted......and now they are screwed forever......and ever.

Fingers Mcginty · 17-09-2009 9:35pm

I don't share your sentiment at all brutha. I think they will keep going on to prosper for many decades to come....why? ....They still got that mojo vibe that's difficult to suppress. Like it or loathe it that's just the way it is. Fender and Gibson have just sooooooo much charismatic history that will never go away.

Dord · 17-09-2009 10:55pm

The Gibson presidents job is up for grabs on Monster.com.... not a good sign!

68 lost souls · 17-09-2009 11:17pm

Apparantly Gibson go through presidents regularly. There is a thread about that position over on Reranch. To be honest I dont see them ever shutting down. There prices however may fall a little. Gibsons tend to run about twice the price of most other guitars for the same value.

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