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NEW Gibson Jimi Hendrix signature...

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  • #2
    rcaz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,034 ✭✭✭rcaz


    Where does it actually say Jimi Hendrix? The scrawling on the body isn't necessarily proof...

    Off-topic: Anyone else notice how the Gibson website looks just like the Apple one? Fender isn't the only thing they're ripping off...

    http://www2.gibson.com/Products.aspx

    http://www.apple.com/


  • #3
    Dord
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,817 ✭✭✭✭Dord


    They announced it the other day that they're launching a line of Jimi insipired instruments. This is the first.

    Yeah, well I guess the thing about the Gibson & Apple brands is that they're both aiming for the whole "Lifestyle" image. The white, clean, modern look is the "in" thing with that.


  • #4
    eoin5
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,141 ✭✭✭eoin5


    Its set neck, hmm.

    I love their neck storage system...


  • #5
    rcaz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,034 ✭✭✭rcaz


    Can't wait for the chambered MacBook...


  • #6
    Alanstrainor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,157 ✭✭✭✭Alanstrainor


    ffs, they're really clutching at straws now...
    What next the Stato-Paul?


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  • #7
    freshcream
    Closed Accounts Posts: 85 ✭✭freshcream


    Alanstrainor wrote: »
    ffs, they're really clutching at straws now...
    What next the Stato-Paul?


    Wouldent that be a P.R.S. :rolleyes:

    This is the work of Janie Hendrix, who would sell her soul for a few buck's


  • #8
    Paolo_M
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 880 ✭✭✭Paolo_M


    I've seen old photos of Jimi playing live with a Les Paul and I think a V too.
    At least a LP JH might have had some credibility, but this...:eek:


  • #9
    -Chris-
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,035 ✭✭✭✭-Chris-


    I'm pretty sure there was a Jimi flying V a few years ago. I'm not feelin' it on the Strat though...


  • #10
    Quillo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 357 ✭✭Quillo


    Fender's new Jimmy Page signature model....


  • #11
    thegom145
    Closed Accounts Posts: 57 ✭✭thegom145


    Thats just... words really fail me. NO! BAD Gibson! :p


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  • #12
    darrenw5094
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,126 ✭✭✭darrenw5094


    freshcream wrote: »
    Wouldent that be a P.R.S. :rolleyes:

    Don't put Gibson in the same line as PRS.....different yokes altogether.
    freshcream wrote: »
    This is the work of Janie Hendrix, who would sell her soul for a few buck's
    Probably a hanfull of LSD too.....


  • #13
    Irish Guitarist
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,736 ✭✭✭Irish Guitarist


    Gibson could easily produce a white SG with three pickups and market it as the model he played on the Dick Cavett Show. It would probably sell a lot more than a Gibson Jimi Hendrix 'Stratocaster' is likely to. Personally I'm not interested in 'signature' guitars but I'm sure a lot of people would be.

    Apparently Janie Hendrix (who I assume commissioned Gibson to make this guitar) only met Jimi once. It's not surprising she knows very little about him, let alone his music or choice of instruments.


  • #14
    boycey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 513 ✭✭✭boycey


    T'is a strange one alright. Especially if you think back to Gibson managing to temporarily halt production of the PRS Singlecut for its 'similarities' to the Les Paul. I wonder would things have been any different had Gibson actually won that case, I'm sure Fender's legal team have wondered the same thing!


  • #15
    Patricide
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,658 ✭✭✭Patricide


    Ridiculous about the Hendrix connection. But maybe its just gibson trying to enter the strat market. Its a bit bonkers, whats next a fender les paul....


  • #16
    dr.bollocko
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 35,946 Mod ✭✭✭✭dr.bollocko


    It really intangibly annoys the hell out of me that they went and did this.
    http://www.gear-vault.com/gibson-hendrix-strat-people-are-pissed/
    “Anyone who remembers and respects Jimi’s legacy should be ashamed to buy this guitar. How can you call a guitar a Jimi Hendrix model when it didn’t even exist while Jimi was alive?
    The Fender Strat was Hendrix’s guitar-of-choice, why didn’t “Authentic Hendrix LLC” collaborate with FENDER to create the Hendrix FENDER Stratocaster electric guitar package? Did Authentic Hendrix LLC run to the highest bidder? We don’t know…. but it appears Authentic Hendrix LLC and Gibson USA would rather mind-rape a legendary dead man for the $$$,$$$,$$$ rather than keeping the heritage alive.

    guitar-004.jpg


  • #17
    Yakult
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 7,944 Mod ✭✭✭✭Yakult


    Patricide wrote: »
    Ridiculous about the Hendrix connection. But maybe its just gibson trying to enter the strat market. Its a bit bonkers, whats next a fender les paul....

    Lo and behold!!

    Fender-Les-Paul-Sunburst59.jpg:D


  • #18
    MetalDawg
    Closed Accounts Posts: 160 ✭✭MetalDawg


    R_H_C_P wrote: »
    Lo and behold!!

    Fender-Les-Paul-Sunburst59.jpg:D
    LMAO good one. Seriously though a Gibbo strat-y thing. I saw that picture i was like wtf? Noticed the set neck straight away, but why the Kahler routing? It wasnt even invented when Hendrix was alive so how could it be on an instrument designed to give you Jimi's sound or vibe?


  • #19
    Dord
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,817 ✭✭✭✭Dord


    dr.bollocko wrote: »
    It really intangibly annoys the hell out of me that they went and did this.
    http://www.gear-vault.com/gibson-hendrix-strat-people-are-pissed/



    guitar-004.jpg

    Fender made a few Jimi signature strats in the 90's. There was a lefty strung right (opposite to Jimi's :D) and a right-handed one with a reversed headstock.

    I believe it was finished when Al Hendrix died (Jimi's Dad). Janie Hendrix (Jimi's step-sister) runs Experience Hendrix LLC now which administers Jimi's estate (albeit badly). She only met him once apparently. Seems to just want to make a quick buck.


  • #20
    -=al=-
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,291 ✭✭✭-=al=-


    Why isnt it lefthanded


  • #21
    darrenw5094
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,126 ✭✭✭darrenw5094


    -=al=- wrote: »
    Why isnt it lefthanded
    You could buy a right handed one and turn it upsidedown and play it left handed.

    But that would just look a bit silly and wouldn't work.........


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  • #22
    Voodu Child
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,706 ✭✭✭Voodu Child


    hendrix-package-850-100.jpg

    :pac:
    Even comes with a tie-die T-Shirt, just like Hendrix used to always wear.....oh wait..


  • #23
    Dord
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,817 ✭✭✭✭Dord


    Voodu Child wrote: »
    hendrix-package-850-100.jpg

    :pac:
    Even comes with a tie-die T-Shirt, just like Hendrix used to always wear.....oh wait..

    That's just a cheap chinese strat-a-like that they stuck a Hendrix logo & signature on.


  • #24
    MetalDawg
    Closed Accounts Posts: 160 ✭✭MetalDawg


    Dord wrote: »
    That's just a cheap chinese strat-a-like that they stuck a Hendrix logo & signature on.

    Yea, looks like a cheap "pakage" :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:


  • #25
    brendansmith
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,526 ✭✭✭brendansmith


    MetalDawg wrote: »
    Yea, looks like a cheap "pakage" :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:


    Any idea why its spelt like that?


  • #26
    Voodu Child
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,706 ✭✭✭Voodu Child


    brendansmith wrote: »
    Any idea why its spelt like that?

    Its kooler.


  • #27
    Dord
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,817 ✭✭✭✭Dord


    It gets worse...

    *facepalm* :(


  • #28
    Last Angry Man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 180 ✭✭Last Angry Man


    Sweet Jeebus! Whats going on? I LOVE Gibsons but this is taking the p*ss. How could anyone think any of this cheap tat is a good idea. Gibson have managed to completely devalue thier own brand while defacing the memory of a truely great musician. In fact I think I might even be offended by it all.... yep I'm definitely offended.


  • #29
    brendansmith
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,526 ✭✭✭brendansmith


    Im lookin forward to the Michael Jackson explorer and the Patrick Swayze Les Paul already.


  • #30
    MetalDawg
    Closed Accounts Posts: 160 ✭✭MetalDawg


    And its all disappeared. . . . .
    http://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/gibson-removes-hendrix-content-from-official-website-221575


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  • #31
    Johnny Storm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,993 ✭✭✭Johnny Storm


    MetalDawg wrote: »
    And its all disappeared. . . . .
    http://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/gibson-removes-hendrix-content-from-official-website-221575

    What's next? The Bobby Ewing o-caster?
    :eek:


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