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New Gibson Firebird X Demo

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  • 29-10-2010 8:09pm
    #1
    darrenw5094
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,126 ✭✭✭


    Yesterday Gibson had an important revolution in guitar music to unvail in the Hard Rock Cafe in NY. Retail $5500.

    Here is a demo of it.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhyWlF6tWig


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    #2
    punchdrunk
    Registered Users Posts: 3,355 ✭✭✭punchdrunk


    please god somebody sell the CEO of Gibson a Lexus with a dodgy breaking system...that thing is ****ing horrendous :mad:


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    darrenw5094
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,126 ✭✭✭darrenw5094


    punchdrunk wrote: »
    please god somebody sell the CEO of Gibson a Lexus with a dodgy breaking system...that thing is ****ing horrendous :mad:

    $5570 is the price on the official Gibson site.


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    Dord
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,817 ✭✭✭✭Dord


    Jaysus, someone put that thing down... And quickly!


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    Fingers Mcginty
    Registered Users Posts: 2,557 ✭✭✭Fingers Mcginty


    OH God terrible demo in all fairness...the purple Haze intro was toe curling stuff....Should have got Billy to demo it. He could make anything look cool :D


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    stephenshields2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 658 ✭✭✭stephenshields2


    I would honestly prefer $5500 worth of plastic surgery on my anus.

    Honestly.


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    BostonB
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,056 ✭✭✭✭BostonB


    man thats one ugly guitar


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    lucianot
    Registered Users Posts: 375 ✭✭lucianot


    Same reaction in several guitar related forums. Incredible.


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    #9
    Dord
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,817 ✭✭✭✭Dord


    Here are some REAL Firebirds...

    '66 non-reverse Firebird
    66_firebird.jpg

    '76 reverse Firebird
    7420-1.jpg

    '64 Firebird I (I really want this! :o)
    p1_u0xyzuakx_ss.jpg

    There is no comparison possible between these and the monstrosity in the first post. These guitars are in a whole other league.


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


    This would also suffice. :pac:

    81pont38922-1.jpg


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    Patricide
    Registered Users Posts: 4,658 ✭✭✭Patricide


    Reverse firebirds are teh sechs, that "thing" in the first post is only good for the fire as far as my eyes are concerned.


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    #12
    punchdrunk
    Registered Users Posts: 3,355 ✭✭✭punchdrunk


    I'll have one in "roxy music red" please! :D

    20090131-cdifxg8prrfur2156diis8xaa6.preview.jpg

    Phil_Manzerana_11.jpg


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    Dord
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,817 ✭✭✭✭Dord


    punchdrunk wrote: »
    I'll have one in "roxy music red" please! :D

    20090131-cdifxg8prrfur2156diis8xaa6.preview.jpg

    Phil_Manzerana_11.jpg

    Remove two of those pickups and shave them sideburns! :mad::pac:


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    #14
    bad2dabone
    Registered Users Posts: 6,333 ✭✭✭bad2dabone


    stole this pic from the mylespaul forum:
    firepony.jpg


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    Yakult
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 7,941 Mod ✭✭✭✭Yakult


    Wow, whats with Gibson and their horrible horrible designs for "new" guitars. Or should I say mutations of original models.

    And wtf, Hannah Montana?? :confused: :rolleyes:


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    rcaz
    Registered Users Posts: 4,034 ✭✭✭rcaz


    Hate the look of the thing, hate the ridiculous price, and I wouldn't buy a new Gibson anyway, but some of the technology in that thing is pretty cool. I think their problem is, they make all these 'innovations' but don't leave them open-source enough.


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    #17
    Patricide
    Registered Users Posts: 4,658 ✭✭✭Patricide


    El Pr0n wrote: »
    Hate the look of the thing, hate the ridiculous price, and I wouldn't buy a new Gibson anyway, but some of the technology in that thing is pretty cool. I think their problem is, they make all these 'innovations' but don't leave them open-source enough.
    They also make any guitar with innovations cost about 3 times as much as a guitar without...


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    Johnny Storm
    Registered Users Posts: 3,984 ✭✭✭Johnny Storm


    punchdrunk wrote: »
    I'll have one in "roxy music red" please! :D

    20090131-cdifxg8prrfur2156diis8xaa6.preview.jpg

    Phil_Manzerana_11.jpg

    Phil is the man.
    His red Firebird on the inside sleeve of "For Your Pleasure" (1973?!!) was my first ever object of GAS

    Edit: Here's what I'm talking about....

    5131811852_501be799a5_m.jpg[


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    #19
    Eoin Madsen
    Registered Users Posts: 2,117 ✭✭✭Eoin Madsen


    In fairness, the shape is not any uglier than the original. :P There are lots of overpriced ugly guitars out there (hell, probably most of them). It all seems like a bit of an over-reaction, particularly the comments on the gibson site.


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    #20
    PeterIanStaker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,072 ✭✭✭PeterIanStaker


    Perhaps Gibson should have put that money into quality control instead of building this Fisher Price my - first - guitar/ Wii controller


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