Members 23miles Posted March 19, 2008 Members Share Posted March 19, 2008 Whoever designed the headstock deserves to be shot! I don't know.... I think it is kinda cool in a ghey sort of way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members lukeswall Posted March 19, 2008 Members Share Posted March 19, 2008 It's incredible how so many people criticize gibson for sleeping on their past glories, YET other people cry when they try anything new. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members StompBoxLover Posted March 19, 2008 Members Share Posted March 19, 2008 Who wants a BFG me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ej Posted March 19, 2008 Members Share Posted March 19, 2008 Who wants a BFG me. That silver burst is pure sex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members placeboemotion Posted March 19, 2008 Members Share Posted March 19, 2008 Thinking about it ... the body balance is probably not too dissimilar to my Lace Cybercaster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members zerkalo Posted March 19, 2008 Members Share Posted March 19, 2008 Me. The BFG looked kinda cool on the MF site . . . then I saw it in person. * pukes * Why couldn't they make a non-shimmery-homo version of it? It looks like Izaac Mizrahi designed after a meth-fueled gangbang at Elton John's mansion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vcnyls Posted March 19, 2008 Members Share Posted March 19, 2008 Thinking about it ... the body balance is probably not too dissimilar to my Lace Cybercaster Now that Lace guitar is hot! It's funny though... the more people post this reverse Explorer and talk about how ugly it is (mind you I believe I (not trying to brag, just using it to explain my change of heart) started the first post about it) the more I kinda like it. I don't know why... but I can't help myself! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members placeboemotion Posted March 19, 2008 Members Share Posted March 19, 2008 Now that Lace guitar is hot! It's funny though... the more people post this reverse Explorer and talk about how ugly it is (mind you I believe I (not trying to brag, just using it to explain my change of heart) started the first post about it) the more I kinda like it. I don't know why... but I can't help myself! Funderbunk has also a Cybercaster - to me it was always like a rosewood telecaster that was photoshopped ... you pull on two corners and that is what happens ... in any case it is a nice and original guitar. The pickups are a tad dull for my taste but it has its uses As to the reverse Explorer becoming more and more attractive as people are arguing against it ... social psychologists would have to say something about it I guess ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vcnyls Posted March 19, 2008 Members Share Posted March 19, 2008 Check out the bigger photos on MF - http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Gibson-Reverse-Explorer-Electric-Guitar-Antique-Walnut?sku=516473 It has a 4 screw truss rod cover instead of 2.... MAYBE IT'S A FAKE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members zerkalo Posted March 19, 2008 Members Share Posted March 19, 2008 Check out the bigger photos on MF - http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Gibson-Reverse-Explorer-Electric-Guitar-Antique-Walnut?sku=516473It has a 4 screw truss rod cover instead of 2.... MAYBE IT'S A FAKE! Looks real to me . . . real GAY!!!Can I get a high five? YEAH! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Exdeath Posted March 19, 2008 Members Share Posted March 19, 2008 If it didn't have the gumby headstock, pickguard, and retarded carbon fiber inlays, I'd be interested in it. Seriously. The inlays? What the hell? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LaXu Posted March 19, 2008 Members Share Posted March 19, 2008 I think the Z pickguard looks pretty good. Would like to see it on a non-reverse Explorer. That headstock is all kinds of fail though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Musicscotty Posted March 19, 2008 Members Share Posted March 19, 2008 Looks like a great way for Gibson to get shot of all those lefty Explorer body's and Moderne necks they had cluttering up the place Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jrockbridge Posted March 19, 2008 Members Share Posted March 19, 2008 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GAS Man Posted March 19, 2008 Members Share Posted March 19, 2008 Whoever designed the headstock deserves to be shot! Actually, I kinda like that one, except I agree, the headstock leaves me But it also doesn't look at all comfy. But I get off of the aged pickup cover look and the lightening bolt shaped pickguard AND the finish color of the body. Here's some odd cropped closeups. http://www.gibson.com/en%2Dus/Divisions/Gibson%20USA/Products/GOTM/ReverseExplorer/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vcnyls Posted March 19, 2008 Members Share Posted March 19, 2008 But it also doesn't look at all comfy. And probably a real pain to play sitting on the couch with that lower horn jabbing out of the bottom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wavenger Posted March 19, 2008 Members Share Posted March 19, 2008 I like how the pickguard looks like a lightning bolt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vcnyls Posted March 19, 2008 Members Share Posted March 19, 2008 OK, this thread needs to end before I do something really stupid like preorder one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members L6Sguy Posted March 19, 2008 Members Share Posted March 19, 2008 i'll send you a box of kitty-crap, which'll arguably look a lot more attractive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members No Soul Posted March 19, 2008 Members Share Posted March 19, 2008 Here is a good idea for Gibson, heck, I'll even give it to them for free. Stick with your tried and true designs and return back to basics. Increase quality controls, lower pricing on standard models. I wonder how much money Gibson spent coming up with that atrocity? Tried and true models?They do make them...nothing new there. Keep in mind, the odd ball models are never in production long. Increase in QC has already happened DRAMATICALY within the last 2 years. Lowering prices would make absolutely NO sense for a few reasons.In a practical sense, you have to consider that first of all, Gibsons have ALWAYS been expensive. Relative to what a Les Paul cost in the 50's, they pretty much go for the same price today. Also, a lot of the perceived value of higher end products is merely in the price tag, Gibson is no exception. Take a Les Paul Studio vs a Standard if you want a clearer picture of this. And ultimately, despite their price tags, they are selling VERY well. A deduction in price could lead to two things. From a business standpoint for Gibson, this reduced perception in value could quite simply lower sales, and who would want that? Now, lets persume the opposite of that happens (which is possible, just not likely IMO) and that sales sky-rocket! From a consumer standpoint, this would actually be bad, because Gibson is already at a production level that is very MAXED out. The QC issues so many seemed to be worried about would become even more of a problem than they are now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DavidMgT Posted March 19, 2008 Members Share Posted March 19, 2008 Can't Gibson just stick with the originals? Who wants a BFG or a Goth Elite Soy Decaf Psuedo Explorer with Italian Mint Syrup? if they did some tone-deaf troll in this forum would go on about how dated they are, or how they aren't innovative. Oh wait--some troll already has:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sk8centilli Posted March 19, 2008 Members Share Posted March 19, 2008 I've always dug the Moderne: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Funderbunk Posted March 19, 2008 Members Share Posted March 19, 2008 Funderbunk has also a Cybercaster - to me it was always like a rosewood telecaster that was photoshopped ... you pull on two corners and that is what happens ... in any case it is a nice and original guitar. The pickups are a tad dull for my taste but it has its uses Funny you mention that... I'm considering trying the Lace Alumitone humbuckers in mine, or maybe some of the latest PBF 'buckers from Bartolini. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members L6Sguy Posted March 20, 2008 Members Share Posted March 20, 2008 ......Increase in QC has already happened DRAMATICALY within the last 2 years...... curious who exactly measures this stuff, aside from self-appointed nerd-squads that post on the net. raised standards and such (in the QC process itself) might be important too, but i;d like to know at least that gasoline-huffing rednecks arent arent the ones insisting that QC has improved dramatically. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members UllyssesSB Posted March 20, 2008 Members Share Posted March 20, 2008 if they did some tone-deaf troll in this forum would go on about how dated they are, or how they aren't innovative. Oh wait--some troll already has:) If by that you mean Leo Fender then by all means. But if you are trying to insult me, you have completely missed my point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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