Members Faber Posted October 5, 2007 Members Share Posted October 5, 2007 Those and the explorers? After all they came out at a time when Rock n' Roll was still in it's infancy, and distortion was still something to be avoided. Did the good people at Gibson really expect any jazzer to get up on the bandstand and play Stella By Starlight on a V? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Professor Tom Posted October 5, 2007 Members Share Posted October 5, 2007 As far as I'm aware they were made for dealers to show them off to customers as examples of what Gibson could do if all restraints were thrown to the wind. Most of them sat in dealers windows for a while without being sold. That's what I read but no doubt someone else will tell me I'm wrong and have an alternative explanation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Virgman Posted October 5, 2007 Members Share Posted October 5, 2007 They came out during the early space age, Sputnik, Mercury, Gemini, Jetsons, etc. They embraced that style. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BootRoots Posted October 5, 2007 Members Share Posted October 5, 2007 They came out during the early space age, Sputnik, Mercury, Gemini, Jetsons, etc. They embraced that style. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MKSkud Posted October 5, 2007 Members Share Posted October 5, 2007 You can play ANY kind of music on ANY type of guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members UllyssesSB Posted October 5, 2007 Members Share Posted October 5, 2007 You can play ANY kind of music on ANY type of guitar. +1:thu: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Faber Posted October 5, 2007 Author Members Share Posted October 5, 2007 As far as I'm aware they were made for dealers to show them off to customers as examples of what Gibson could do if all restraints were thrown to the wind. Most of them sat in dealers windows for a while without being sold. That's what I read but no doubt someone else will tell me I'm wrong and have an alternative explanation.I thought that was just the Moderne? But I'm probably wrong. I've heard about them being used for signs, that's some coll sounding signs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Faber Posted October 5, 2007 Author Members Share Posted October 5, 2007 They came out during the early space age, Sputnik, Mercury, Gemini, Jetsons, etc. They embraced that style. true, much like the Strat. OTOH, strats were aimed at country players, whereas Gibson's bread and butter at the time were jazz players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Faber Posted October 5, 2007 Author Members Share Posted October 5, 2007 You can play ANY kind of music on ANY type of guitar. Sure - that don't mean that a product isn't aimed for a particular segment of the market. You can play exellent jazz on a JEM I'm sure, but they really aren't intented for that market Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Willyguitar Posted October 5, 2007 Members Share Posted October 5, 2007 This all comes down to how our perception of shape and style has changed. We are looking back at the late 1950s early 1960s with post '70s goggles. The shape of the stratocaster is a good example. When you look at it, it has become such a familiar and iconic shape that it becomes what we consider to be almost a standard or norm. If the Jazzmaster or something like that had been played by Hendrix more, perhaps that would have become our standard shape...? Same goes for the Les Paul shape. When you think about it - it is just a normal acoustic shape with a cut away... but its image now has so many connotations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JoeBoy Posted October 5, 2007 Members Share Posted October 5, 2007 You can play ANY kind of music on ANY type of guitar.Your not suppose to let that secret out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members process sherpa Posted October 5, 2007 Members Share Posted October 5, 2007 try sitting down and playing anything on a V. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Willyguitar Posted October 5, 2007 Members Share Posted October 5, 2007 I think you have to wedge the V bit over your knee and play it like a cello. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members process sherpa Posted October 5, 2007 Members Share Posted October 5, 2007 I think you have to wedge the V bit over your knee and play it like a cello. Oh, so it was really intended for classical guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jewel Posted October 5, 2007 Members Share Posted October 5, 2007 try sitting down and playing anything on a V. that's why i don't own one.peace, jeffhttp://www.myspace.com/allaboutyouband Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fenderguitar Posted October 5, 2007 Members Share Posted October 5, 2007 I believe Les Paul's were originally intended for jazz players. Les Paul himself played one throughout the 50's (he has since played a Les Paul Recording model). A lot of other 50's rockers played them and got some killer clean tones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jdjonsson Posted October 5, 2007 Members Share Posted October 5, 2007 I doubt the V was, as lots of jazz players play seated, and it simply isn't good for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MahaloVision Posted October 5, 2007 Members Share Posted October 5, 2007 We'll see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tim gueguen Posted October 5, 2007 Members Share Posted October 5, 2007 According to one version of the story the "Modernistic" trio(Moderne, Flying V, Futura/Explorer) came out of Ted McCarty taking umbrage at comments from someone at a trade show that Gibson were stodgy and old fashioned compared to Fender and other manufacturers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitarmandp Posted October 5, 2007 Members Share Posted October 5, 2007 You can play ANY kind of music on ANY type of guitar. Not true; You can't play metal on an acoustic guitar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members metalheadUK Posted October 5, 2007 Members Share Posted October 5, 2007 As far as I'm aware they were made for dealers to show them off to customers as examples of what Gibson could do if all restraints were thrown to the wind. Most of them sat in dealers windows for a while without being sold. That's what I read but no doubt someone else will tell me I'm wrong and have an alternative explanation. Thats what I have read too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members peavey_impact Posted October 5, 2007 Members Share Posted October 5, 2007 Not true; You can't play metal on an acoustic guitar I can :poke: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members metalheadUK Posted October 5, 2007 Members Share Posted October 5, 2007 Not true; You can't play metal on an acoustic guitarWRONG!!!The clip:http://www.soundclick.com/bands/songInfo.cfm?bandID=484650&songID=5821778The guitar:Crafter budget with bronze strings: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Virgman Posted October 5, 2007 Members Share Posted October 5, 2007 Segovia would have loved Dean guitars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Virgman Posted October 5, 2007 Members Share Posted October 5, 2007 WRONG!!! The clip: http://www.soundclick.com/bands/songInfo.cfm?bandID=484650&songID=5821778The guitar: Crafter budget with bronze strings: Awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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