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Members scuzzo Posted January 9, 2011 Members Share Posted January 9, 2011 this is cool.. this is why i like the YOUTube.. seeing EG riff on the frying pan.. thats classic, man!! [video=youtube;kV19iB-_U5g] more to come,,, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members BlackCat Posted January 9, 2011 Author Members Share Posted January 9, 2011 This made me think of the complaint that you sometimes hear on HCEG: "Why doesn't Gibson come up with new designs more often." According to the video Gibson rejected Les Paul's first proposal for a solid body electric guitar. They only came out with the Les Paul guitar that we know today after they started loosing market share to the Telecaster. Apparently Gibson is a very traditional company and has never been know for innovation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Belva Posted January 9, 2011 Members Share Posted January 9, 2011 This made me think of the complaint that you sometimes hear on HCEG: "Why doesn't Gibson come up with new designs more often." According to the video Gibson rejected Les Paul's first proposal for a solid body electric guitar. They only came out with the Les Paul guitar that we know today after they started loosing market share to the Telecaster. Apparently Gibson is a very traditional company and has never been know for innovation. YA THINK????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members unworthy Posted January 9, 2011 Members Share Posted January 9, 2011 Apparently Gibson is a very traditional company and has never been know for innovation. "Never" is pretty is an unfair characterization. I happen to agree with most that HJ is a jerk who is out of touch with the player, but is it Gibson's fault that a quarter of all guitars sold today are based on the Les Paul? Throw in copies of Teles and Strats and you probably cover more than 3/4 of the market. Add the Explorer, Vee and Thinline designs of the 50s and you have another significant percentage of the current market. It's what people want and, while "Luddite" was a poor choice of words, guitar players are notoriously traditional. Gibson invented the archtop guitar and the Loar mandolins weren"t exactly traditional. The ES-150 came to market 10 years before the Tele was a gleam in Leo's eye, but how many of them were bought in that time? Who invented the maple/mahogany/set neck formula and brought the humbucker to market, and how long did it take for the market to embrace them? Since then Gibson has brought a lot of new designs and refinements to the market only to have them rejected by the majority of the public. Now, after defending the Gibson family name, I join the masses in screaming that the Fireturd X is an overpriced monstrosity. WTF were they thinking? D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Belva Posted January 9, 2011 Members Share Posted January 9, 2011 There hasn't been any major innovations is a loooong time. The Fireturd X shows why. Nobody wants that. I'm sure a guitar could be designd that will act as a slutty girlfriend, a maid, a cook and the neighborhood butcher. But it has to have sales potential before it's worth doing the R&D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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