Members Senor Cleavage Posted October 28, 2010 Members Share Posted October 28, 2010 It's been done. More than once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members neilr11 Posted October 28, 2010 Members Share Posted October 28, 2010 All Gibson has to do is make a great playing Les Paul that is finshed correctly at a reasonable price, they would be fine. Too much tradition and history for all these gimick guitars that dilute the name. Gibson does not get it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Elias Graves Posted October 28, 2010 Author Members Share Posted October 28, 2010 this is dumb. Just for spite Im going to buy the Fender Champ 600 I played yesterday.EG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Elias Graves Posted October 28, 2010 Author Members Share Posted October 28, 2010 From MLP...People please, that Firebird Monstrosity IS NOT the revolution ok, don't speculate, thats not it, that is the gift for the first 20 people to show up.Perhaps there is hope yet.EG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RaVenCAD Posted October 28, 2010 Members Share Posted October 28, 2010 Free is about all I'd pay for that thing.. Maybe Gibson isn't that stupid after all..? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Elias Graves Posted October 28, 2010 Author Members Share Posted October 28, 2010 If recent history is any indication, I hold out very little hope. EG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Angry Tele Posted October 28, 2010 Members Share Posted October 28, 2010 they have lower standards over at the Gibson forums:"a cool/unique pin or hat for us to buy showing we care about Gibson more than the average bear" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Elias Graves Posted October 28, 2010 Author Members Share Posted October 28, 2010 Apparently, it's ongoing. There may be more. EG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Angry Tele Posted October 28, 2010 Members Share Posted October 28, 2010 So far the Firebird X. Three mini-hums. Lastest incarnation of Darkfire/Dusk Tiger technology. Non Reverse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Tupelo Son Posted October 28, 2010 Members Share Posted October 28, 2010 Prince signature model? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Flogger59 Posted October 28, 2010 Members Share Posted October 28, 2010 So far the Firebird X. Three mini-hums. Lastest incarnation of Darkfire/Dusk Tiger technology. Non Reverse. And made of what looks like ash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members notjonahbutnoah Posted October 28, 2010 Members Share Posted October 28, 2010 Is that it, really? The firebird... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members _pete_ Posted October 28, 2010 Members Share Posted October 28, 2010 And made of what looks like ass. Fixed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RaVenCAD Posted October 28, 2010 Members Share Posted October 28, 2010 EG posted something that said the Firebird was the doorprize for the first 20 people.. So far though, that thing is all we've seen. I think Gibson might be going for the world's largest collective facepalm if that is indeed all this big fiasco was about.. It's an ugly edition of an ugly guitar.. The only way to make that guitar less desirable would be to use paint made from ground up kittens.. Gibson, not just your average run of the mill retards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bsman Posted October 28, 2010 Members Share Posted October 28, 2010 So, Gibson Is Promising Us A RevolutionAs opposed to a revulsion, given the past couple of years: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vcnyls Posted October 28, 2010 Members Share Posted October 28, 2010 I just tried to go to it - it's over (wouldn't let me in the room and they're tearing down the displays). No indication of what was said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members scuzzo Posted October 28, 2010 Members Share Posted October 28, 2010 hey that zoot look pretty cool if they could do something about the finish..the pups and that silly button layout.. and the neck.. just some block inlay.. would be fine..Yea!! Gibbon.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Zemmy Posted October 28, 2010 Members Share Posted October 28, 2010 EG gonna steal that strap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Elias Graves Posted October 28, 2010 Author Members Share Posted October 28, 2010 gonna steal that strap And I'll beat your ass with it. EG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Edward Posted October 28, 2010 Members Share Posted October 28, 2010 2. Henry has said several times over the last few weeks that Gibson guitars will always be produced in the USA. Pity... if they shifted to Japan and halved the price, I'd be interested maybe. Carbon fibre is a good one... a carbon fibre neck would be an interesting way of addressing some of the inherent weakness in the design. Stronger than wood, as I understand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Elias Graves Posted October 28, 2010 Author Members Share Posted October 28, 2010 EG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frets99 Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 They're going to start making guitars we really like... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Edward Posted October 28, 2010 Members Share Posted October 28, 2010 Exactly....My rig is outdated. But with Variax, synth, etc, they're gonna have to do something really off the wall to qualify as revolutionary. They are really pushing this. I got another email last night about it. I'm wondering if maybe it's a new pickup system not based on magnetics. EG I'd like to see an LP with only the Robot tech on it. Seemed to be to be such as waste, the idea of buying a guitar capable of all that to then think about using old style pups.... that said, my feeling was they only kept the standard electronics in that design to placate the sort of luddites who wined about how the Variax didn't look like a "proper" guitar. I remember when that one debuted, there were people on here saying 'they should at least have fitted it with dummy magnetic pups so it looked normal' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Elias Graves Posted October 28, 2010 Author Members Share Posted October 28, 2010 EG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members *BLEEP* Posted October 28, 2010 Members Share Posted October 28, 2010 I think Gibson might consider creating a new brand to market these endeavors. They're good ideas, but I think they fail because they are too far out of scope for the Gibson name.Gibson will form a separate guitar division with a new line-up consisting of the single and double cutaway Ru Paul Standard Zoot Suit models. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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