Members Vintage_freak Posted August 30, 2010 Members Share Posted August 30, 2010 Ok so this is just idle speculation, but if Gibson have released a 50s and 60s tribute studio model, any chance they may do a 70s, and if so what are the features you would want? For me it would be a 3pc maple neck and minibuckers. Anyone got any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MKSkud Posted August 31, 2010 Members Share Posted August 31, 2010 They sould make a guitar out of robots. Robots Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Electric Monk Posted August 31, 2010 Members Share Posted August 31, 2010 Ok so this is just idle speculation, but if Gibson have released a 50s and 60s tribute studio model, any chance they may do a 70s, and if so what are the features you would want?For me it would be a 3pc maple neck and minibuckers.Anyone got any ideas? They quit beating around the bush and just literally make the guitar out of pancakes. Yeah, that'd be cool... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Carbohydrates Posted August 31, 2010 Members Share Posted August 31, 2010 Laminated maple neck, pancake body, headstock volute, those weird winder things in the tuners, and it must weigh no less than 12 lbs. Finishes: natural, silverburst, tobacco sunburst. I would totally* buy this. *never under any circumstances, I hate 70's Les Pauls edit: Also a relic version that comes with a poorly-done Kahler or Floyd route, a brass nut, and a deep sense of shame Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 59refin Posted August 31, 2010 Members Share Posted August 31, 2010 The Norlin years are a bad memory for me. I was priviledged(?) to be selling guitars in the '70's and some of the Gibsons at that time were atrocious. LP's with maple fretboards. Thirty-seven piece necks and all the resonance of a chunk of sidewalk. I'm still laughing that silverburst Pauls are sort of hot now. We couldn't give those things away back then.As much much as some of us dislike Henry J., maybe we should remember what he rescued us from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TomCray Posted August 31, 2010 Members Share Posted August 31, 2010 The Norlin years are a bad memory for me. I was priviledged(?) to be selling guitars in the '70's and some of the Gibsons at that time were atrocious. LP's with maple fretboards. Thirty-seven piece necks and all the resonance of a chunk of sidewalk. I'm still laughing that silverburst Pauls are sort of hot now. We couldn't give those things away back then. As much much as some of us dislike Henry J., maybe we should remember what he rescued us from. Was that supposed to be sarcasm? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Carbohydrates Posted August 31, 2010 Members Share Posted August 31, 2010 Was that supposed to be sarcasm? I would rather have one of those than a 70's Les Paul. This is not hyperbole or a joke. I am dead serious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members lp_junkie Posted August 31, 2010 Members Share Posted August 31, 2010 Ok so this is just idle speculation, but if Gibson have released a 50s and 60s tribute studio model, any chance they may do a 70s, and if so what are the features you would want?For me it would be a 3pc maple neck and minibuckers.Anyone got any ideas? No way, the 70's (Norlin era) quality was so inconsistent that there would be no reason to reissue them, the construction sucked (pancake bodies, maples necks, 3 piece tops, neck volute, massive headstocks), then the finishes were way too thick, and the introduction of the horrid Nashville bridge are too much to overcome. I've owned many 70's LPs since 1977 and most of them have been horrible guitars, I got rid of all them because I was always able to find something better. The only thing those 70's LPs had in common with a good Les Paul (52-60) and (87-Present) was the decal on the headstock other than that it was all wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vintage clubber Posted August 31, 2010 Members Share Posted August 31, 2010 I have nothing to offer this discussion but a face palm.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Carbohydrates Posted August 31, 2010 Members Share Posted August 31, 2010 No way, the 70's (Norlin era) quality was so inconsistent that there would be no reason to reissue them, the construction sucked (pancake bodies, maples necks, 3 piece tops, neck volute, massive headstocks), then the finishes were way too thick, and the introduction of the horrid Nashville bridge are too much to overcome.I've owned many 70's LPs since 1977 and most of them have been horrible guitars, I got rid of all them because I was always able to find something better.The only thing those 70's LPs had in common with a good Les Paul (52-60) and (87-Present) was the decal on the headstock other than that it was all wrong. To be fair, the volute wasn't really a bad idea and the Nashville bridge is a nice improvement over the ABR-1 and its silly wire retainer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members lp_junkie Posted September 1, 2010 Members Share Posted September 1, 2010 To be fair, the volute wasn't really a bad idea and the Nashville bridge is a nice improvement over the ABR-1 and its silly wire retainer. I used to sand the volutes off and reshape the transition when I refinished them, I happen to like the ABR-1, I don't have a single LP with a Nashville anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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