jp_nyc
Kick Henry Jackassowski
If people would buy them at full price year after year they would. The regular Gibson lineup is just what sells well enough to justify the costs.
Gibson 2015
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If people would buy them at full price year after year they would. The regular Gibson lineup is just what sells well enough to justify the costs.
peskypesky
Strato-Smasher
hehe: http://www.thegearpage.net/board/showthread.php?t=1494351
Typical TGP stuff but they do have a point about the picture not being a smart representation of such an expensive instrument.
Typical TGP stuff but they do have a point about the picture not being a smart representation of such an expensive instrument.
Virtual Pariah
Kick Henry Jackassowski
The nut/headstock thing may be a reflection.
The nut itself may or may not be a cool idea. I like the idea of the zerofret, now we have to see how their interpretation of it works.
The Pup ring is terrible though.
The nut itself may or may not be a cool idea. I like the idea of the zerofret, now we have to see how their interpretation of it works.
The Pup ring is terrible though.
jp_nyc
Kick Henry Jackassowski
Gibson didn’t kill all of the sub $1,000 guitars. I got the new AMS catalog and they’ve brought back the 60s Tribute SG at $849 and the LP junior at $899. They only come in burst finishes now, which should nip complaints about those crappy thin finishes that rub off. Still no J series. The LPM is back but now it’s $1,149.
Guitar Heel
Demented Trick
Guitar Heel
Demented Trick
That, and they're five fucking thousand dollars.
Wyatt
Kick Henry Jackassowski
I kinda look upon all changes Gibson makes as attempts to isolate the impact their unskilled labor has on the instrument. The people building that $3759 Les Paul Standard aren't trained luthiers, they aren't even apprentices, but just taught to operate the machinery on an assembly line for low wages. Labor-wsie and corner-cutting wise, I would stay modern Gibson is worse than the Norlin years, they just have CNC routers and Plek machines to make up the deficit.
While I should appreciate the Gibson knows they need corrective measures, I would prefer to just buy a guitar from someone who took the time to train their employees to know how to do it right. Thankfully, I haven't been in the market for a new guitar in more than a decade.
While I should appreciate the Gibson knows they need corrective measures, I would prefer to just buy a guitar from someone who took the time to train their employees to know how to do it right. Thankfully, I haven't been in the market for a new guitar in more than a decade.
There are so many great instruments being built for that or less these days that unless you "have to have" a Gibson its a no brainer to shop the other companies that make similar instruments. Or just buy a used one.
Guitar Heel
Demented Trick
Only a Gibson is good enough.
Ugh. What an awful slogan for a company that regularly turns out instruments that's are barely set up or defective.
Guitar Heel
Demented Trick
Heritage is everything that Gibson should be, and I'm really glad they're around to fill that niche.
jp_nyc
Kick Henry Jackassowski
Not to mention what you can get for a little more. If I had $3750 for a Les Paul I’d spend another $100 and get a Kauer.
Wyatt
Kick Henry Jackassowski
To be fair, the slogan predates WWII...
True. They could update it to something like "Even A Gibson is OK" though.
Guitar Heel
Demented Trick
Elias Graves
Common misfit
Tough crowd. Lol.
I think the things that really pissed me was @grover's Les Paul with the finish flaking off in large patches and how they handled him as well as another student of mine who had a left handed custom shop CS-336 that was shipped with a broken truss rod. A 336 is one giant piece of wood so its a hugely expensive guitar to make..the neck and the body come from one large blank. And they couldn't make sure that the truss rod worked before they shipped him his $6000 guitar?
jp_nyc
Kick Henry Jackassowski
Was the rod broken or just defective?