Achtung! Gibson Firebird X Content!!! They finally have them working and WOW are they good.

[bsman]

I think this is the new Gibson’s way of saying no more SDotD blowouts.

No lie. In the past ten years I have owned five Gibsons. The most expensive was $500. I was perhaps one of the few who regretted Henry J's departure, because, when he was at the helm:

 

[jp_nyc]

seriously, they could have sold each one quickly for $50 and fed a lot of homeless people.

But then they’d have to provide warranty support when all the gimmicky shit on these guitars starts breaking.

 

[Rick 381]

Apparently part of the issue was warranty support. The gimmicky shit was Win98 based and the new owners must not have wanted to go down that road.

 

[smurfco]

That makes me sad

 

[Help!I'maRock!]

Next, the Gibson Sonex.

 

[Chad]

what a waste. They could have gutted the crazy electronics and donated them to some schools.

 

[shoeless]

what a waste. They could have gutted the crazy electronics and donated them to some schools.

My thoughts as well. There are plenty of public school music programs that would have loved to have had those. Just because you can't sell them to a bunch of cork sniffing geezers doesn't mean they should be destroyed. Anyone know what the backstory is to this? I can't believe it was sanctioned by Gibson.

 

[reverend1]

My thoughts as well. There are plenty of public school music programs that would have loved to have had those. Just because you can't sell them to a bunch of cork sniffing geezers doesn't mean they should be destroyed. Anyone know what the backstory is to this? I can't believe it was sanctioned by Gibson.

It was, an it’s going over as well as play authentic. They should abandon the internet.

 

[shoeless]

But then they’d have to provide warranty support when all the gimmicky shit on these guitars starts breaking.

I'm sure there are ways around that. There's plenty of NOS stuff out there that doesn't come with a warranty. If Gibson really was behind this, it just adds to their already crappy reputation.

 

[smurfco]

I cant believe no one at any point was like “maybe this is a bad idea” i mean they rented a tank

 

[wok]

Although I found it quite amusing, and the guitars are garbage, I agree it’s a waste. They could have donated them to schools or something like that.

But then again, it’s Gibson after all

#fuqagibson

 

[Guitar Heel]

#crushauthentic

 

[smurfco]

#crushauthentic

this is what stomping on model trains eventually leads to

 

[Modern Saint]

Gibson just destroyed 100s of Firebird X guitars - here's why

https://www.musicradar.com/news/gibson-just-destroyed-100s-of-firebird-x-guitars-heres-why?

 

[Guitar Heel]

Gibson just destroyed 100s of Firebird X guitars - here's why

https://www.musicradar.com/news/gibson-just-destroyed-100s-of-firebird-x-guitars-heres-why?

harmful??

I mean, what were they putting in those things? And whatever that was could have certainly been removed and replaced with something more conventional...right?

 

[Ignored Member]

Gibson just destroyed 100s of Firebird X guitars - here's why

https://www.musicradar.com/news/gibson-just-destroyed-100s-of-firebird-x-guitars-heres-why?

At some point, you might want to consider parting ways with the people responsible for your viral internet disasters rather than pay them to clarify and clean up the mess.

 

[Chad]

harmful??

I mean, what were they putting in those things?

Plutonium.

 

[Guitar Heel]

Plutonium.

GREAT SCOTT!!!

 

[Dudeman1967]

Plutonium.

DUDE!!! That’s totally rad!!

 

[Tiltsta]

I wonder if it has to do with the lithium ion batteries in these things. I remember some notebook companies recalling a shit ton of laptops around the block of time Gibson says these are from.