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Title: Gibson Custom guitars
Post by: 4stringer77 on May 31, 2017, 01:07:48 PM
Have you folks seen the new limited edition guitars from Gibson custom? Could they be a precursor to the basses for 2018?
http://www.gibson.com/
Title: Re: Gibson Custom guitars
Post by: Highlander on May 31, 2017, 03:26:21 PM
Pimp my ride... :mrgreen:
Title: Re: Gibson Custom guitars
Post by: Dave W on May 31, 2017, 09:20:04 PM
I expect we'll get something like this (http://www.gibson.com/Products/Electric-Guitars/2017/Custom/Les-Paul-Standard-Painted-Over.aspx#CSLPSTDPSL11072).

Starting at $5,999. Order yours today. Gibson says it's "refreshingly defiant" so it must be worth the price.
Title: Re: Gibson Custom guitars
Post by: Highlander on May 31, 2017, 11:33:56 PM
Sort of a-la-Young, only without the Bigsby... :mrgreen:
Title: Re: Gibson Custom guitars
Post by: Pilgrim on June 01, 2017, 08:18:44 AM
I expect we'll get something like this (http://www.gibson.com/Products/Electric-Guitars/2017/Custom/Les-Paul-Standard-Painted-Over.aspx#CSLPSTDPSL11072).

Starting at $5,999. Order yours today. Gibson says it's "refreshingly defiant" so it must be worth the price.

HAHAHA!

Can you say "Fender Road-Worn?" .... I knew you could... but Fender only gets around a grand for these....
(http://medias.audiofanzine.com/images/normal/fender-road-worn-50s-precision-bass-1058271.jpg)
Title: Re: Gibson Custom guitars
Post by: Dave W on June 01, 2017, 10:34:48 AM
^^^

But that's not "refreshingly defiant" -- you can only get that with a Gibson!   :mrgreen:

Don't forget that the whole "relic" nonsense started with Fender's Custom Shop. They start at over $3K.
Title: Re: Gibson Custom guitars
Post by: 4stringer77 on June 01, 2017, 11:27:40 AM
It'd be great to have a Les Paul bass back in the lineup, sprayed over or not. I'm guessing (hoping), the bass players won't get pampered with such a luxurious finish option as the guitarists get. The modern double cut shape could be pretty nifty for a bass as well.
Title: Re: Gibson Custom guitars
Post by: amptech on June 01, 2017, 09:52:03 PM
I expect we'll get something like this (http://www.gibson.com/Products/Electric-Guitars/2017/Custom/Les-Paul-Standard-Painted-Over.aspx#CSLPSTDPSL11072).

Starting at $5,999. Order yours today. Gibson says it's "refreshingly defiant" so it must be worth the price.

Never seen these. Is it a joke? They screw up a finish, paint over it and have the nerve to claim money for both finishes??
Title: Re: Gibson Custom guitars
Post by: ilan on June 02, 2017, 10:20:09 AM
So sorry but I LOVE IT. Go ahead and mock me.

(http://images.gibson.com.s3.amazonaws.com/Products/Electric-Guitars/2017/Custom/Les-Paul-Standard/CSLPSTDPSL11072_MAIN_HERO_01.jpg)

Also... a T-bird in this theme would be killer.

(http://images.gibson.com.s3.amazonaws.com/Products/Electric-Guitars/2017/Custom/Firebird-Custom/CSFBCPSL11049_MAIN_HERO_01.jpg)
Title: Re: Gibson Custom guitars
Post by: Pilgrim on June 02, 2017, 10:26:11 AM
^^^

But that's not "refreshingly defiant" -- you can only get that with a Gibson!   :mrgreen:

Don't forget that the whole "relic" nonsense started with Fender's Custom Shop. They start at over $3K.

True, Fenders aren't "defiant". What Link Wray did to amp speakers with pencils was defiant!  :P

And the relic business still boggles my mind. Like the Good Old Boys said at the end of Blues Brothers 2000, "...bunch of wanna-be's."
Title: Re: Gibson Custom guitars
Post by: ilan on June 02, 2017, 10:40:16 AM
Don't forget that the whole "relic" nonsense started with Fender's Custom Shop

Good violin makers have been doing that for ages.

This is a violin made by my good friend Shlomo Moyal, who teaches violin making in Italy. He built it for his daughter. It's a Antonio Stradivari "Hellier"1679 model replica.

(https://scontent-mxp1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/17952689_10209129768657747_2646622797721876387_n.jpg?oh=97586014c79ba40f4a498c1d66f8d3cb&oe=59AC11E1)

And a bass - this is a Bernhard Simon Fendt II 1840c Model replica he made for his wife, a fantastic classical upright bass player and teacher.

(https://scontent-mxp1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/18057868_10209129840139534_2437326944547792338_n.jpg?oh=551ba421ab8a13761a688ab147d7896d&oe=59E1138B)(https://scontent-mxp1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/18057737_10209129840339539_1157104208448197408_n.jpg?oh=a5340e7cfd41c79be10dcb789ee04119&oe=59AB7DF4)(https://scontent-mxp1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/18057963_10209129840619546_2041064976854666349_n.jpg?oh=8dea876edde3a87f0d5ee3eb0d9b231b&oe=59E1EA2D)(https://scontent-mxp1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/17990769_10209129841219561_9204294183824595807_n.jpg?oh=5bac37c3c58cfb41580dd375fca56ccd&oe=59E27ABA)
Title: Re: Gibson Custom guitars
Post by: Highlander on June 02, 2017, 11:26:44 AM
Art, Ilan... art...
Title: Re: Gibson Custom guitars
Post by: Pilgrim on June 02, 2017, 12:24:43 PM
I agree, that's art.

Taking sandpaper and cigarette burns to those instruments would NOT be art - but teenage wannabees seem to think it is on electric guitars and basses.
Title: Re: Gibson Custom guitars
Post by: Dave W on June 02, 2017, 01:11:19 PM
Never seen these. Is it a joke? They screw up a finish, paint over it and have the nerve to claim money for both finishes??

Just announced. It's real, but it will be a joke if someone actually buys one.

At least Henry J. has figured out what to do with his reject bodies.  :mrgreen:

Good violin makers have been doing that for ages.

This is a violin made by my good friend Shlomo Moyal, who teaches violin making in Italy. He built it for his daughter. It's a Antonio Stradivari "Hellier"1679 model replica.

....

Not the same thing, IMHO. What Gibson is doing isn't imitating an antique. Likewise with Fender "relics."

True, Fenders aren't "defiant". What Link Wray did to amp speakers with pencils was defiant!  :P

And the relic business still boggles my mind. Like the Good Old Boys said at the end of Blues Brothers 2000, "...bunch of wanna-be's."

It would have been defiant if it had happened. 99% of Link Wray's claims never happened. And he had the same amount of Indian blood as Iron Eyes Cody.
Title: Re: Gibson Custom guitars
Post by: Pilgrim on June 02, 2017, 01:55:08 PM

It would have been defiant if it had happened. 99% of Link Wray's claims never happened. And he had the same amount of Indian blood as Iron Eyes Cody.

"...when the legend becomes fact, print the legend..."
Title: Re: Gibson Custom guitars
Post by: Dave W on June 02, 2017, 05:13:38 PM
"...when the legend becomes fact, print the legend..."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=363ZAmQEA84
Title: Re: Gibson Custom guitars
Post by: Pilgrim on June 02, 2017, 05:17:02 PM
Eeeeeeggggzakly!   ;)
Title: Re: Gibson Custom guitars
Post by: Rob on June 02, 2017, 07:43:02 PM
He was the greatest of them all  ;)
Title: Re: Gibson Custom guitars
Post by: Dave W on June 02, 2017, 08:12:10 PM
That's my steak, Valance!
Title: Re: Gibson Custom guitars
Post by: Highlander on June 03, 2017, 01:49:08 AM
... But I prefer tofu... :mrgreen:
Title: Re: Gibson Custom guitars
Post by: Dave W on June 03, 2017, 06:52:08 AM
... But I prefer tofu... :mrgreen:

Sorry, no tofu in Shinbone, or anywhere south of the Picketwire. Only Tom Doniphon's steak.

Anyway....

(http://i1230.photobucket.com/albums/ee487/irocdave12/5a59d0bb2b488d07d3f878556256cbb1_zps6pdzxge6.jpg)
Title: Re: Gibson Custom guitars
Post by: Dave W on June 03, 2017, 06:57:31 AM
You have to be special to get tone like this.

https://youtu.be/3ILtr_MEHVE