Gibson Melody Maker

[Chris P.]

Hi guys,

Are there any opinions here (soundwise, quality wise, other wise) about those new cheap Gibson Melody Makers?

http://www2.gibson.com/Products/Electric-Guitars/Melody-Maker/Gibson-USA/Melody-Maker.aspx

Thanks!

[Dave W]

I've had mine about 16 months now and I still love it. It was great right out of the box.

See http://bassoutpost.com/index.php?topic=2534.0. Freuds Cat bought one for him and one for his guitarist, maybe he'll chime in.

[exiledarchangel]

Call me crazy, but I love that narrow headstock.

[Chris P.]

Hi there!

Thanks! I already searched for that old thread, but I couldn't find it. Thanks!

[Freuds_Cat]

Sorry Chris, I missed this.  I'm really happy with the MM. It has a great sound which contrasts nicely against Strats and Les Pauls. Being an overwound single coil on  a Mahogany body it really does have its own sound. Our guitarist has been using his almost exclusively over the last 6 months through a Vox AC30 with very good results IMO. He says he finds a lot of different sounds just by changing his volume knob alone and adjusting the true volume with a pedal. He says its very sensitive tonewise in a good way.

[Chris P.]

Cool! I can imagine the sound goes more to an SG because of the thinner body? Maybe a bit P90 SG?

[Dave W]

Not really. I mean, it's a single coil mahogany Gibson but the feel is more like a Junior than an SG and the pickup is quite different from a P90, brighter and clearer sounding although still on the hot side. It has its own thing going.

[Freuds_Cat]

Yeah I agree with Dave. It does have its own sound. Which is not like an SG at all. It doesn't have the sweetness of a P90. It sounds like a single coil in as much as its bright and has that single coil transparency but then the mahogany combined with the overwind tends to fatten it up and give it a smidge of blur. Probably just imagining it all but thats how my ears hear it.

[Chris P.]

I ordered the one-pick up one in sunburst and I got the two-pick up one. No problem;) Now I have to learn some chords. But mind you: Bass will be my main instrument!

[Dave W]

... But mind you: Bass will be my main instrument!

We'll be watching you to make sure it stays that way. 

[exiledarchangel]

There's no need to learn chords to rock, just look cool and strum. Some Pete Townshend moves will help too.

[nofi]

if you can play a barre chord your golden.

[Chris P.]

I can play one chord. Two to go!

[Highlander]

I didn't know you were a Status Quo fan...

[Chris P.]

Didn't they found a fourth one a while ago?