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Gear Discussion Forums => Gibson Basses => Topic started by: Dave W on January 18, 2015, 12:29:22 PM
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Someone at the My Les Paul forums started a topic to speculate about what Gibson will offer for next year. I think he intended to be serious, but some of the predictions weren't. Here are a few that made me smile:
Special bridge with "Robot strumming ©"
New improved bulkier G-Force tuners
Super wide neck with spinners, curb feelers, fuzzy dice, and lime green burst finish
138% price increase to cover losses from 2015
Velcro body backing so you don't need a strap - "The New Les Paul Strapless!"
New ABR-2 Robot Tunomatic Bridge -Now Voice Activated!
Baked linoleum fretboard
Built in Licensed By Marshall battery powered mini amplifier with mini Celestion Greenback imbedded in the upper rear bout
Artificial Intellegence Robot tuners that tell YOU what key you'll be playing in
Specially designed to keep taking your money after you've already paid for it
Feel free to add your own. :)
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Hey, if you don't like it, buy a 7ender. :popcorn:
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Hey, if you don't like it, buy a 7ender. :popcorn:
We should propose these models for Fender's new line, since relics and player wear are so valuable:
The Roadkill model, which is pre-dragged behind a 1950 Ford pickup for a genuine relic condition
The Fender Hendrix model, with major burns down the front created with Ronson lighter fluid
The Fender Grizzly Adams model, with a body carved by chainsaw, also featuring claw marks from a Grizzly bear
The Squier Dukes of Hazzard model, ready to be re-assembled after being crashed around in the trunk of a Dodge Charger after doing repeated aerials specifically staged for Fender
....whaddaya think?
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Am I the only one who thinks a Les Paul or SG that can play itself is a good thing? Imagine how much less band drama there would be without the actual person playing the guitar...Gibson is on to something here ;D
P.S. I'm 95% joking of course.
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If we're going for a DofH model, then the Daisy Duke extra curvy body would be interesting...
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If we're going for a DofH model, then the Daisy Duke extra curvy body would be interesting...
And the cut-down pickguard.
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How about a built-in anti-wanking electric shock and a metronome for the 2016 basses? That's assuming Gibson even continues offering basses.
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That's assuming Gibson even continues offering basses.
LMAO!
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"Velcro body backing so you don't need a strap - "The New Les Paul Strapless!""
This is highly impractical for those of us who while liking to play naked shave all over. I see the majority of US-American bassists ruled out by such a callous move. You guys have a thing with cutting nature away.
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"Velcro body backing so you don't need a strap - "The New Les Paul Strapless!""
This is highly impractical for those of us who while liking to play naked shave all over. I see the majority of US-American bassists ruled out by such a callous move. You guys have a thing with cutting nature away.
Show some imagination! You could take a cue from Flea and his bandmates: wear a velcro sock! With some practice you could make the bass twirl around as you play.
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I like it!!
ZZ Top could write a new hit titled "The Velcro Sock."
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"Show some imagination! You could take a cue from Flea and his bandmates: wear a velcro sock! With some practice you could make the bass twirl around as you play."
Sigh. It has never occurred to me before how much a young man's instrument a bass guitar actually is. :-\
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"Velcro body backing so you don't need a strap - "The New Les Paul Strapless!""
This is highly impractical for those of us who while liking to play naked shave all over. I see the majority of US-American bassists ruled out by such a callous move. You guys have a thing with cutting nature away.
Just remember I shaved it all off first! :gay:
Gibson should be giving me a Sig Model for 2016, c'mon Henry, I dare ya!
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Sig Model you say? I'd have a name ...
Veronica's Secretion!
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This is worse than high school, lol.
Anyway, how about The Impeccable Finish Series.
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Wouldn't interest Uwe... ;)
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Sig Model you say? I'd have a name ...
Veronica's Secretion!
Works for me, no stodgy colors offered please!
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If we're going for a DofH model, then the Daisy Duke extra curvy body would be interesting...
Gibson already did that. :)
(http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l111/bigtreebluesea/rebelVictory.jpg) (http://s94.photobucket.com/user/bigtreebluesea/media/rebelVictory.jpg.html)
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I was talking off the record to two salesmen in two different shops. All the new Gibsons have the automatic tuners, a very very very wide neck, 'Les Paul 100' (??) written very ugly on all headstocks and of course the prices went up a lot. They both hated the guitars.. ..and sell a lot.
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The best thing that can be said about those robo-tuners is they're easy to remove. At least the old ones were..hopefully that's not a feature they changed ;D
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I was talking off the record to two salesmen in two different shops. All the new Gibsons have the automatic tuners, a very very very wide neck, 'Les Paul 100' (??) written very ugly on all headstocks and of course the prices went up a lot. They both hated the guitars.. ..and sell a lot.
And a zero fret!
The best thing that can be said about those robo-tuners is they're easy to remove. At least the old ones were..hopefully that's not a feature they changed ;D
Dave's Guitar Shop will remove the robo tuners and install regular tuners at no charge if you buy a new 2015 Gibson from them. So they must be easy enough to remove.
Hopefully Gibson isn't planning on a bass version.
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And a zero fret!
Now this I like.
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I vote for Crackle finishes. Who doesn't miss those...
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Hopefully Gibson isn't planning on a bass version.
Realistically, I imagine bass strings require so much torque for a battery powered motor that anything big enough to articulate a bass tuner would be much heavier than the guitar tuners. TBirds would have to start shipping with mic stand attachments for the headstocks.
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: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen::
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Realistically, I imagine bass strings require so much torque for a battery powered motor that anything big enough to articulate a bass tuner would be much heavier than the guitar tuners. TBirds would have to start shipping with mic stand attachments for the headstocks.
Don't give Henry any ideas! :mrgreen:
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A new Firebird x. XI?
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Thunderbird X?
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A Monkey Bass reissue in the Zoot Suit finish?
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I would buy a bass version of the map of america guitar 8)
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Don't give Henry any ideas! :mrgreen:
...and don't give him a guitar either, for that matter! ;D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ILtr_MEHVE
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Works for me, no stodgy colors offered please!
Is "Wood Floor" considered stodgy??