I herewith predict ...

[uwe]

... the return of the Q-80/-90! Can't be very long now:

"Gibson USA is bringing back the M-III, the exceptional "shred" guitar it first launched in 1991.

Just like original M-IIIs, the new M-III features reliable Gibson traditions - a mahogany body, glued-in neck, and high-gain Dirty Fingers humbucking pickups.

But the new M-III is bang up to date. You get a Floyd Rose vibrato system. Pickup selection is via a five-way selector switch, combined with push-pull switching on the master tone control for humbucker coil-splitting. There is also a great choice of colors - Cosmic Cobalt, Electric Lime, Vibrant Red, or Orange Glow. All are in high-gloss nitrocellulose lacquer. The all-black hardware complements the vibrant colors."







Holy hockey stick!!!

[planetgaffnet]

The guitarist in my band has a black Gibson that looks like these, but the headstock goes the other way.  Prophecy?  He's overseas at the moment.  I'll find out when he comes back.
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[Hörnisse]

I used to have a USA-1 back in the 1990's.  They need to bring it back too!

[uwe]

How I love that reticent headstock logo! 

[Hörnisse]

Borrowed directly from the '58 Flying V reissue I presume!  It was called the U2 and not the USA-1 which had a much fancier top and stop tailpiece.

[Psycho Bass Guy]

They'll put that crap out in the guitar line and the ONLY place you can ever find a new Gibson bass for sale is online.

[Dave W]

Having a Floyd Rose makes it "bang up to date"?    Floyds have been around since the Carter administration!

[TBird1958]

Not to mention black hardware..........At least it works on this thing 

[planetgaffnet]

Well, it's not one of these...it's a str*t shape with no-binding and an Explorer-esque hockey stick headstock.  In my defence, he used it at one rehearsal a loooong time ago, before migrating to a Fender Jaguar, then an SG.
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[Psycho Bass Guy]

The new ones are EVH/Music Man ripoffs instead of being "Super Strats."

[Barklessdog]

They are no worse than most of the Japanese design guitars out there.

[4stringer77]

I like the M-III shape. It reminds me of the Epiphone EBM-4 and EBM-5 basses I used to have. Unfortunate that Epiphone added the M in the names of those basses. Makes me think, electric bowel movements.

[Granny Gremlin]

The new ones are EVH/Music Man ripoffs instead of being "Super Strats."

Splitting a hair? 

[uwe]

I like the M-III shape. It reminds me of the Epiphone EBM-4 and EBM-5 basses I used to have. Unfortunate that Epiphone added the M in the names of those basses. Makes me think, electric bowel movements.

That is what I thought too first time I saw them.

[Psycho Bass Guy]

Splitting a hair? 

EVH himself contributed to the new body design of his namesake guitars, so much so that he was legally able to take the body shape to Peavey before joining the Fender fold. His stated goal was to differentiate it from the millions of Super Strats that he had spawned by shortening the horn extensions and making the body curves rounder. Gibson's new Q-80 and Q-90, appear to have taken that same aesthetic to the next level while stealing from Epi's past. The old, cheap and unwanted and passe is now the new and hip and chic, complete with a cheesy boner headstock.