Is Henry listening to Gibson fans?

[Granny Gremlin]

Personally I'd have captioned it "[Herp a] Derp"

[66Atlas]

[66Atlas]

I came across this today. Im sure it was discussed here already but I found it particularly nuts that on Gibsons own website they state that Tom Peterson played a Thunderbird III.  It was put up over a year ago and in that time no one thought to correct the error? its one thing for misinformation to be spread across forums and blogs..but your own website?! The whole site must be run by some group of marketing wunderkinds that sold the Gibson on the idea that they could increase their web/social media presence and Henry has double-downed on them just like he has robo-tuners.

http://www2.gibson.com/News-Lifestyle/Features/en-us/The-10-Coolest-Gibson-Thunderbird-Players.aspx

[Lightyear]

Well, they do have a shot of the TB "III" and, most importantly there's a nice shot of the Badbird bridge - Scott should link to it!

[Dave W]

I came across this today. Im sure it was discussed here already but I found it particularly nuts that on Gibsons own website they state that Tom Peterson played a Thunderbird III.  It was put up over a year ago and in that time no one thought to correct the error? its one thing for misinformation to be spread across forums and blogs..but your own website?! The whole site must be run by some group of marketing wunderkinds that sold the Gibson on the idea that they could increase their web/social media presence and Henry has double-downed on them just like he has robo-tuners.

http://www2.gibson.com/News-Lifestyle/Features/en-us/The-10-Coolest-Gibson-Thunderbird-Players.aspx

Which dumbshit wrote this? Smells like another Anne Erickson article to me. Includes bassists not primarily known for Thunderbirds while omitting their own endorser Nikki Sixx.

Then there's this gem:

Jackie Foxx: Yes, the Runaway's bassist played a 1965 Gibson Thunderbird throughout the bands four-year history, from 1975 to 1979, after unsuccessfully auditioning for the guitar slot won by Lita Ford.

She left the band in '77, and her stage name was Fox, not Foxx.

[doombass]

Yes, excluding Nikki Sixx while trying to make us believe Krist Novoselic involvement in his RD sig was by pure inspiration of the Thunderbird design is beyond ridiculous.

• Krist Novoselic: The Gibson Ripper was Novoselic's main bass through his years with Nirvana until he settled on the Thunderbird IV in the band's last months. Novoselic was so enamored with the T-bird design that he celebrated the 20th anniversary of the release of Nirvana's Nevermind by creating the Krist Novoselic Signature RD Bass with Gibson. The instrument follows the essential curves of the Thunderbird IV

[Highlander]

Foxx...? Sixx...?

Double XX rated nonsense...

[nofi]

this must be the worst list ever. gene simmons is alot of things but no one ever accused him of being cool. how about exclusive gibson users, that would be more to the point. i think mike watt comes closest to filling that slot. nirvana guy should be on the "people who have knocked themselves out with gibson basses"list.

[westen44]

Yeah, it's so hard to find a tuner when you need one. If only there were tons of free smartphone tuner apps and $10 clip-on headstock tuners. 

There may still be a day when cheap tuners become available.  We've just got to hold on and hope for the best.   

[Dave W]

Just for laughs, this was created by a guy at The Gear Page.

The LickR software is interesting.



And discussed by him as if it were real.

[Blackbird]

The idea of a standard pickup "dock" for a swappable pickup isn't all that far fetched...the way tech goes these days

[nofi]

elektra guitars had swapable pickups back in the 70's. leslie west was an endorser.

[FrankieTbird]

elektra guitars had swapable pickups back in the 70's.

Dan Armstrong's also.

[Dave W]

Yes, but none of those had 25 pins to activate the LickR and CybroKnobs. 

[drbassman]

Truth is, the auto tune thing is the classic engineering driving marketing rather than the other way around. Simple as that and it fails much more than it succeeds.  Successful products are typically developed based on market demand.  Simple.