The Salvation of Gibson

elreydlp · Post by **elreydlp** » Thu Oct 28, 2010 5:36 pm

King Henry unveils his latest tribute to his outsized ego:

http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/F ... ment-1028/

Reminds me of a line from a movie:

"Ladies and gentlemen; the future of law enforcement.
I give you-ROBOCOP"!

jdogric12 · Post by **jdogric12** » Thu Oct 28, 2010 5:58 pm

Wow, that is sad.

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Thu Oct 28, 2010 6:05 pm

Read the comments on the page. Universally negative...

Plug-ugly to boot.

It's pathetic when one person's ego can distort his perceptions so very much that he loses touch with reality, while thinking himself a visionary.

bartyclue · Post by **bartyclue** » Thu Oct 28, 2010 6:39 pm

Give me some good wood, some good pickups... I'll handle the rest

Danotron · Post by **Danotron** » Thu Oct 28, 2010 7:06 pm

I don't know what to say here. I'm a Gibson fan and I've been less than impressed with most of their new "revolutionary" guitars (Robots, Diablo, Dusk Tiger, zoot suit, and now this).

I haven't played one of these but I don't think I would because the design doesn't appeal to me. It's ugly.

But putting all of that aside, what a terrible presentation!

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Thu Oct 28, 2010 7:09 pm

bartyclue wrote:Give me some good wood, some good pickups... I'll handle the rest

+1.

winston · Post by **winston** » Thu Oct 28, 2010 7:12 pm

Danotron wrote:
But putting all of that aside, what a terrible presentation!

I agree Dan. That was really poor form. He should have used a communication professional. That guitar does zippo for me btw.

johnhall · Post by **johnhall** » Thu Oct 28, 2010 7:16 pm

This guitar wasn't supposed to be introduced until December 11th and they made a big deal about that being some "special day". I wonder what caused them to bump the schedule up? The only thing I can think is that it wasn't much of a secret anymore, i.e. the cat got out of the bag earlier than planned.

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Thu Oct 28, 2010 7:21 pm

Maybe they had a conflict with booking the American Legion Hall in Hamtramck?

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Thu Oct 28, 2010 7:27 pm

winston wrote: That guitar does zippo for me btw.

Shhhh, Brian...

Don't say "Zippo" too loud, or the next version will light cigars too!

ken_j · Post by **ken_j** » Thu Oct 28, 2010 7:33 pm

...it's about attention to detail...

ken_j · Post by **ken_j** » Thu Oct 28, 2010 7:36 pm

jingle_jangle wrote:Maybe they had a conflict with booking the American Legion Hall in Hamtramck?

I'm not that is still open (most businesses around here have faultered).

jimk · Post by **jimk** » Thu Oct 28, 2010 7:48 pm

I think I'll just stick to my good ol' Rickenbacker.
JimK

kiramdear · Post by **kiramdear** » Thu Oct 28, 2010 7:50 pm

I know somebody who likes it.

robbo63 · Post by **robbo63** » Thu Oct 28, 2010 8:34 pm

Reading the comments on that page, this struck me as odd: "is this man mentally ill? looks like a bloody rickensbacker" (sic)

I'd say the guy who wrote that is mentally ill - it looks a lot more like a Firebird than any Rick!

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