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The Salvation of Gibson
Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2010 5:36 pm
by elreydlp
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"!
Re: The Salvation of Gibson
Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2010 5:58 pm
by jdogric12
Wow, that is sad.
Re: The Salvation of Gibson
Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2010 6:05 pm
by jingle_jangle
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.
Re: The Salvation of Gibson
Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2010 6:39 pm
by bartyclue
Give me some good wood, some good pickups... I'll handle the rest
Re: The Salvation of Gibson
Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2010 7:06 pm
by Danotron
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!
Re: The Salvation of Gibson
Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2010 7:09 pm
by jingle_jangle
bartyclue wrote:Give me some good wood, some good pickups... I'll handle the rest
+1.
Re: The Salvation of Gibson
Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2010 7:12 pm
by winston
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.
Re: The Salvation of Gibson
Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2010 7:16 pm
by johnhall
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.
Re: The Salvation of Gibson
Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2010 7:21 pm
by jingle_jangle
Maybe they had a conflict with booking the American Legion Hall in Hamtramck?
Re: The Salvation of Gibson
Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2010 7:27 pm
by jingle_jangle
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!
Re: The Salvation of Gibson
Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2010 7:33 pm
by ken_j
Re: The Salvation of Gibson
Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2010 7:36 pm
by ken_j
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).
Re: The Salvation of Gibson
Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2010 7:48 pm
by jimk
I think I'll just stick to my good ol' Rickenbacker.
JimK
Re: The Salvation of Gibson
Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2010 7:50 pm
by kiramdear
I know somebody who likes it.
Re: The Salvation of Gibson
Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2010 8:34 pm
by robbo63
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!
