New Gibson Studio 70s Tributes Les Pauls,SG and Firbirds

westtexasred · Post by **westtexasred** » Wed May 16, 2012 9:31 pm

"After the wild success of the 50s and 60s tribute Les Paul Studios Gibson have commited to a third round: The Les Paul Studio 70s Tribute, SG Special 70s Tribute and Firebird Studio Reverse 70s Tribute will make up the 70s Tribute range and will all feature new Mini Humbuckers that offer a greater output than previous versions while maintaining the classic vintage jangle. The 70s Tribute models will be available in Limited supply as with the 50s and 60 lines and priced to be some of the cheapest Gibson USA models on the market "

Photos at The Music Zoo (link)

comming soon?

Gabriel · Post by **Gabriel** » Wed May 16, 2012 9:35 pm

Eww baked maple

damienblair17 · Post by **damienblair17** » Wed May 16, 2012 10:30 pm

This has the potential to be amazing. Baked maple be damned.

westtexasred · Post by **westtexasred** » Wed May 16, 2012 11:11 pm

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Billy3000 · Post by **Billy3000** » Thu May 17, 2012 3:09 am

"cheap" and "gibson" is not something that usually adds up to mean "quality"

death2yun · Post by **death2yun** » Thu May 17, 2012 3:19 am

Billy3000 wrote:"cheap" and "gibson" is not something that usually adds up to mean "quality"

Idk man, have you tried the 60's tributes?
I loved the sg 60's trib.
I'd hop on one of those firebirds so quick.

ekwatts · Post by **ekwatts** » Thu May 17, 2012 8:02 am

The melody maker/budget models they released recently were absolute shite of the most ridiculous degree. They were like the shittiest Chinese guitars you'd get foisted on you as a beginner from disreputable shops. With Gibson on the headstock.

Thom · Post by **Thom** » Thu May 17, 2012 9:22 am

Yeah but the Tribute series have been really good, both 50s and 60s. I imagine these will be the same.

ekwatts · Post by **ekwatts** » Thu May 17, 2012 9:27 am

I dunno, every time I think my opinion of Gibson couldn't get any lower they bring out some new twistyfuck bollocks, whether it's the Digitlol Guitar, that fucking pus-wank Firebird, the "cheap" Melody Makers where they placed the volume and jack sockets RIGHT NEXT TO THE PLACE WHERE YOU STRUM TO SAVE MONEY ON HAVING TO BACK-ROUT THE GUITAR OR PERHAPS USE SEVERAL INCHES MORE PICKGUARD TO COVER UP A FRONTROUTED HOLE or claiming that they pretty have to keep using illegally sourced wood or lawyers would stop buying their guitars to go with their garage-bound Harleys and pre-distressed leather jackets.

Fuck Gibson.

But yeah, these look alright.

But fuck Gibson.

Thom · Post by **Thom** » Thu May 17, 2012 9:34 am

Oh don't get me wrong, Gibson can suck a bag 'o dicks, but the tribute guitars are really good for the money.

ultratwin · Post by **ultratwin** » Thu May 17, 2012 9:40 am

Goldtoppies at ZZZOUNDZ

So no classic mini-hum pole pieces, eh? Looks like a sudden abundance of Firebird pickups are immediately being put to use.

Billy3000 · Post by **Billy3000** » Thu May 17, 2012 3:33 pm

Everything Ek has said perfectly describes my opinion of Gibson and the lower end models. Granted, I haven't played any of these 50's 60's or 70's tributes though.

stewart · Post by **stewart** » Thu May 17, 2012 5:11 pm

silverburst firebird looks pretty cool.

Progrockabuse · Post by **Progrockabuse** » Thu May 24, 2012 1:19 pm

I think Gibson have finally released the guitar I lust after. Goldtop with mini hb's!

Thom · Post by **Thom** » Thu May 24, 2012 4:36 pm

holy shit - lefties all available!

Mages · Post by **Mages** » Thu May 24, 2012 4:41 pm

the finish on these look awful. that red is like a joke. looks like it's about to rub off entirely. on the back of that suburst one you can see the texture of the grain through the finish like there's not enough coats.

Dillon · Post by **Dillon** » Thu May 24, 2012 5:07 pm

Satin black on the back of the goldtop and sunburst models? Ewwww. I'd buy one of these in a heartbeat otherwise. I love the 50s/60s tributes they've done.

DGNR8 · Post by **DGNR8** » Thu May 24, 2012 10:23 pm

I have regular HBs on an LP and Minis on an SG. The LP originally had minis and the SG had P90s. Should I swap?