Gibson thread. Guess what I'm going to say.

ekwatts · Post by **ekwatts** » Tue Mar 12, 2013 5:57 pm

Must be because they use real gold in it.

This is a really schizophrenic topic. I love this guitar but still fucking hate Gibson but SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY.

brainfur · Post by **brainfur** » Tue Mar 12, 2013 6:00 pm

no its shity

ekwatts · Post by **ekwatts** » Tue Mar 12, 2013 6:04 pm

Ceramic pickups in a Gibson, man. That shit's weird enough that I love it.

George · Post by **George** » Tue Mar 12, 2013 7:22 pm

did you play it yet?

ekwatts · Post by **ekwatts** » Tue Mar 12, 2013 7:30 pm

George wrote:did you play it yet?

Yeah, had a go on one yesterday and it was very nice. Had it plugged into a Fender Deluxe, the pickups were nice and crunchy and it played nicely enough. Totes not worth over Â£600 like, but I still like it.

ekwatts · Post by **ekwatts** » Tue Mar 12, 2013 7:31 pm

But fuck Gibson.

dezb1 · Post by **dezb1** » Wed Mar 13, 2013 9:39 am

I do like a stripped back LP not keen on the over the top gold hardware and stuff that Gibson seem to like but these bare bonez types are right up my street...

ekwatts · Post by **ekwatts** » Wed Mar 13, 2013 11:51 am

Thing is, I like the basic Gibson headstock more than I like the standard Epiphone one. But I adore the HUGE epiphone headstock, the one that looks like a big bulbous knob. Like on the P93 Riviera I just bought.

If Epiphone made a Les Paul with that headstock I'd smash my penis into it.

ultratwin · Post by **ultratwin** » Thu Mar 14, 2013 4:08 am

ekwatts wrote:But I adore the HUGE epiphone headstock, the one that looks like a big bulbous knob.

I think it's time to shift the dying thread's focus onto the wonky reissue of the Epiphone Genesis, coil taps and all.

meedley meedley meedley + more meedlies

plaidbeer · Post by **plaidbeer** » Thu Mar 14, 2013 5:01 am

ultratwin wrote:
ekwatts wrote:But I adore the HUGE epiphone headstock, the one that looks like a big bulbous knob.

I think it's time to shift the dying thread's focus onto the wonky reissue of the Epiphone Genesis, coil taps and all.

meedley meedley meedley + more meedlies

Absolutely hate those patterned/striped/whatever finishes. What is that style actually called?

ultratwin · Post by **ultratwin** » Thu Mar 14, 2013 5:05 am

plaidbeer wrote: Absolutely hate those patterned/striped/whatever finishes. What is that style actually called?

Flame (or tiger/curly) maple.

It can work in a classy way if sunburst is involved, but other transparent color finishes seem to reek of teh post grungez and Chad Kroeger breath.

plaidbeer · Post by **plaidbeer** » Thu Mar 14, 2013 5:19 am

ultratwin wrote:
plaidbeer wrote: Absolutely hate those patterned/striped/whatever finishes. What is that style actually called?

Flame (or tiger/curly) maple.

It can work in a classy way if sunburst is involved, but other transparent color finishes seem to reek of teh post grungez and Chad Kroeger breath.

That's exactly (along with most PRS guitars I've seen) what I think of when I see guitars with that finish. I couldn't ever buy a guitar with that finish. Epiphone uses that with their LP Standard Plustop Pros, too.

ekwatts · Post by **ekwatts** » Thu Mar 14, 2013 8:30 am

Flamed maple is for paedophiles.

Noirie. · Post by **Noirie.** » Thu Mar 14, 2013 9:27 am

Really quite love this. Considering selling my Jaguar to fund one, and I'd have enough cash leftover for nice things. Hmmm.

singlepup · Post by **singlepup** » Fri Mar 15, 2013 3:43 am

Dew it. Lately I've been wanting hambuckers too. Listened to an old demo I recorded on a Gibson and was like, whoa...

ProcessedMeatMan · Post by **ProcessedMeatMan** » Fri Mar 15, 2013 5:36 am

I really only prefer Gibson over Epiphone because I hate the name Epiphone. It's stupid and it sucks and it should kill itself and die. And the headstock looks like ass. Other than that, they coo.

gusman2x · Post by **gusman2x** » Fri Mar 15, 2013 9:33 am

Would love one of these bad boys, the 60th anni sorento

George · Post by **George** » Fri Mar 15, 2013 9:38 am

gusman2x wrote:Would love one of these bad boys, the 60th anni sorento

i like these but i'm not 7 foot tall

Paradigmforcosmos · Post by **Paradigmforcosmos** » Fri Mar 15, 2013 10:19 am

George wrote:yeah it looks like an epi les paul special ii

they are cool

Snap.

I have yet to encounter a les paul I really like, maybe it's the scale length.

ultratwin · Post by **ultratwin** » Fri Mar 15, 2013 2:52 pm

George wrote:
i like these but i'm not 7 foot tall

Possibly...

But I think after all these mildy self-deprecating posts you'd be fine saying "I'm not that comfortable with such a wide/fat guitar", George! There are many diminutive gents (some likely much shorter than yourself) that get on fine with charming boats like the above. Such boxy guitars are simply not your thing. Cool, but is it all about height?

BTW, the Sorrento is more than a half inch narrower than a 335.

Teh Yorkie: 5' 5.25" w/massive Casino.

Agnus Young: 5' 2", w/an ES-335

Paul Simon: 5' 3" & stocky arms playing a bigass Rivera XII.

Prince: 5' 2", and what looks like a late '70s (SHORTSCALE) Byrdland.