umm...

Mo Law-ka · Post by **Mo Law-ka** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 12:52 am

what?

gibson to make hendrix line of guitars

blah blah blah, i know he used the V and SG, but when i think of hendrix, it is certainly not an image of him and a gibson.

Justyn · Post by **Justyn** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 12:56 am

Yeah I think I saw that before.

Really Jimi played just about every guitar there was at the time.

Surprised nobody is trying to do the same thing.

aen · Post by **aen** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 1:04 am

bwahahaha but notice that no guitars are shown in the creatively cropped photos, because he was playing Fenders in all of them!

the isaac eaton · Post by **the isaac eaton** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 1:09 am

gibson always puts out signatures and tribute guitars for everyone, as long as they have played a gibson once before they will put out a model for that person. Example, jeff beck mainly plays strats they have a signature les paul for him.

stewart · Post by **stewart** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 1:11 am

who the hell buys stuff like this? why would you buy it?

Mages · Post by **Mages** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 1:13 am

an entirely new and unprecedented Jimi Hendrix guitar model

so this is going to be a new guitar? what is it, a Gibson Stratocaster?

James · Post by **James** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 1:15 am

How can he have a signature model when he's too dead to sign it?

jcyphe · Post by **jcyphe** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 1:20 am

Hendrix did a lot of good work in the studio and in concert with Gibsons. The reason he had Fenders is because he was lefty and they were easy to play. When he got some dough he got a bunch of Gibsons. Not to say he didn't like the Fenders but he was a person who loved tones and colors.

the isaac eaton wrote:gibson always puts out signatures and tribute guitars for everyone, as long as they have played a gibson once before they will put out a model for that person. Example, jeff beck mainly plays strats they have a signature les paul for him.

Jeff Beck played a tele and strat during different parts of his career but he had great period of work with his Les Paul in the Jeff Beck Group. He did a lot of stuff that was new and would be way influential by way of Led Zeppelin who took a lot of ideas from this group. The Jeff Beck oxblood they released is a very iconic and memorable guitar, it's just that you young kids don't know shit.

I would consider Eric Clapton to be the finest rock music Gibson player of all time because of the work he did in the 60's with his Les Paul and SG. Eric is considered probably by most people a strat player, but I think save a few exceptions he's nowhere near what he was when he played Gibsons. Really Eric Clapton made his name playing Gibsons.

Also this deal just looks like a brand deal and a way to keep his legacy out there outside of records. The estate has done this with pedals like The Digitech signature pedal that did multi-effects. Jimi never played a digital multi-effects pedal but who cares, it's for the fans. If you don't like it, don't buy it.

stewart · Post by **stewart** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 1:23 am

i tend to associate clapton with les pauls, but that's because i've blotted out everything he did post-1969.

the isaac eaton · Post by **the isaac eaton** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 1:25 am

stewart wrote:who the hell buys stuff like this? why would you buy it?

Exactly, I don't understand the appeal of signature guitars other then collecting, but even then, that's a lot of money for another piece of a collection. I would never play a signature guitar, I would rather try to get a guitar that I like and not one that my idol likes.

jcyphe · Post by **jcyphe** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 1:26 am

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hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 2:01 am

jcyphe wrote:The Jeff Beck oxblood they released is a very iconic and memorable guitar, it's just that you young kids don't know shit.

wow. how old are you?

i'd have to agree that clapton had a much better sound (bandwise) when playing with a LP, but his influence with the stratocaster is undeniable, no matter how old you are.

i feel similarly toward beck (my fave album of his is wired which featured both pauls and strats), but i am not a huge fan of his overuse of the tremolo.

also:

Gibson wrote:This is just the tip of iceberg. We want to have a whole line of Jimi-inspired instruments.

WTF?

Joey · Post by **Joey** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 3:03 am

I swear I've seen Jimi with a Mustang before... maybe I'm lying

Reece · Post by **Reece** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 3:12 am

Joey wrote:I swear I've seen Jimi with a Mustang before... maybe I'm lying

i'm fairly sure his mustang went up for auction at some point, i vaguely recall reading about it.

i can't find a picture of him with it however.

Joey · Post by **Joey** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 3:18 am

Ahh... see, I'm didn't imagine it.

Fender is gonna have to counter Gibson Jimi line, with a line of Jimi Mustang... corpate bastards... gonna drive up Mustangs cost even more, before you know it f*cken tree hugging f*cken hippes will be hanging out here

Mages · Post by **Mages** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 3:55 am

Joey wrote:Fender is gonna have to counter Gibson Jimi line, with a line of Jimi Mustang... corpate bastards...

nah, I'm sure Gibson got the deal from "Authentic Hendrix" because they outbid the other guitar makers. the whole thing really turns me off. it's all just a pathetic cash in on the man's legacy.

Joey · Post by **Joey** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 4:06 am

mage wrote:
Joey wrote:Fender is gonna have to counter Gibson Jimi line, with a line of Jimi Mustang... corpate bastards...
nah, I'm sure Gibson got the deal from "Authentic Hendrix" because they outbid the other guitar makers. the whole thing really turns me off. it's all just a pathetic cash in on the man's legacy.

Maybe in the next Guitar Hero, they'll have Jimi playing "smells like teen spirit"

endsjustifymeans · Post by **endsjustifymeans** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 4:08 am

the isaac eaton wrote:
stewart wrote:who the hell buys stuff like this? why would you buy it?
Exactly, I don't understand the appeal of signature guitars other then collecting, but even then, that's a lot of money for another piece of a collection. I would never play a signature guitar, I would rather try to get a guitar that I like and not one that my idol likes.

j. mascis jazzy is the only sig that makes me drool.

EDIT: scratch that, I quite like the old gun metal Page Hamilton ESP as well.

Gavin · Post by **Gavin** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 4:12 am

I like the Fender Jag-Stang. You might have heard of it. It was the Kurt Cobain sig model, I believe.

Mages · Post by **Mages** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 4:25 am

mage wrote:what is it, a Gibson Stratocaster?