The Mystrious Gibson Moderne

westtexasred · Post by **westtexasred** » Tue Feb 22, 2011 4:02 am

Can't wait for the new one!

Premier Guitar Magazine:The Mysterious Gibson Moderne (Link)

westtexasred · Post by **westtexasred** » Tue Feb 22, 2011 4:21 am

Check out this thread (link)

Moderne XI is one of Gibson's limited runs coming October 2011

taylornutt · Post by **taylornutt** » Tue Feb 22, 2011 5:19 am

That is a Gibson I am actually excited about.

stewart · Post by **stewart** » Tue Feb 22, 2011 8:22 am

they should make a robot moderne so the ad strapline can say:

MODERNE TECHNOLOGY

(you can have that one for free, gibson)

Billy3000 · Post by **Billy3000** » Tue Feb 22, 2011 8:54 am

I don't understand the big deal about these guitars. They look like the aborted fetus of a flying v.

24HRS2MDNT · Post by **24HRS2MDNT** » Tue Feb 22, 2011 1:05 pm

Yeah, shop student leaning to use the band saw. Wonkee plonkee.

jcyphe · Post by **jcyphe** » Tue Feb 22, 2011 4:10 pm

How about this one?

Epiphone Moderne

It was part of an Epiphone limited edition USA collection that was never released. They were designed by Kurt Hendrick.

Epiphone Comet

Epiphone Apollo

Epiphone Futura

SGJarrod · Post by **SGJarrod** » Tue Feb 22, 2011 5:28 pm

Billy3000 wrote:I don't understand the big deal about these guitars. They look like the aborted fetus of a flying v.

^ THIS

gaybear · Post by **gaybear** » Tue Feb 22, 2011 5:58 pm

AH! that Epiphone Moderne Jcyphe posted is way better. I didn't mind the Gibson moderne til i now see what it could have been.

taylornutt · Post by **taylornutt** » Tue Feb 22, 2011 6:46 pm

I like the Epiphone Moderne.

Dannymec · Post by **Dannymec** » Tue Feb 22, 2011 7:53 pm

The Apollo isn't bad. I kinda like the look of a 50's diner V.

James · Post by **James** » Tue Feb 22, 2011 8:02 pm

stewart wrote:they should make a robot moderne so the ad strapline can say:

MODERNE TECHNOLOGY

(you can have that one for free, gibson)

...but the customer will be paying list $3,999/street $2,499.

Ankhanu · Post by **Ankhanu** » Tue Feb 22, 2011 9:38 pm

Dannymec wrote:The Apollo isn't bad. I kinda like the look of a 50's diner V.

I was gonna say the very same thing

24HRS2MDNT · Post by **24HRS2MDNT** » Tue Feb 22, 2011 10:35 pm

jcyphe - the binding and pickguards make a big difference. Liking those and the lower price too.

izodiak · Post by **izodiak** » Tue Feb 22, 2011 11:17 pm

Dannymec wrote:The Apollo isn't bad. I kinda like the look of a 50's diner V.

yup. like it.

jcyphe · Post by **jcyphe** » Wed Feb 23, 2011 1:05 am

24HRS2MDNT wrote:jcyphe - the binding and pickguards make a big difference. Liking those and the lower price too.

What lower price? They were never released.

plopswagon · Post by **plopswagon** » Wed Feb 23, 2011 9:25 pm

THIS

jcyphe · Post by **jcyphe** » Wed Feb 23, 2011 9:55 pm

Bo was the man.

24HRS2MDNT · Post by **24HRS2MDNT** » Thu Feb 24, 2011 6:13 am

jcyphe wrote:
24HRS2MDNT wrote:jcyphe - the binding and pickguards make a big difference. Liking those and the lower price too.
What lower price? They were never released.

Doh! Shame then. Epis are usually more affordable than Gibstone.

Dare to dream ...

Sloan · Post by **Sloan** » Thu Feb 24, 2011 8:50 pm

jcyphe wrote:How about this one?

Epiphone Moderne

It was part of an Epiphone limited edition USA collection that was never released. They were designed by Kurt Hendrick.

Epiphone Comet

Epiphone Apollo

Epiphone Futura

yes!
i was talking about these in a thread a while back.

i thought for sure i saw one of these at Mars Music (nashville location) when they were still in business. That was like 10 years ago. damn.