new melody makers

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Mon Feb 06, 2012 2:56 pm

if i had known these were at NAMM i would have went in the fucking tent

love true melody maker headstock so much. happy they brought them back. all these guitars are 400 bucks right now on musicians friend. the LP comes in black and white also but yall have seen that shit before so fuck posting it

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Mon Feb 06, 2012 3:01 pm

for 200 dollars more you can get one in buttrock red with p90's and a gibson headstock

h8mtv · Post by **h8mtv** » Mon Feb 06, 2012 3:14 pm

I almost bought one of those MM Lp's this weekend. I really hate the positioning of the vol knob. I wish it was where the jack is..... but at least they didn't put on a fucking strat jack plate.

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Mon Feb 06, 2012 3:22 pm

science

SKC Willie · Post by **SKC Willie** » Mon Feb 06, 2012 3:44 pm

robroe wrote:for 200 dollars more you can get one in buttrock red with p90's and a gibson headstock

that is a sweet guitar.

SGJarrod · Post by **SGJarrod** » Mon Feb 06, 2012 6:05 pm

SKC Willie wrote:that is a sweet guitar.

the finish looks gross in person...

SKC Willie · Post by **SKC Willie** » Mon Feb 06, 2012 6:21 pm

SGJarrod wrote:
SKC Willie wrote:that is a sweet guitar.
the finish looks gross in person...

even the TV Yellow? I was seriously considering picking one of them up.

westtexasred · Post by **westtexasred** » Mon Feb 06, 2012 6:47 pm

I always liked the 2003 version.

markleton · Post by **markleton** » Mon Feb 06, 2012 7:00 pm

The pictures make them look properly tiny, as if they are 3/4 guitars. The jack placement is odd, you end up with a shit load of cable stretched over the front of your guitar. Cost saving but looks like bum.

Mages · Post by **Mages** » Mon Feb 06, 2012 7:11 pm

yeah, there were a bunch threads about this like a thousand years ago. some of them here...

http://shortscale.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=39755 (www here: http://www.shortscale.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=39755 )
http://shortscale.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=41237 (www here: http://www.shortscale.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=41237 )

Billy3000 · Post by **Billy3000** » Mon Feb 06, 2012 7:29 pm

It doesnt appear as though they've done anything about the quality of these guitars, just changed the look a little bit. The ones that came out last year were the worst feeling guitars I've ever played.

Mages · Post by **Mages** » Mon Feb 06, 2012 7:58 pm

they look they same to me. I think these are just the same guitars as from last year.

ekwatts · Post by **ekwatts** » Mon Feb 06, 2012 8:00 pm

They're shit. Truly shoddy pieces of shit. With Gibson on the headstock.

So the choice is: Buy one. You're an idiot. Or think about buying one because Gibson used to be a pretty good guitar maker a while back, but decide against it because it's a piece of shit. Well done, you're not fucking stupid.

They're insultingly bad.

SGJarrod · Post by **SGJarrod** » Mon Feb 06, 2012 8:26 pm

SKC Willie wrote:
SGJarrod wrote:
SKC Willie wrote:that is a sweet guitar.
the finish looks gross in person...
even the TV Yellow? I was seriously considering picking one of them up.

I only saw the red, blue and black in person....if they were not gross in person I would prolly already have one.... the finish looks and feels bad....think of the SG Faded Specials finish but with slightly off colors.... I did not even bother to play the one's I saw.....

Take a peak 4 urself, I bet they sound great....pictars

personally I would save up the extra $150 and get the SG JR....even with the marplez fret board

also skip the new $700 LP Jr's with that weird obeche wood fret board or whatever.... I played the pelam blue one and it looks, sounded and played great, but the fn fret board wood was so soft that I gouged it with a finger nail when playing it...fail

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Mon Feb 06, 2012 8:30 pm

HOT

honeyiscool · Post by **honeyiscool** » Mon Feb 06, 2012 10:16 pm

Not a fan of the white. I like the butt rock red.

Haze · Post by **Haze** » Tue Feb 07, 2012 12:07 am

As ekwatts said, these are shit. First impression is "wow, this guitar looks like shit!" The finish is sub ANY Squier ive ever seen. I picked one off the rack at guitar center, held it by the neck and shook it a bit, the whole guitar... irked.. it wasnt a great feeling. Ive seen some really shite gibsons these past few years, but these are the worst.

Ankhanu · Post by **Ankhanu** » Tue Feb 07, 2012 12:32 am

Haze wrote:As ekwatts said, these are shit. First impression is "wow, this guitar looks like shit!" The finish is sub ANY Squier ive ever seen. I picked one off the rack at guitar center, held it by the neck and shook it a bit, the whole guitar... irked.. it wasnt a great feeling. Ive seen some really shite gibsons these past few years, but these are the worst.

Pretty much mirror's my first time picking one up. It was so shit I couldn't bring myself to strum.

duosonic · Post by **duosonic** » Tue Feb 07, 2012 4:03 am

A melody maker done right is a beautiful thing. These shouldn't even be called melody makers.

ultratwin · Post by **ultratwin** » Tue Feb 07, 2012 4:22 am

The dinky little Melody Maker Flying Vs from last year looked fun to bang around a bit until folks started to open their mouths about it all. Not interested anymore