Gibson Raw Power Series 2009:Maple LPs and SG's

kim · Post by **kim** » Thu Apr 02, 2009 6:24 pm

brambleperro wrote:These are atrocious, but Gibson has done the maple neck right before.

The pearl dot inlays actually look great in person, mostly because the neck is so glossy and, like ultra said, the natural body.
Also, I think the colored headstock definitely works for the Ripper, but on these new ones it's probably the worst feature.

i always wanted one of those ever since i first saw that sonic youth clip, it looked so cool !

but the necks on these new guitars they look so amateur, maybe they should me more glossy/darker natural color to make it work atleast on the 'all maple' guitars... like US made fenders and japanese fenders the japanese ones play smoother than the american standards because they're just extra glossy, which makes them look more broken in/older too..

Haze · Post by **Haze** » Thu Apr 02, 2009 8:07 pm

i like the look of them. might not sound like a gibson with all that maple, but i like the looks of the sgs with a maple neck
sadly thats as original as they get, changing a wood...

Josh · Post by **Josh** » Thu Apr 02, 2009 8:24 pm

The only guitars I honestly associate maple necks with are Fenders' (I think I worded that wrong).

Now a White Gibson SG Special with only a stop tail, two p90's, dot inlays, and a bat wing pick guard = heaven.
I'm sure these will sell like candy though.

luke · Post by **luke** » Thu Apr 02, 2009 8:55 pm

Wide, flat boards and black headstocks makes them look ridiculous. Everyone knows matching stock only works on light colours, so a black stock on every colour is stupid.

arcadedave · Post by **arcadedave** » Thu Apr 02, 2009 8:58 pm

I would rock that natural SG.

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Thu Apr 02, 2009 10:34 pm

what on earth do those 5 and a half knobs do?

luke · Post by **luke** » Thu Apr 02, 2009 10:37 pm

robroe wrote:what on earth do those 5 and a half knobs do?

Tuning pegs.

jcyphe · Post by **jcyphe** » Thu Apr 02, 2009 10:41 pm

6 knob bass lolz.

Josh · Post by **Josh** » Thu Apr 02, 2009 10:57 pm

Wiring must be cramped.

Mo Law-ka · Post by **Mo Law-ka** » Thu Apr 02, 2009 11:19 pm

theres that switch there too, dont forget.

i feel sorry for the guy getting paid to wire those.

Josh · Post by **Josh** » Thu Apr 02, 2009 11:23 pm

Mo Rocca wrote:theres that switch there too, dont forget.

i feel sorry for the guy getting paid to wire those.

You mean between those knobs?
I feel sorry for him too, it must be a bitch to get those working.

ultratwin · Post by **ultratwin** » Fri Apr 03, 2009 5:04 am

No more cramped than a Z.Vex pedal, I reckon, but I'll bet it took a mess of soldering from the company grunts.

The concentric pot is a volume/tone stack followed by neck/bridge blend, a 3-band EQ, and a passive/active switch with battery in a rear cavity. I'm honestly impressed, it's a great sounding bass with nicely vintage voicing (read: decent-wound low output pickups) and transparently "woody" tone very reminiscent of my '78 Jazz bass...The other ash deadweight in our posession. The Fender Jaguar bass I traded it for lacked tonal personality in passive mode and simply sounded too stuffy for practical use and recording. For originally a hair under $1k(now about $550 with the Won/Dollar exchange doing what it does), the thing is an excellently made Korean unknown, as they don't export their stuff despite an endorsement from Korea's top session cat Taeyoon Lee, who has this very model with tacky gold hardware and twin pickup guards.

Everything feeds into the secretly-concealed P90-shaped BLACK BOX, haven't tried to figure out what the blue trimpot is for.

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Bacchus · Post by **Bacchus** » Fri Apr 03, 2009 7:57 am

Sexy as fuck.

Billy3000 · Post by **Billy3000** » Fri Apr 03, 2009 6:24 pm

Malik wrote:Wide, flat boards and black headstocks makes them look ridiculous. Everyone knows matching stock only works on light colours, so a black stock on every colour is stupid.

I actually agree with this... I think the maple would still look weird on them but they would look a lot less weird if they didn't have black headstocks.

Sloan · Post by **Sloan** » Fri Apr 03, 2009 6:38 pm

I'm gonna have to say POWER UP because they're actually trying new colours and shit. fuck yeah.

Josh · Post by **Josh** » Sat Apr 04, 2009 1:08 am

Take a look at this guy.
He seems to be original. =]