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Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2010 1:06 pm
by robroe
also the epiphone version of the gibson in this thread for 499

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i think i would rather spend the extra 300 bucks in this case and get the white gibson though...

Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2010 5:43 pm
by westtexasred
Here are photos of a Honeyburst that is on ebay.Notice the faux binding and tinted "see through" control cover.

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Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2010 11:16 pm
by Thomas
Is that faux binding? It looks like the maple cap thrpugh a trans finish,

Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2010 11:25 pm
by robroe
lol at ghetto coke bottle plastic back plate

Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2010 1:54 am
by westtexasred
Gibson finally put it on their webpage (Link)

Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2010 2:01 am
by Sloan
Thomas wrote:Is that faux binding? It looks like the maple cap thrpugh a trans finish,
that's what i'm thinking.

Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2010 2:34 pm
by jcyphe
These things are ugly. They probably sound better than they look, they look cheap.

Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2010 7:43 pm
by Thomas
Sloan wrote:
Thomas wrote:Is that faux binding? It looks like the maple cap thrpugh a trans finish,
that's what i'm thinking.
Yeah you can see where it gets fatter in the cutaway where the contours aren't cut as deep.

I've seen a post on some forum or another (gibson I think) where a dude took the paint off the side of the maple cap on his to create faux binding. It looked pretty decent.

Posted: Thu Jun 10, 2010 4:40 am
by westtexasred
I wonder if we will we ever really see them? Omar at MLPF posted this:

"OK...

I want one...

BUT, Can I get one?

I called GC and my regular salesman told me that they WILL NOT get any of those guitars. His Gibson rep told him also that they do not have enough to go around and they are not ready for building (due to the flood)...

Sweetwater sales engineer told me similar... although they are accepting orders, they do not think they'll be able to get enough to fulfill orders... and they may get them late 2010, IF they even get them... again, due to the flood.

My question is:

WHY IN THE WORLD would Gibson start a campaign on a guitar that IT IS NOT GOING TO BE AVAILABLE???? or are my GC and Sweetwater guys way off and misinformed? and I should place an order regardless?



Omar "

Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2010 6:48 pm
by westtexasred
I'd like to get one to make into a blacktop like this '53.

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Posted: Sun Jun 13, 2010 8:56 pm
by Sloan
jcyphe wrote:These things are ugly. They probably sound better than they look, they look cheap.

Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2010 7:59 pm
by westtexasred
I ordered one at Musicians Friend yesterday and I got a backorder notice today

"Thank you for your recent order #S0264****

We are temporarily out of stock on the item(s) noted below, but have more on order with the manufacturer. We will ship them to you as soon as we receive them. We sincerely appreciate your patience.

Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2010 10:12 pm
by westtexasred
These photos of a honeyburst were posted on the Gibson Forum. They are all sold out now.
The Goldtops are soldout too.

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Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2010 11:53 pm
by Dillon
Wow, that's beautiful. Honeyburst is by far my favorite color for LPs, and the P90s just give it extra class. Probably wouldn't buy one though...it's still just another LP in my eyes.

Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2010 3:27 am
by hotrodperlmutter
damn, class. i'd take a gold top one.

selling them for cheap, and they sell out before they come in. pretty good business model...

Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2010 3:34 am
by Nick
Gibson knows what they are doing. At least right now.....it's really going to be funny looking back to this time when Gibson released a guitar of the week for like 3 years in a row and kept pushing out random limited runs here and there as well....it's going to be near impossible to keep track of it all.

Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2010 2:27 pm
by westtexasred
I have 2 goldtops on order,hope I actually get one of them.

One of the guys on the MLPF owns this one

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Posted: Sat Jun 19, 2010 3:03 am
by westtexasred
I called Amazon today to ask about the Goldtop I had pre-ordered and the customer service rep said that it would ship to me July 6th.Hope she's right.

Posted: Sat Jun 19, 2010 9:36 pm
by westtexasred
Goldtop on the Fender Forum

Looks great!

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Posted: Sat Jun 19, 2010 9:45 pm
by hotrodperlmutter
how disgustingly gorgeous.