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Gibson USA Relaunches Raw Power Series

An all maple bodied LP would probably way a billion pounds... or at least enough to deform my spine.

This is one of the few instances I'd much prefer a rosewood fretboard.

I think that natural SG is pretty slick, though.

Those are incredibly un-appealing to me, how ever slap a rosewood fret board on that blue SG and there's a possibility I would check it out. Just a slim 2/10 chance.

april fool's photoshop illustration?

those fret boards on gibsons is just wrong. I do like the green ones though. But those fret boards are just too weird. I love gibson but i just cant get into these.

Raw Power sondz more rock than Studio Mapple, but 13lbs of timber would seem to be more unappealing than a Bigsby'd Steinberger.

Nice try, Gibbs.

gibson sg or les paul with a maple neck is so uncool...the idea sounds cool but seeing it it looks icky.

instead of that 'fenderish' touch they should focus more on fenderish colors for the bodies instead of maple necks if they really wanna attract another crowd.

dakota red sg with white pg would look so much cooler than all those gay satin ugly green and grey blue, gold things

Maple necks with light coloured dots is a fail from me too.

Fail+1

they should reissue more gibson's with a pelham blue paint finishe. that colour is really nice.

Do not want. They look terrible.

i cant think of maple boarded gibsons without thinking of this:



@_@

'Tis all context, says me.

The bound/block'd maple neck on my new Dame Jazz Special V makes complete sense(even with pearloid smudge) because of the natural finish.

the way i see it is that maple 'boarded guitars can't have a colored headstock.

Mo Rocca wrote:the way i see it is that maple 'boarded guitars can't have a colored headstock.

+1

ultratwin wrote:'Tis all context, says me.

The bound/block'd maple neck on my new Dame Jazz Special V makes complete sense(even with pearloid smudge) because of the natural finish.

'greed.

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.

Yeah April fools was my first thought when i saw these elsewhere.

I think it would be better if the headstock matched the fretboard. Anyway, they don't look nice to me and gold hardware is naff.

Those Gibsons look atrocious.

Look at how knotty the natural SG is. Nashville QC FTL.