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The Mystrious Gibson Moderne
Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2011 4:02 am
by westtexasred
Can't wait for the new one!
Premier Guitar Magazine:The Mysterious Gibson Moderne
(Link)

Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2011 4:21 am
by westtexasred
Check out this thread
(link)
Moderne XI is one of Gibson's limited runs coming October 2011

Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2011 5:19 am
by taylornutt
That is a Gibson I am actually excited about.
Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2011 8:22 am
by stewart
they should make a robot moderne so the ad strapline can say:
MODERNE TECHNOLOGY
(you can have that one for free, gibson)
Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2011 8:54 am
by Billy3000
I don't understand the big deal about these guitars. They look like the aborted fetus of a flying v.
Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2011 1:05 pm
by 24HRS2MDNT
Yeah, shop student leaning to use the band saw. Wonkee plonkee.
Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2011 4:10 pm
by jcyphe
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

Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2011 5:28 pm
by SGJarrod
Billy3000 wrote:I don't understand the big deal about these guitars. They look like the aborted fetus of a flying v.
^ THIS
Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2011 5:58 pm
by gaybear
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.
Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2011 6:46 pm
by taylornutt
I like the Epiphone Moderne.
Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2011 7:53 pm
by Dannymec
The Apollo isn't bad. I kinda like the look of a 50's diner V.
Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2011 8:02 pm
by James
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.
Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2011 9:38 pm
by Ankhanu
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

Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2011 10:35 pm
by 24HRS2MDNT
jcyphe - the binding and pickguards make a big difference. Liking those and the lower price too.
Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2011 11:17 pm
by izodiak
Dannymec wrote:The Apollo isn't bad. I kinda like the look of a 50's diner V.
yup. like it.
Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2011 1:05 am
by jcyphe
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.

Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2011 9:25 pm
by plopswagon
THIS

Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2011 9:55 pm
by jcyphe
Bo was the man.
Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2011 6:13 am
by 24HRS2MDNT
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 ...

Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2011 8:50 pm
by Sloan
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.