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new melody makers

Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 2:56 pm
by robroe
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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

Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 3:01 pm
by robroe
for 200 dollars more you can get one in buttrock red with p90's and a gibson headstock

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Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 3:14 pm
by h8mtv
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.

Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 3:22 pm
by robroe
science

Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 3:44 pm
by SKC Willie
robroe wrote:for 200 dollars more you can get one in buttrock red with p90's and a gibson headstock

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that is a sweet guitar.

Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 6:05 pm
by SGJarrod
SKC Willie wrote:that is a sweet guitar.
the finish looks gross in person...

Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 6:21 pm
by SKC Willie
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.

Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 6:47 pm
by westtexasred
I always liked the 2003 version.

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Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 7:00 pm
by markleton
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.

Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 7:11 pm
by Mages

Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 7:29 pm
by Billy3000
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.

Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 7:58 pm
by Mages
they look they same to me. I think these are just the same guitars as from last year.

Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 8:00 pm
by ekwatts
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.

Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 8:26 pm
by SGJarrod
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

Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 8:30 pm
by robroe
HOT

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Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 10:16 pm
by honeyiscool
Not a fan of the white. I like the butt rock red.

Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2012 12:07 am
by Haze
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.

Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2012 12:32 am
by Ankhanu
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.

Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2012 4:03 am
by duosonic
A melody maker done right is a beautiful thing. These shouldn't even be called melody makers.

Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2012 4:22 am
by ultratwin
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

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