I love 2015 Gibson!

[Kamen_Kaiju]

I do! I truly do!

I haven't had this much fun and laughter over a new guitar year in...forever!

And with the reports coming in from NAMM I've had to clench me bum so I don't shart from laughing so much.

Gibson is highly entertaining!

What has 2015 brought us:

7 string necks on regular guitars with 6 strings. Because apparently people can't figure out you push the high E string towards your face and not yank it down towards the floor.

Autotuning because guitars should tune themselves,..right?

Brass nut (ok that one is actually sort of cool, but it's on a sh*tty neck that hurts to play when you're standing,..unless you wear your guitar on your chest like Tom Morello.)

Goofy hologram of Chairman Mao waving at you on the back of the guitar.

But wait,...it gets better!

Now the Traditionals so many love are Custom Shop models. Speculation says they'll be around $6,000. because,.....you know...GIBSON!

But they have short tenons and aren't really traditional spec, so they're called "50's Style." Now is your chance to get a Trad that no longer has that horrible USA moniker! You can get the same guitar for way more money, but now you'll have a case that says, "Custom" on it! Go You!

and the Historics are now called, "True Historics",...so they can split the line,..and charge even more for their limited and collectible status of being a "True Historic."

What's that? You paid $6,000. for a Historic R9 just last year? Well sorry pal, it's not a TRUE Historic. It's old news man. You should sell it and get a TRUE Historic. For bragging rights and 'Likes' of course.

Oh,...and they let go a really good Artist Relations manager and replaced him with Henrys kid! The guy who posts meaningful things on facebook like, "My Daddy can beat up your Daddy!" Or posting pics of a trashed kitchen and bragging that he celebrated Cinco de Mayo in style!

That is class and professionalism there people! Take notes!

Why pay for an established and well liked Artist Relations Manager when you can get your goofy kid to do it!

And maybe if we're really lucky and wish upon a star, that goof will one day RUN GIBSON!

Oh I can't wait. Bring the Lolz, just keep bringing 'em.

I've never seen a guitar company try so hard to be cool, yet fail so spectacularly.

"Luxury Items"
"Prestige"
"Lifestyle Brand"



Oh man I'm so glad I already have a couple good ones and can just sit back and laugh at all the silliness.

I didn't know Willy Wonka had a deranged younger brother that ran a guitar company!

...I'm sure there's more stupid sh*t I'm forgetting,..but I'm laughing and can't think of more.

Thank you Gibson. Thank you for being the lovable mad-cap goofballs of the guitar world. We literally have no other guitar company we can just laugh at. None. I mean all the other ones just keep their heads down and knock out great guitars. ...I do not even know who the CEO of Fender is.. that guy is apparently not busy being a clown and getting his picture taken acting like a goofball in a head to toe Denim outfit!

Oh sh*t! The Denim Outfits! I forgot that! That's another chucklicious moment.

I like the way his right hand looks like he's having a stroke. You can tell just by his hand position he's a great guitarist! Obviously studied under the Master,...Steven Segal. (no seriously,...Segal uses that same Cro-mag thumb technique! )

Oh man....*wipes eyes*....too funny.

Thanks for the Lolz Gibson. I love clowns and ya'll just crack me up.

"Beep Beep Henry!"

 

[Sustainamaniac]

I agree with you completely. With every new announcement from Gibson, I get happier and happier that I spent my money on an Epiphone.

 

[Kamen_Kaiju]

If I didn't already have a couple good LP's I'd probably be pissed.

But I do,..so I'm not.

This crap is funny!

How can you not laugh?

 

[Howard2k]

I won't be buying a new Gibson based on the current specs and pricing. No chance in hell. A new Epi maybe!

 

[caljoe]

I just have to say,







I think your right.

 

[Kamen_Kaiju]

@Howard

You be you man, buy and play whatever makes you happy and makes you want to rock.

Gibson 2015 if you like 'em
Epiphone if you like 'em
Used if you like 'em
Fender
PRS
ESP/LTD
Schecter
Dean
Charvel
Ibanez
Jackson
Gretsch
VOX
Danelectro
Aria Pro II
Kramer

..whatever makes folks happy I fully endorse. There's a couple guys here who love their 2015's, and more power to them! I like happy people,....they're less likely to shoot me and steal my sh*t.

I can easily see how a classical guitarist would LOVE the new wide necks. They feel like a wide, thin, nylon string neck.

Standing up with one kinda sucks though,..but sitting down and playing in the classical position they're not all that bad.

I just don't sit down in the classical position when I'm playing my guitar on stage, so there's no use for me personally in having the feature. ...plus I don't yank my strings off the neck.

I'm not judging, I'm not even talking (too) badly about their guitars. Gibson makes a seriously fine and kickass guitar...when they want to.

I just find the whole thing really funny. The 'Lifestyle' crap,...the 'Brand' and all that.

Even back to the FireturdX fiasco and the ridiculous Revolution moment where ol' King Henry grimaced and tried so hard to smash that SG. It's Funny!

Then does he get some badass young player to tear that guitar up and really showcase all it can do? Nope,...he got some older guy with a big belly to stand there f**king with it.

It's ALL SO FUNNY!!!

Thank you again Gibson. The laughs just keep coming.

I don't hate ya,..I'll be promoting your 'brand' when I'm out later playing one.

I don't hate the guitars at all (ok I don't care for the '14's or '15's personally),...I just find all the spectacle and bizarre decisions to be very amusing.

I love Gibson. No other guitar company has made me laugh so hard or as often as Gibson has.

I don't even know who those other companies are. Can you imagine? I guess they're like,....just busy building good guitars. No time for clowning around.


The world loves a clown Henry,..thanks for being ours!

I can't wait for 2016.

Autotuning mp3 blu-tooth blu ray playing Gibsons with a touchpad and laser strings.

LASER STRINGS!!!

You wont even need to play it,..just stream an mp3 of guitar playing from your phone through the guitar to your amp!

Just work on making rock n roll faces, jumping around and grimacing like a rock star.

It's a LIFESTYLE!


Just....for bogs sake,...Do Not put a Volute or a smooth neck heel transition or anything that would be actually useful and beneficial on the guitars.

Let those other companies do the actual important work.....you just keep making Balloon Animals and scaring kids at parties!

 

[lǎo​wài]

Gibson 2015 does indeed appear to be a comical cacophony of catastrophes.

 

[Mexicanbreed]

I always wanted a Gibson Les Paul Standard, ever since I started goofing around with an electric guitar. Had it, played it, sold it, moved on. It was, in the end, not the appropriate guitar for me.

I have no interest towards Gibsons now. Some of the guitars are cool, but they´ve not been an option for the longest time and different reasons; I´ll admit it, not wanting to pay what would amount to many nice things for my family is probably the biggest one. Heck, my guitars are inexpensive, but in no way bad instruments. I am happy having things I can afford and not feel guilty about.

I do have one request for(from?) Gibson though...stay away from Epiphone and don´t ruin it; it´s a great brand as it is and it´s making great guitars without your help. Thanks!

 

[_ZIGGY_]

Blasphemy!!!

Jk.. They all can't be bad.

There got to be some good ones in the bunch


Lol

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[TheX]

What I love is all the threads repeating the same thing over and over and over again...no really, super entertaining.

Please, carry on.

 

[kakao]

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I'm 100% sure Henry and his gang will never see my $$

 

[Drew71]

Mal,

I agree and like almost everything you said...except that I believe the "denim" outfit is called a Canadian Tuxedo....

 

[LenPaul]

I've read & heard enough, 2016 can't get here fast enough for me.

 

[Drew71]

Careful for what you ask for Len.....

 

[THDNUT]

I don't give a crap what Gibson does or doesn't do. I have my 7 Gibsons and that's more than enough for me.

 

[Hanover Fist]

I get happier and happier that I spent my money on an Epiphone.

Isn't that still putting money in Henry's pocket?

 

[Lannes]

Thank Jeebus for the used market.....

 

[BuzzHaze]

Like yourself Mal, I am fortunate to have a nice group of "keeper" Gibsons and don't need to rush out for a new model. I can sit and watch the trends come and go.

I still keep my eye out for a nice burst LP but I'm partial to the older ones (70's-90's)

 

[Bigfoot410]

My GC in Dayton said they ain't movin' nuthin'.

 

[WaywerdSon]

I just don't get why people and companies feel the need to constantly fvck with stuff. You made what many people, and I would say most people here, think is a perfect thing. Nothing you do to it, is going to make it better. Like changing one single note in Jimi's solo in All Along the Watchtower. It can't be improved on. It can be fine tuned to personal preferences, but the chassis needed no improvement. But no, lets gash great big holes in the sumbitch, cuz it might be too heavy for some players. Tough, get a great big strap or a SG. But why mess with the best sounding guitar body ever built? Why? Nothing Gibson has done since 1959 has improved the basic guts of that instrument. Its supposed to be heavy, its a SOLID body. Not a semi-hollow one, which is really what they are. Call it weight relieved, or chambered or whatever, its not solid anymore. That great big dense heavy hunk of wood is what made Lesters sound like Lesters. Its shocking that there is only one model of Gibby Lester that isn't hollow. And it has to add cost to the thing to do it, its another dude they gotta pay to take the wood out. Why? And now lets glue a butt ugly piece o electronic junk on the back of all of them., cuz, well, we can. And we can sell it to them as an "improvement". I love Gibson guitars, always have, always will, but what they are building now, is not a Gibson Les Paul. The changes are too profound to call it the same model. Its truly a shame.