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Gibson Reverse Explorer
Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 6:23 am
by bamonte
What do you guys think of this soon to come Gibson reverse explorer??
I think the color could be better and the thunderbolt thing is kinda weird looking. so is the headstock.
Gibson
Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 6:32 am
by mewithoutus
they need to knock this reverse shit off. the reverse V was bad enough.
they should stick to the reverse firebird. the only guitar they have ever "reversed" that looked better than the non reverse model.
why dont they come out with a new semihollow? or maybe a new SOMETHING?
they should focus on amps for a while.
Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 6:52 am
by Nick
ugly.
Gibson had a chance to sell me a guitar last year with their "guitar of the week" series. They failed. I wanted the 3 single-coil SG but the 3 tone burst didn't do it for me....then they made one in black but it was like the ugly worn finish.
If they made the 3 single coil SG in either light blue or "classic white" I would have done it in a heartbeat. They could have made at least a nicer one than last year's in this run. They can't say it wasn't a popular model, my store alone special ordered 3-4 of them last year for customers who hadn't even played it first.
Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 6:53 am
by Will
Trewth
Their amps a few years back were wonderful - that one with the mismatched 10 and 12 speakers was really unique and special.
They're catering to this strange aging-metalhead audience with all this crap (Les Paul BFG especially). I want an affordable semi-hollow, some sub-$4,000 jazz boxes, maybe a les paul that offers something besides a new finish, not this crap.
The one good thing this year is some of the non-60s Icon series - the Nick Lucas and J-45 in particular.
Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 7:04 am
by mewithoutus
seriously. gibson are just loving themselves hardcore arent they?
some sub $1,000,000,000,000 jazzboxes would be great. no more "satin finish" bullshit either. get rid of the worn finish models too.
just well made guitars, affordable, that would cater to working musicians who arent in the upper tax bracket. good golly. its so easy. they would make a killing if they started waking up. fender did. they have some great stuff out now!
Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 7:07 am
by tribi9
That's fucking ugly! No boner for that P.O.S.
Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 2:09 pm
by r40f
it's upside-down... was there a new guy at the factory who routed a body on the wrong side and tried to save face by calling it his new design?
Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 2:31 pm
by SickenedEmotions99
Terrible. Simply terrible.
Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 11:52 am
by Richard
That's really hideous, especially the headstock. I can't understand how they could fuck it up so bad.