Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: Dmoney on November 22, 2009, 01:07:00 AM
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im not a big fan of killswitches. never really needed them
with gibson designs going a bit weird at times... what do people think of this?
i only just found out about it now.
http://www2.gibson.com/Products/Electric-Guitars/Les-Paul/Gibson-USA/Buckethead-Signature-Les-Paul.aspx
(http://images.gibson.com/Files/38ef87e9-9d67-44aa-b275-1f88b190160a.jpg)
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I think it's pretty ugly, but I won't blame Gibson for that since it's actually somebody's signature model rather than one of their off-the-wall ideas.
Why two killswitches, I wonder?
And an oversized body and 27" scale length - is Buckethead a very big chap?
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Yea Buckethead is pretty tall, he is almost 6'8". Is it a baritone?
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two kill switches is a bit, i dunno... overkill?
i think it looks ok though.
I prefer it to something like the alpine white customs
EDIT: I mean a normal les paul with normal controls in that white finish with white pup rings and so on
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Looks fugly.
I find the guy's music really uninspired, too.
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i dont mind the guitar but i have no idea who they are trying to appeal to with the oversized body
how many buckethead fans are there that are the same height as him (thats the only target market i can imagine) and why does being tall mean your guitar needs to be oversized ???
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how many buckethead fans are there that are the same height as him (thats the only target market i can imagine) and why does being tall mean your guitar needs to be oversized ???
It certainly doesn't need to be, but I can see some logic in a guy a foot taller than me (and presumably with hands the size of dinner plates) possibly wanting a bigger guitar.
I couldn't comfortably play a 335 because the body's simply too big.
(Not saying there'll be a queue of giant guitarists wanting this guitar. I agree the appeal is limited.)
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uuuuu, me likes !!!!
the switches can be replaced, without a hint of a problem, while you dont see an alpine white LP with a no inlay, 24 fret ebony board every day, with a white headstock no less, so on that basis alone, i'd like to have it
now there only needs to be a really $%&#in tall guy with piles of money that takes a jackson RR and makes it larger.. cos that guitar is TINY .. unless you're of laiho proportions.. then it's huge :P
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I'd like to see a side-by-sdie comparison with a LP Standard - just so I can get context of the bigger size.
As for Buckethead - he is a tad odd. Just re-read this on his website:
"Years ago, Buckethead overcame great obstacles to escape the coop, spread his music across the world and begin construction on his controversial theme park, Bucketheadland"
True or not it is a bit :?
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I like it all, apart from the two killswitches making it look like a gamepad.
I like Buckethead but the fact it's Gibson will make me say little more than "Cool. Moving on"
It's £1,799.00 @ DV
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Looks fugly.
I find the guy's music really uninspired, too.
Agreed.
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now there only needs to be a really $%&#in tall guy with piles of money that takes a jackson RR and makes it larger.. cos that guitar is TINY .. unless you're of laiho proportions.. then it's huge :P
laiho already did it! his ESP RR has an extra inch around the edge if I remember rightly
if this LP is oversized, what's the neck profile like? the numbers on the site mean bugger all to me
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Oh Dear... we're walking on eggshells here!
The legion of Buckethead worshippers will be here in a minute and before they come and start gushing let me quietly say... I THINK THE DUDE's MUSIC SUCKS BALLS AND HE IS A MENTAL RETARD WITH SOCIAL PHOBIA.
Aside from that he's a phenomenal technician.
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I've never been sure if he's really a crazyman with the bucket, mask and chicken coop nonsense... or if it's all an act which allows him to have a nice quiet life with no-one recognising him. If it's the latter, all power to him.
As for his music, I haven't heard very much. But what I've heard, I like. He seems a lot more melodic than most shred guys.
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I've never been sure if he's really a crazyman with the bucket, mask and chicken coop nonsense... or if it's all an act which allows him to have a nice quiet life with no-one recognising him. If it's the latter, all power to him.
As for his music, I haven't heard very much. But what I've heard, I like. He seems a lot more melodic than most shred guys.
Some of his albums are pretty good (Colma, Electric Tears, Bucketheadland), but some of his albums are pretty uninspired and seem he is just releasing them for the sake of it (Funnel Weaver, Monsters and Robots, etc). Pepper's ghost is alright also.
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laiho already did it! his ESP RR has an extra inch around the edge if I remember rightly
i aint touchin that fuggly thing!
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just found this!!! http://www2.gibson.com/Products/Electric-Guitars/Flying-V/Gibson-USA/Tribal-V.aspx
a tribal V with a kahler, just the kind of thing kerry king would want!
(http://images.gibson.com/Files/128c14d4-d419-4db3-b23c-998cd41e48fb.jpg)
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So "buckethead" is an actual person/artiste? (With whom several of you seem to be familiar...)
We live and learn :roll:
(I thought it was some sort of "young-person-speak" until I read this thread :lol:)
The guitar does not grab me much neither!
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:lol: nice, Andy.
It made me want to type it into Urbandictionary
"Bucket Head
1. a girl with a nice body but the bitch is so ugly she needs a bucket on her damn head
2. One who's head will not properly hold a hat because it is forced upward, due to their conical shape."
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:lol:
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I like the guitar. The kill switches may look bad, but appart from that I find it cool. And why two kill switches???
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just found this!!! http://www2.gibson.com/Products/Electric-Guitars/Flying-V/Gibson-USA/Tribal-V.aspx
a tribal V with a kahler, just the kind of thing kerry king would want!
(http://images.gibson.com/Files/128c14d4-d419-4db3-b23c-998cd41e48fb.jpg)
lookin good... wrong inlays, not enough frets
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I like the guitar, but I'd have to take the nipples off of it.
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:lol: nice, Andy.
It made me want to type it into Urbandictionary
"Bucket Head
1. a girl with a nice body but the bitch is so ugly she needs a bucket on her damn head
You know I was in the supermarket today and I caught myself actually using that term :D
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i dont mind the guitar but i have no idea who they are trying to appeal to with the oversized body
how many buckethead fans are there that are the same height as him (thats the only target market i can imagine) and why does being tall mean your guitar needs to be oversized ???
Well, I'm not as tall as him, but I'm fairly wide, so I can think in what kind of guy would like it... I once got a Flying V that a luthier from Brazil made, it's 1cm smaller than the '67 gibby and it looked tiny and I looked like a very ugly troll :lol:
If my fingers were proportional to my size I would be on the 27" scale league, but as they're small won't...
About his music, I know very little, but I like this Padmasana song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-2w9b8i7GU (ftp://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-2w9b8i7GU)
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Remove the ridiculous red buttons and you have a nice guitar. As for Buckethead being a weirdo... Gibson has endorsed people like Billie Joe Armstrong (Green Day) and Tom DeLonge (Blink 182), I think this a huge step forward. You can claim a great many things, but those 2 just aren't good guitar players at all. They should focus on people that are actually inspiring as a player, rather than topping the charts.
Gibson's course over the past 10 years has really put me off. I still love mine, but won't really consider buying one since I don't feel a bond with the company anymore. They seem to be doing anything just to pull in some cash.
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I started playing guitar because of Green Day and punk rock in general. Therefore Billie Joe Armstrong has inspired myself (and countless others) to play guitar. Granted, I don't think a signature LP Jr is appropriate but I would kill for a copy of Blue.
Paddy
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I am quite comfortable with Gibson at the moment, the only thing I would really want would be a Norlin maple neck standard.
No clownburst
Reasonable weight - And none of you bitchin' about the weight of my current axe ;)
Dark fingerboard
Nice souding pups
and a neck profile I like.
I won't be spending any money :D
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Reasonable weight - And none of you bitchin' about the weight of my current axe ;)
(http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p216/phillyq/speaknoevil.jpg)