Speaking of Gibson!

[Lew]

http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/Features/the-new-eye-guitar-407/

What are they thinkin? :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

[Afghan Dave]

Oh.. I've just been a little sick.. :( :? Mmm Nasty..

[ailean]

I like Gibson, but I'm not a fanboy, that is just not right.

[MrBump]

... I don't know... There's something about it that appeals to me, somehow.

Not sure about the scratchplate though.

[James C]

Someone needs to get fired for that guitar.......unless they came up with the autumn burst carve top SG thats also a limited edition, because that is nice.

[Philly Q]

I posted a pic of that in this thread a few days ago:

http://bareknucklepickups.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=16779.0

I think it's horrible, a typical example of Gibson getting something wrong.  All they've done is morph an SG body shape (with a nod to a Hamer Phantom, probably entirely by accident).  Then they've left the headstock unchanged so it doesn't match the body at all, spent 5 seconds designing a silly scratchplate, then painted it a ridiculous colour.

But soundwise, does it do anything new?  498T and 490R pickups, thin mahogany body, set mahogany neck... it's just an SG with 2 extra frets and an ebony board.

[dheim]

I posted a pic of that in this thread a few days ago:

http://bareknucklepickups.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=16779.0

I think it's horrible, a typical example of Gibson getting something wrong.  All they've done is morph an SG body shape (with a nod to a Hamer Phantom, probably entirely by accident).  Then they've left the headstock unchanged so it doesn't match the body at all, spent 5 seconds designing a silly scratchplate, then painted it a ridiculous colour.

But soundwise, does it do anything new?  498T and 490R pickups, thin mahogany body, set mahogany neck... it's just an SG with 2 extra frets and an ebony board.

exactly.
a body shape in between SG and some 80s superstrat design with a normal headstock that looks completely out of place, and for the scratchplate they asked a child to draw something "metal"... maybe without that plate and painted black (like sir jagger would suggest at this point) it could look just ugly. this way it looks awful.

[Madiac]

Like Philly said... the biggest problem with that design is that the headstock looks way out of place with that body shape. Almost as taking a strat and putting  gibson headstock on.
It did appeal in a certain way, but the headstock compared to the body is the worst part, and the horns look wrong...

[sgmypod]

I kinda like the tackyness of that

[Lew]

I posted a pic of that in this thread a few days ago:

http://bareknucklepickups.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=16779.0

I think it's horrible, a typical example of Gibson getting something wrong.  All they've done is morph an SG body shape (with a nod to a Hamer Phantom, probably entirely by accident).  Then they've left the headstock unchanged so it doesn't match the body at all, spent 5 seconds designing a silly scratchplate, then painted it a ridiculous colour.

But soundwise, does it do anything new?  498T and 490R pickups, thin mahogany body, set mahogany neck... it's just an SG with 2 extra frets and an ebony board.

oops didn't see the thread  :shock:

[blue]

i like it ok.  if they do another sg or les paul they get criticised, if they do something a bit different it's just not gibson.  they can't really win, can they?

i think the point of the guitar of the week thing is to try out lots of different ideas in small runs to see what works and what doesn't.  many will be forgotten, or derided, but some will be classics, and may even become production models.  i like the whole concept.

[Dmoney]

anyone who buys that needs to sort their life out

[sgmypod]

cool life sorting time

[dheim]

i like it ok.  if they do another sg or les paul they get criticised, if they do something a bit different it's just not gibson.  they can't really win, can they?

i think the point of the guitar of the week thing is to try out lots of different ideas in small runs to see what works and what doesn't.  many will be forgotten, or derided, but some will be classics, and may even become production models.  i like the whole concept.

i agree that those limited runs can be fun, but i can't see a future for this particular model... i'm not fond of weird shapes even if i don't limit design options just to the usual LP/SG/strat/RG shapes... i just think that a new shape must be really eye-catching or comfortable to become a new standard... this is not the case for this "stratized" SG. the idea is not bad per se, but they should have worked it a bit deeper than just prolonging a horn and mounting a bat-winged pickguard on an otherwise normal SG.

[Roobubba]

Quick Robin! To the Bat-studio!