This just re-emerged on the Gibson website...

[bucketshred]

The new Nighthawk is more of a mix of the original Blueshawk and Nighthawk. Very nice looking guitar. I'd buy one if I wanted something classy looking for a Jazz/Blues gig or something like that.

Paddy

[FELINEGUITARS]

I want gibson to bring back the superstrat that they did in the '80s (can't remember the name but it looked like a rickenbacker that had been built for some hair metal/shredder - type person.).

Like this one :Gibson M3



as opposed to the Gibson U2

[Jonny]

I like that bridge.

[Afghan Dave]

Epiphone Prophecy EM-2 FX



Closest available now

[MrBump]

I never really got the Nighthawk either...  Although it went up in my estimation after appearing on the back of a Joan Osbourne album.  At least, I think it was a Nighthawk...

[Will]

Isn't the new one basically a BFG with strat layout knobs :?

I really do quite like the idea of the original's pickups though, wonder if it would all work out though

[maverickf1jockey]

The M3 is the beast, thanks, Feline and Afghan.

Unfortunately the Epiphone version just doesn't have the same vibe, though I do like the lightning bolt inlays.

Why did they take such an interesting and cool design and spoil it with mild and unnecessary cosmetic changes?

It's not like I have money for new guitars anyway (I still haven't got any further in finishing off the Columbus telecaster I've been working on.

[WezV]

Isn't the new one basically a BFG with strat layout knobs :?

yeah, but what is wrong with that!!  i think this could be a great gibson design if they priced it cheaper.  The things i like about nighthawks are the same reasons it didnt sell.  i think this could work!

[CaptainDesslock]

hmmm......

looks like a bloated les paul, some pepto bismal should cure that!

[juansolo]

i have always loved the nighthawks - but that just has none of the features that made it so different to every other gibson in the first place... a nighthawk in shape only.

still nice though ;)

Absolutely, I completely ballsed up by not buying Marauder's when he sold it. Loved the shape, the pups and the sound.

[GuiTony]

This is mine ...



I bought it new in the mid-90s. 

The range of sounds is incredible ... everything from powerful rock through to crisp & delicate.  I recently had it attended to by Dr Robert who got rid of the sticky neck problem that had plagued it from day 1, and did a full set-up on it too, so now it plays beautifully too.  Suffering from a bit of orange peel on the front, but it's a Gibson, what do you expect?

And no - that's not an advert, I'm just sharing!

[CJ]

i like the pickup configuration, though i'd want that pickup slanted the other way... what type of music does that suit? i know personally i'd like it the other way to get tighter lows and more rounded highs.

[camf]

Actually... seeing it again today, I think the new one looks good. I always like that pickup config. Still a lot of money though... and I think I'd prefer a Feline.

[ToneMonkey]

Wow, a new LP from Gibson. Just what the world needs  :?

I feel sorry for the horse they've been flogging for the last forty years, it just wont die.  :lol:

[Alex]

Chambered body???

I don't know, I think this chambering is done way too much by Gibson. There must be some difference between small weight relief holes/larger electronics cavities and this almost semi-hollow construction.