'Scales Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 Strange...when choosing 2016 and Les Paul on the Gibson site under products there only seems to be the T models, not HPs. Am I doing something wrong in the selections? http://www.gibson.com/Products/Electric-Guitars/Les-Paul.aspx?ModelYear=2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabs Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 Yeah I also noticed a bunch of guitars gone missing from the main page.. The HPs are still there though, just kinda hidden http://www.gibson.com/Products/Electric-Guitars/2016/USA/Les-Paul-50s-Tribute/High-Performance.aspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capmaster Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 This has been kind of freaking me out recently, too. I think the Product Groups tool left hand bottom fouls up the overview. <_< Product search via web browser seems more handy to me now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lolo_guitar Posted July 16, 2016 Share Posted July 16, 2016 have you coil tap with the trad HP? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zentar Posted July 16, 2016 Share Posted July 16, 2016 I personally think the model designations for LPs are very confusing because there isn't a page where they tell you what all the acronyms mean. The LP is an analog instrument but the nomenclature has become Geeked. I must have driven 500 miles looking at guitars on my last LP purchase. I'd get to a guitar I thought I wanted only to find it had a fat neck or pickups I didn't want. For instance: Studio Classic Deluxe Standard High Performance I'd ask a salesman what pickups a guitar had and he wouldn't know. I even met salesman who didn't know the difference between a Studio and a Standard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cody78 Posted July 16, 2016 Share Posted July 16, 2016 I personally think the model designations for LPs are very confusing because there isn't a page where they tell you what all the acronyms mean. The LP is an analog instrument but the nomenclature has become Geeked. I must have driven 500 miles looking at guitars on my last LP purchase. I'd get to a guitar I thought I wanted only to find it had a fat neck or pickups I didn't want. For instance: Studio Classic Deluxe Standard High Performance I'd ask a salesman what pickups a guitar had and he wouldn't know. I even met salesman who didn't know the difference between a Studio and a Standard. I'm looking forward to next years 'True Historic Traditional Classic Traditional Vintage Classic Accurate Relic Aged Custom Heavily Aged Custom Shop 1959...NO REALLY ACCURATE 1959' Les Paul. All PAINSTAKINGLY reproduced by God in Gibson Custom branch Custom Nashville of Nashville Custom Art, down the road from the Gibson Ultimate Custom Shop. All joking aside, I do love Gibson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zentar Posted July 16, 2016 Share Posted July 16, 2016 I'm looking forward to next years 'True Historic Traditional Classic Traditional Vintage Classic Accurate Relic Aged Custom Heavily Aged Custom Shop 1959...NO REALLY ACCURATE 1959' Les Paul. All PAINSTAKINGLY reproduced by God in Gibson Custom branch Custom Nashville of Nashville Custom Art, down the road from the Gibson Ultimate Custom Shop. All joking aside, I do love Gibson A classic post! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Scales Posted July 17, 2016 Author Share Posted July 17, 2016 A classic post! Classic T or Classic HP? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deeman Posted July 17, 2016 Share Posted July 17, 2016 Classic custom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. C.O. Jones Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 Uhm..... Custom Classic Light? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ess Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 The problem is, that their naming system has been a shambles for so many years, it would be pointless introducing an intelligent system now! Clearly a case of the marketing dept being run by typical musos - off their face 90% of the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lolo_guitar Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 no coil tap with the trad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btoth76 Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 no coil tap with the trad Never had. Bence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lolo_guitar Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 i would like the new heel but the robot tuners are not useful for me does it work good ?and if i don't want to use the robots to tune the guitar ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabredog Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 I got great clarity on the 2016 options after watching Rob Chapman and the captain on the Anderton's video review. Recommend watch Gibson 2016 Les Paul Standard Trad Spec vs High Performance Spec Then I use Google to search for a specific model which takes you directly to the Gibson specification page then all the models are easily accessible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
american cheez Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 I personally think the model designations for LPs are very confusing because there isn't a page where they tell you what all the acronyms mean. The LP is an analog instrument but the nomenclature has become Geeked. I must have driven 500 miles looking at guitars on my last LP purchase. I'd get to a guitar I thought I wanted only to find it had a fat neck or pickups I didn't want. For instance: Studio Classic Deluxe Standard High Performance I'd ask a salesman what pickups a guitar had and he wouldn't know. I even met salesman who didn't know the difference between a Studio and a Standard. if i'm looking for a les paul i will know exactly what i'm looking for. i don't rely on the sales staff to know, because sometimes they don't. and it's my $$ i'm spending. that makes it my responsibility to make an informed choice. my hand knows what neck shape i like even if i didn't know what it was called. but i do. my ears know what sounds good to me, and i could care less what you call the pick ups. if my ears say they're not what i want, who cares what someone says they are? the internet isn't hard to use. see a guitar you like? look up the specs. it's not hard to do. only takes seconds. nothing in the above list is rare or even somewhat uncommon/unusual. there are plenty of places to decode a serial number. it's not too much to ask for the buyer to make a little effort to ensure their gear hunt turns out well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capmaster Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 @ Kuma: Kudos for that! Education on specs from the web and trying out oneself, that's it. Caring for marketing blurbs is a waste of time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ess Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 @kuma I'm sure all the guitar shops will be pleased to know that they only need employ 'checkout chicks' ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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