cody78

I first saw Hot Club of Cowtown on Jools Holland in 2003. A truly excellent trio and Whit is a superb guitar player. They came to Leeds (near where I live) here in the UK the other month, but sadly I missed them. One day I hope to see them live and maybe get to chat to Whit about guitar. Continental Stomp (2003) is probably my favourite album by them. Check out Ida Red from that recording.

I agree with jdgm. It's a great shame they have ignored archtops completely. At least Henry did introduce a lot of rarer models (such as the Tal Farlow and ES 5) back into the line up in the 90's. Having said that, the SG's and Les Paul's do look very nice, but can they please go back to the large headstock on the '61 SG's? Also, the new Epiphone LP and SG headstock I cannot get used to. My whole lifetime Epi have had the clipped headstock on LP's & SG's and changing it now it a bit like changing the Gibson headstock...wrong! It looks ok though, just preferred the clipped one.

I must admit, I'm a bit sad to see the normal headstock for Epi LP's and SG's go. I always liked it. Unless they changed to a Gibson one it all seems a bit pointless to me. The new headstock is an old Epi design and the clipped ear headstock was an old Epi design, so really they have just replaced one old design for another. The new headstock looks more at home on semis and hollows in my opinion. It would have been nice to at least keep an option for the old headstock. The new guitars do look nice though.

Larks Tongues was easily the best King Crimson album in my opinion, but Red is a close contender for 2nd place followed by Starless & Bible Black...and the live album USA is a good listen too. The early albums were very patchy and stuff like Islands wasn't great really. I've only heard a bit of their later albums, but they sound pretty good. It's a great shame the lineup of Fripp, Bruford, Wetton, Cross and Muir didn't last much longer.

Haha!, that is a funny story. I think I have a few similar stories from my teenage years too

Gary wins by a mile for me too as he was a very special and gifted player. The first album I ever got by him was Blues for Greeny and there is some fine playing on that. Sadly for Joe, I think he came on the scene too late to have as much of a lasting impression. I've never watched Joe and thought 'woah' that playing is incredible. He's a good player though.

This thread has become quite interesting

A lot of acoustic players in my area seem to prefer Martin. Although many Martin's are obviously great sounding and playing instruments I always gravitated towards Gibson. I think I generally see more Martin's on youtube videos though.

Valid points I think you might take things too seriously? It's always interesting if you post a link to a band or artist and then people say it's rubbish (or worse). I imagine it's happened to everyone on here at some point. I actually like the song Country Feedback that was the original post and I like a fair few R.E.M songs, but I posted that other video because I prefer Neil and it was from the same concert, so thought the OP might find it interesting. A lot of people I know don't like R.E.M or Neil, but that's ok and it doesn't bother me. Edit, and going off topic slightly, but just out of interest how do you feel about Wes Montgomery? I was watching this last night and it's a tune I have loved for many years. I challenge you or someone else to say it's rubbish, but I guess someone out there will not appreciate his great playing

Well yes, it could be that too

If you are a true rockin' guitar player everything is cranked on 10 and your tinnitus rolls off the trebles naturally for you. 'My guitar is buzzing and my amp is buzzing'...no, it's just the endless ringing in your ears

Haha!, the snot green never bothered me...neither did the more powerful pickups that a lot of people moaned about. The only thing that does and always did bother me is that the waterslide decal says 'classic' and not 'model'. Btw, I don't think they took 1960 off the pick guard until around 2008. My 2003 has 1960 on it. They also widened the headstock on later models which I never liked.

I prefer this from the same gig I think...a highly underrated Neil Young song. (I do like some R.E.M songs though).

They had 9 hole relief though, these new ones don't. I have a 2003 light burst Classic in my collection which is an absolutely beautiful guitar, but I won't be trading it for one of these new models even though they look great. Edit: this was meant to be a reply to scales' post

I always liked the smell of a new Gibson, what is not to like?

Re: J-15's There is nothing wrong with J-15's, they are brilliant guitars and hold up against some of the higher priced models. I'm 35 years old (not 16) and bought one a couple of years back. Acoustic wise I also own a J-185 and a Dove and the J-15 is up there with both of them. I bought the J-15 last by the way.

You have the same L5CESN as me...great choice you made. Mine is a 2015 Custom Crimson one, what year is yours? Here's mine from the NGD thread I posted back in 2015. Scroll to the top to see pictures. http://forum.gibson.com/index.php?/topic/125885-l-5-ces-ngd/page__p__1714712__hl__cody78+l5ces__fromsearch__1#entry1714712

Incredibly beautiful guitar and all the photos are great. L5's are truly wonderful instruments. I'm sure you will enjoy it.

My first guitar was passed down from my sister around 1991 when I was 7 and it was a BM Classico classical guitar. She had only learnt a few beginner tunes and lost interest. I took lessons at school for a year or so, but they were not teaching me the things I wanted. I wanted to learn things like Mr. Brownstone, but instead I was given Mary Had a Little Lamb. After a break of a couple of years, I started lessons in the first year of high school. Again I was presented with songs I didn't want to learn, such as Wonderwall. I got my first electric aged 12 which was an Epiphone LP100 in honeyburst and went on from there. My first breakthrough came by learning the rhythm parts for Guns N Roses' Civil War the same year. I still have both guitars. I love the Epiphone and despite amassing many other guitars, that LP100 is still one of my favourites.

Some of the Norlin models I love the look of. I always wanted a Les Paul Artisan and a natural 3 pickup LP Custom from that era. What about the cool Spotlight Special and amazing looking 'The Les Paul'. In terms of Les Paul's a lot of snobs didn't like that they started using 3 piece caps around that time (as well as the pancake body already mentioned), but sound wise could anyone really tell the difference? I have a book somewhere that says 3 piece tops don't sound any different to 2 piece. There were also a things like the depth of the carved top being different from the originals. SG wise the shape changed and bevelling was wrong compared to the 60's models. Can't say I've ever tried a Norlin Gibson, but I imagine there are many great ones. This one looks amazing to me...

Yes, I wonder why that is? I don't know much about Lee Malia, but in pictures I've seen I like that he plays his signature Epiphone's live. I sometimes find it strange when musicians have signature models but don't play them. I have a Gibson Kirk Douglas SG Custom in my collection from 2013, but I don't recall seeing him play it much (if at all) since having the honour of a signature model. I'm not a fan of The Roots, but I always wanted a late 60's Custom so when I saw his model was coming out back then I had to get it, despite the fact I'd never heard of him. I'd still like an original walnut Custom from the late 60's though.

Very very very nice, both the Epihone and Gibson I must buy (or at least try) an RD someday. Glad you are enjoying both of them.

Good points made. I'm surprised he hasn't been kicked off the forum yet. I'm sure a lot of his posts go against forum rules? That's a shame about it being pushed back. From your original post I got the impression you already had a Gibson RD and were getting an Epi also to do a comparison? I think I may have read your original post wrong, but all good! I'd never heard of Lee Malia until I saw the LP Artisan they did. I still don't think I've heard any of his playing!

Going back to the original topic, how do you find the Gibson RD you mentioned Megafrog? I've never tried one myself, but was always interested in the look of them. The only unusual shaped guitars I have tried/ or own is a Gibson Firebird V which I bought a couple of years ago and many years ago a guy I knew had an Explorer which he let me test out. I like the Firebird because it feels so different to other guitars and has unique tone with the mini humbuckers. I imagine the RD would be along the same lines in feeling and sounding very unique. I must try one someday, either Epi or Gibson.

The thing I don't get is if he hates Epiphone's so much, why does he spend so much time posting in this forum? It's not even a rational argument he has for his dislike of Epiphone. Most good guitarists could find a (Chinese) Epiphone that they like. I'd love to hear him play guitar...I bet he sucks big time