Rabs Posted November 4, 2015 Share Posted November 4, 2015 Back to the subject at hand... Its tomorrow now... Wheres these bloody details? (actually I just looked and the picture was posted 18 hours ago, so still 6 hours to go I guess?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibson CS Posted November 4, 2015 Share Posted November 4, 2015 http://www.gibson.com/Products/Electric-Guitars/2016/USA.aspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabs Posted November 4, 2015 Share Posted November 4, 2015 http://www.gibson.com/Products/Electric-Guitars/2016/USA.aspx YAY.. Thank you :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabs Posted November 4, 2015 Share Posted November 4, 2015 Too summarise.. New Traditional Series:- Our Best Traditional Guitars Ever •Historic heel •TekToid nut •Original neck width •Vintage tuners •Standard toggle switch •Standard single-contact-point jack •Traditional hard-wired control harness •Traditional grade wood selection •Acrylic inlays •Traditional hard shell case * Specific Models Only. See product page for details. Improved High Performance Series :- Add Tomorrow's Tradition to Your Collection •Fast Acess heel (kinda interested in this) •Adjustable titanium zero fret nut •New soloist's neck width (and this?) (I just read a bit more, they are calling it a Soloist neck cos of the extra wide space above and below the top and bottom E) •Improved G-Force tuners •Smooth silent-action toggle switch •New gold plated multi-contact jack •Dip switch for over 150 rewiring options (:o now this sounds interesting) •Higher grade wood selection •Genuine Mother of Pearl inlays •Fortified aluminum case (SWEET) * Specific Models Only. See product page for details. That does look sweet This is the only picture of the new heal.. Oddly, that's very similar to how I do mine ;) I like it (well from what I can see, you need a better pic of that if its a new feature) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RevDavidLee Posted November 4, 2015 Share Posted November 4, 2015 I'm liking the Firebird a great deal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabs Posted November 4, 2015 Share Posted November 4, 2015 I'm liking the Firebird a great deal Lol... which one?? The T or the HP? (I can see this getting all very confusing in the not too distant future :)) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btoth76 Posted November 4, 2015 Share Posted November 4, 2015 Very well done, Gibson! We can't say they did not listen. Separate Traditional and High Performance versions are available of all the models. The new neck heel on HP models is a very good idea. Again, well done! Should have been done this way a year ago and Gibson could have saved themselves from all the trouble. Cheers... Bence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabs Posted November 4, 2015 Share Posted November 4, 2015 Very well done, Gibson! We can't say they did not listen. Separate Traditional and High Performance versions are available of all the models. The new neck heel on HP models is a very good idea. Again, well done! Should have been done this way a year ago and Gibson could have saved themselves from all the trouble. Cheers... Bence Yup.. and slightly more for the extra bucks... The new case looks well nice.... And they have new pickup types and wiring system on the HPs as well as the new heal... Good stuff all in all.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabs Posted November 4, 2015 Share Posted November 4, 2015 And we get a small video too :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ps6YvuVYgFk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RevDavidLee Posted November 4, 2015 Share Posted November 4, 2015 Lol... which one?? The T or the HP? (I can see this getting all very confusing in the not too distant future :)) Oh definitely the T as I saw the HP has the "next generation G Force" crap on it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RevDavidLee Posted November 4, 2015 Share Posted November 4, 2015 And we get a small video too :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ps6YvuVYgFk I may have to wait for the 2016 Rabswood line to come out to compare Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabs Posted November 4, 2015 Share Posted November 4, 2015 Oh definitely the T as I saw the HP has the "next generation G Force" crap on it I just went and looked at that... ewwwwwww.. those tuners look silly on a firebird... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabs Posted November 4, 2015 Share Posted November 4, 2015 I may have to wait for the 2016 Rabswood line to come out to compare Haha... Well at the moment I cant see past getting my web site up.. so we will see what next year brings (even though its only 2 months away, it feels like ages) :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveFord Posted November 4, 2015 Share Posted November 4, 2015 Good for Gibson, they figured out a way to make everybody happy. Maybe a Firebird T is in my future in 2016. The SGs don't look too bad, either. I still think Landing Strip is much catchier than Soloists Neck but that's just me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capmaster Posted November 4, 2015 Share Posted November 4, 2015 Oh definitely the T as I saw the HP has the "next generation G Force" crap on it They changed the G force? And I thought I had gained some more overweight! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sellen Posted November 4, 2015 Share Posted November 4, 2015 The HP Sg's has a tad more sexy bevels, as i see it. They actually did that? or do the picks trick my eye's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RevDavidLee Posted November 4, 2015 Share Posted November 4, 2015 They changed the G force? And I thought I had gained some more overweight! [lol] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pesh Posted November 4, 2015 Share Posted November 4, 2015 I just saw their announcement video on Twitter. SWOON. So much choice...I don't know what to look at first! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdgm Posted November 4, 2015 Share Posted November 4, 2015 LP Custom? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deeman Posted November 5, 2015 Share Posted November 5, 2015 This is what gibson should have done all along. Traditional line and modern line. Love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie brown Posted November 5, 2015 Share Posted November 5, 2015 Speaking of "Traditional," I sure wish they'd brought back the SG "Classic" only with the early '60's bevels, and horn tapering. In fact, I'm a bit disappointed, that they went back to the punier beveling, and almost non-existent horn tapering, on the 2016 SG models! I had such high hopes, for them to continue those original spec's. But, "C'est La Vie!" Sometimes, you're the bird, sometimes you're the statue! CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capmaster Posted November 5, 2015 Share Posted November 5, 2015 Speaking of "Traditional," I sure wish they'd brought back the SG "Classic" only with the early '60's bevels, and horn tapering. In fact, I'm a bit disappointed, that they went back to the punier beveling, and almost non-existent horn tapering, on the 2016 SG models! I had such high hopes, for them to continue those original spec's. But, "C'est La Vie!" Sometimes, you're the bird, sometimes you're the statue! CB They went back to Swiss Cheese weight relief of Traditional LPs as well. Falling back into old mistakes, they perhaps try to regain some ground for further, ahem, "improvements" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cody78 Posted November 5, 2015 Share Posted November 5, 2015 Speaking of "Traditional," I sure wish they'd brought back the SG "Classic" only with the early '60's bevels, and horn tapering. In fact, I'm a bit disappointed, that they went back to the punier beveling, and almost non-existent horn tapering, on the 2016 SG models! I had such high hopes, for them to continue those original spec's. But, "C'est La Vie!" Sometimes, you're the bird, sometimes you're the statue! CB I wish they made the SG Original again, but made it part of the regular line...or at least bring back the '61 Reissue. I think overall it's a good year from Gibson though. I don't mind the beveling or tapers not being early 60's, so long as they don't ever go back to how they made them in the 80's with none at all! I'm really pleased with the 2016 SG Special T I bought the other day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie brown Posted November 5, 2015 Share Posted November 5, 2015 Oh, I'm sure they're great guitars, and sound and play just fine! As most of you know, I just have a "thing" about the early '60's beveling and horn tapering! Those were the SG's I learned on, and owned, back in the day. So, they're the spec's I still prefer. Some don't give a damn, one way or another. But, "I" do! LOL!!! I'm just Really Glad, I managed to get the one's I have, when I did! They're all super SG versions, and, with the "right" spec's, too! CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cody78 Posted November 5, 2015 Share Posted November 5, 2015 I do agree with you CB, that they should stick to the original specs with SG's. Perhaps it is to do with cost cutting and time management that they don't have accurate bevels/ tapers? It seemed like in the 70's/ 80's they lost the plot with SG's during the Norlin period and never seemed to get it quite right after that with the exception of the Custom Shop models and some USA ones, i.e, the Original, '61 & Kirk Douglas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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