'Scales Posted July 11, 2016 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
Rabs Posted July 11, 2016 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
capmaster Posted July 12, 2016 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.
Zentar Posted July 16, 2016 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.
cody78 Posted July 16, 2016 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
Zentar Posted July 16, 2016 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!
Ess Posted July 19, 2016 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.
lolo_guitar Posted July 21, 2016 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 ?
Sabredog Posted August 10, 2016 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.
american cheez Posted August 10, 2016 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.
capmaster Posted August 10, 2016 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.
Ess Posted August 11, 2016 Posted August 11, 2016 @kuma I'm sure all the guitar shops will be pleased to know that they only need employ 'checkout chicks' ;)
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