DiamondJig Posted February 13, 2009 Report Share Posted February 13, 2009 http://cgi.ebay.com/Gibson-Robot-Les-Paul-Standard-w-5A-top_W0QQitemZ170301162890QQcmdZViewItemQQptZGuitar?hash=item170301162890&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1205%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1309%7C301%3A1%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieP Posted February 13, 2009 Report Share Posted February 13, 2009 What a surprise that was! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevezapp Posted February 13, 2009 Report Share Posted February 13, 2009 Wow. Not bad! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PLexxiTronic Posted February 13, 2009 Report Share Posted February 13, 2009 Nothing else to say, but, WoW! Beautiful... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VBB Posted February 13, 2009 Report Share Posted February 13, 2009 Has anyone checked with Gibson to verify this guitar? Couldn't someone just put a Tronical kit on a Les Paul? I mean they sell them to put on any guitar. Also, he keeps refering to all robots as studio models. I know Gibson refers to the later versions this way, but has anyone heard of the 1st runs officially called this? Just because it doesn't have a body binding (a binding wouldn't have looked good with the futuristic blue/silver fade) doesn't mean it's a studio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elantric Posted February 13, 2009 Report Share Posted February 13, 2009 I mean they sell them to put on any guitar. Actually although Tronical announced they would sell kits in 2007 - they signed a contract with Gibson immediately after the NAMM show in 2007 which prevented the "kits" to be sold. For Build construction details of all models go here http://www.gibson.com/robotguitar/guitar.html The 1st run GOR was not a studio - it had a Maple top - so did the Metallic finishes with binding But the Robot models after June 2008 used essentially a LP Studio with custom color and all Mahogany ans no binding. They have a bit different tone character without the Maple Top of the early models Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VBB Posted February 13, 2009 Report Share Posted February 13, 2009 I persoanlly saw websites in 2008 that were selling the Tronical kits for between 800 and 900 bucks. I don't know if some got out before the exclusive or if they can sell over seas, but they were available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PMossberg Posted February 13, 2009 Report Share Posted February 13, 2009 Question to elantric - This afternoon you wrote "The 1st run GOR was not a studio - it had a Maple top" But...Gibson's 2008 product pages say the Studio has a maple top and the 490R and 498T Pickups, same as the 1st run GOR. The GOR has an ebony fingerboard, the Studio has ebony or rosewood, depending on body color. So...if not a studio, do you know what model it was based on? In the end, it doesn't matter much. I'm happpy with the guitar and it's tone & function. I'm more curious than anything else. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duende Posted February 13, 2009 Report Share Posted February 13, 2009 Question to elantric - This afternoon you wrote "The 1st run GOR was not a studio - it had a Maple top" But...Gibson's 2008 product pages say the Studio has a maple top and the 490R and 498T Pickups' date=' same as the 1st run GOR. The GOR has an ebony fingerboard, the Studio has ebony or rosewood, depending on body color. So...if not a studio, do you know what model it was based on? In the end, it doesn't matter much. I'm happpy with the guitar and it's tone & function. I'm more curious than anything else. Thanks. [/quote'] Good question! especially as Gibson themselves say that a Studio is a stripped down of the standard with co compromise on tone, but just not bound on the body and the neck. It looks though GOR and the ltd models are neither standards nor studios as they have the body unbound like a studio, their neck bound like a standard and the head stock bound like a custom. Robot parents were differently mix raced Les Pauls! Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elantric Posted February 13, 2009 Report Share Posted February 13, 2009 All LP Studios I have seen are 100% Mahogany Could be a typo from Gibson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PMossberg Posted February 13, 2009 Report Share Posted February 13, 2009 Thanks Matt, thanks elantric I love it "...mixed raced Les Pauls" This is the Studio product page... http://www2.gibson.com/Products/Electric-Guitars/Les-Paul/Gibson-USA/Les-Paul-Studio/Features.aspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elantric Posted February 13, 2009 Report Share Posted February 13, 2009 This is the Studio product page... http://www2.gibson.com/Products/Electric-Guitars/Les-Paul/Gibson-USA/Les-Paul-Studio/Features.aspx I contacted the Gibson web site admin Looks like a major "cut & paste" snafu You can clearly see the Mahogany top on the LP Studio in the pic All LP Studios I have seen are 100% Mahogany I doubt they recently changed that spec. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieP Posted February 13, 2009 Report Share Posted February 13, 2009 According to the spec I have from 10/5/08, the Robot I bought was a Studio LTD. Mahogany body with a maple top. It has ebony fretboard and binding. The guitar was made May 9, 2008. Metallic Red. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elantric Posted February 13, 2009 Report Share Posted February 13, 2009 Its my theory that : Robot LP with Binding (regardless of color) = Maple Top on a Mahogany body. Robot LP without Binding (regardless of color) = All Mahogany body. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieP Posted February 13, 2009 Report Share Posted February 13, 2009 That very well could be. The ones without metallic finish you can see the grain thru the finish while the metallic you can't. The metallics also have the binding and no pickguard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiamondJig Posted February 14, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2009 That very well could be. The ones without metallic finish you can see the grain thru the finish while the metallic you can't. The metallics also have the binding and no pickguard. up close i can see thru my metallic green finish and see the grain i have tried to photo this but it doesn't work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duende Posted February 14, 2009 Report Share Posted February 14, 2009 hmmm, Gibson specs are identical here. http://www2.gibson.com/Products/Electric-Guitars/Les-Paul/Gibson-USA/Robot-Les-Paul-Studio/Features.aspx How many times are we being sold the same bloody guitar with just cosmetic differences LOL! Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieP Posted February 14, 2009 Report Share Posted February 14, 2009 up close i can see thru my metallic green finish and see the grain i have tried to photo this but it doesn't work It may be that you can see some but, the other colors are very easy to see the grain thru without getting up close. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsx Posted February 14, 2009 Report Share Posted February 14, 2009 a quick look reveals a difference in shade between the back and front of the body suggesting 2 things. -a mahogany back and a maple top -a hi-spec thin finish like on standards which although metallic is still quite transparent. I can see the grain. This is on the metallic red guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieP Posted February 14, 2009 Report Share Posted February 14, 2009 a quick look reveals a difference in shade between the back and front of the body suggesting 2 things. -a mahogany back and a maple top -a hi-spec thin finish like on standards which although metallic is still quite transparent. I can see the grain. This is on the metallic red guitar. I have the same finish yet I can't see the grain in mine at all. When did you get yours? Mine was made May 9, 2008 and I bought it October 5, 2008 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Daddy Posted February 16, 2009 Report Share Posted February 16, 2009 http://cgi.ebay.com/Gibson-Robot-Les-Paul-Standard-w-5A-top_W0QQitemZ170301162890QQcmdZViewItemQQptZGuitar?hash=item170301162890&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1205%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1309%7C301%3A1%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50 It didn't sell...how about that? <g> Cat Daddy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alouf Posted February 17, 2009 Report Share Posted February 17, 2009 The starting asking price was too much IMHO But it did have 1253 views and 2 questions. I would say the starting price should be around 2K Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alouf Posted February 17, 2009 Report Share Posted February 17, 2009 I never understood the difference between a Studio and a Standard. So our GORs are what exactly if it is neither? A Stundard? A Standio? :P GOR Standio, I like the sound of that, lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VBB Posted February 18, 2009 Report Share Posted February 18, 2009 I think our GOR's are a mixture. They have bound neck and headstock like a standard, no body binding like a studio (but body binding would not have looked good with the futuristic robotic color) and it's got an ebony fretboard like a custom. So, the fretboard cancels out the body binding and now can't we all agree it averages to a standard!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alouf Posted February 18, 2009 Report Share Posted February 18, 2009 I think our GOR's are a mixture. They have bound neck and headstock like a standard' date=' no body binding like a studio (but body binding would not have looked good with the futuristic robotic color) and it's got an ebony fretboard like a custom. So, the fretboard cancels out the body binding and now can't we all agree it averages to a standard!!! ;) [/quote'] lol, good analysis :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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