MelB Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 Hello, does anyone know what the art is or what it represents? Sorry, sort of a newbie here. Came across this art with lines/whiskers with a red dot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-minor7 Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 (edited) Good Q - and it's been up before. Some call it the boob-logo, which may be the authentic back-then-nickname. I personally like to see it as a fingertip touching the 6 strings thus generating a red hot power-spot : The Gibson-tone. Luckily interpretations are free. It is what it is to you, , , or anybody. . . Still an authorized explanation could be good after all these years - come forward, please, Bozeman. Edited December 27, 2020 by E-minor7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j45nick Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 To follow up, that logo was only used on pickguards for a one- or two-year period around 1968. Not sure what the original thinking was that led to this design. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MelB Posted December 28, 2020 Author Share Posted December 28, 2020 3 hours ago, MelB said: 2 hours ago, E-minor7 said: Good Q - and it's been up before. Some call it the boob-logo, which may be the authentic back-then-nickname. I personally like to see it as a fingertip touching the 6 strings thus generating a red hot power-spot : The Gibson-tone. Luckily interpretations are free. It is what it is to you, , , or anybody. . . Still an authorized explanation could be good after all these years - come forward, please, Bozeman. Ha! Thanks for the info, the logo for strings is an interesting thought! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MelB Posted December 28, 2020 Author Share Posted December 28, 2020 1 hour ago, j45nick said: To follow up, that logo was only used on pickguards for a one- or two-year period around 1968. Not sure what the original thinking was that led to this design. Thanks! It’s on a pickguard for a guitar in the early 2000’s. Wonder if it’s a vintage pickguard... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j45nick Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 19 minutes ago, MelB said: Thanks! It’s on a pickguard for a guitar in the early 2000’s. Wonder if it’s a vintage pickguard... They have done a few modern reissue guitars with those pickguards. They are not hard to reproduce. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave F Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 (edited) I've mainly seen that logo on the J-45 60's reissue. This one is from 2016. Their description is "a distinctive white pick guard with Gibson stamped logo ". Doesn't sound too artsy does it? Edited December 28, 2020 by Dave F Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-minor7 Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 3 hours ago, Dave F said: I've mainly seen that logo on the J-45 60's reissue. This one is from 2016. Their description is "a distinctive white pick guard with Gibson stamped logo ". Doesn't sound too artsy does it? That's goes for the written part - the font. The graphic sign flies over their radar; they haven't got at clue. But no designer makes a symbol without explanation. The person behind this one probably laid awake for nights to figure out how he/she should solve the task and defend the solution. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fortyearspickn Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 I was an early client of a new healthcare software company in Boston, let's say 25 years ago. They took off like gangbusters and realized they needed a 'logo'. They hired a PR type company and paid tens of thousands for one - which they liked. Until a year or so later someone looked up and realized it was an exact copy of an air conditioning/ heating return vent in their ceiling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j45nick Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 1 hour ago, fortyearspickn said: I was an early client of a new healthcare software company in Boston, let's say 25 years ago. They took off like gangbusters and realized they needed a 'logo'. They hired a PR type company and paid tens of thousands for one - which they liked. Until a year or so later someone looked up and realized it was an exact copy of an air conditioning/ heating return vent in their ceiling. That raises the question of what the designer of that particular Gibson logo was looking at or thinking of when he/she designed it. I'll just leave that one sitting out there as food for thought... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave F Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 (edited) We are talking 60’s. Maybe Gibson breaking the sound barrier. Edited December 28, 2020 by Dave F Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-minor7 Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 7 minutes ago, Dave F said: We are talking 60’s. Maybe Gibson breaking the sound barrier. Wow ^ very qualified bid there. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
62burst Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 (edited) you beat me to it. Dave for the win: https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sound_barrier_chart.svg also- looking at that older thread on the matter, I had referenced a ‘68 at Gary’s, where he had described it as the “sonic” P/G in the listing. Edited December 28, 2020 by 62burst Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanvillRob Posted May 9, 2022 Share Posted May 9, 2022 I’m thinking it’s a recreation of the scene in “Sons Of Anarchy” when Greg The Peg gets shot in the forehead! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gasman Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 Yep Gibson's new "Sound Wave" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gasman Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 recent Soundwave - TShirt 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olie Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 The thing that puzzles me is that there are 7 lines. At first I thought the lines represented guitar strings, but a 7-string guitar? I think some graphic designer was having fun with us. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombywoof Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 Gibson going toe to toe with the Silvertone "Space Dot." 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave F Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 Must be Zombie week 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murph Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 20 minutes ago, olie said: The thing that puzzles me is that there are 7 lines. At first I thought the lines represented guitar strings, but a 7-string guitar? I think some graphic designer was having fun with us. The 7th line is the fret. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuestionMark Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 2 hours ago, Murph said: The 7th line is the fret. Agree, the 7th line is the fret. I never thought inn detail about the logo, but I always thought it was kinda cool. Out of left field on this, but looking at it, it could be a finger’s callous touching the strings. Callouses were pretty much kind of badges of honor in the 60s among steel string guitar players, if I recall. Just a thought. QM aka “Jazzman” Jeff 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave F Posted May 11, 2022 Share Posted May 11, 2022 Here's a new one announced today Dave Mustaine pioneered a new path for thrash metal, and now he’s breaking ground at Gibson. Gibson is excited to introduce the first 24 fret neck ever installed on a Gibson acoustic guitar, with the new Dave Mustaine Songwriter as a core artist model. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murph Posted May 11, 2022 Share Posted May 11, 2022 Looks like something a 12 year old would want. Bad idea. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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