Twang Gang Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 I got an email from Gibson this afternoon and the headline is "The Iconic Gibson That Started It All". It was about the current line of Les Pauls. But is that really the only word the marketing department knows? I've seen it used so much by them that it has no meaning anymore. They go on to say that it was first released in 1952 and that it was designed by Ted McCarty. And while technically I suppose that is true it seems very easy to say that 13 years after Les Paul is dead. They give him no credit at all and only mention that he wanted the guitar to be all maple, but that was too heavy so they went to mahogany with a maple cap. The way I have read the history in the past is that if it wasn't for Les Paul they would not have made a solid body guitar. The only cool thing about the email was that it showed a 70s Deluxe LP now in the lineup with the mini humbuckers. Haven't see that in production for a while I don't think. OK, end of rant, but please stop using the "i" word. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Pepper Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 Steve Ford swore it off too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retired Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 Did you see that 62 Iconic Gibson? Wow! Lol. Yeah, Deb's mom drove me nuts with "I See." Every sentence anyone spoke ended in, "I See." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveFord Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 Nope, not gonna do it and you can't make me. It's kind of the Richlite of marketing buzz words. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparquelito Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksdaddy Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 Oh look, it’s that bitter Canadian chick I was in love with for about a week in 1995. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinch Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 I'm happy as long as I don't hear "triggered", "safe space" or"snowflake" again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Pepper Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 (edited) 15 hours ago, ksdaddy said: Oh look, it’s that bitter Canadian chick I was in love with for about a week in 1995. Would she go down on you in a theater? Edited January 21, 2022 by Sgt. Pepper 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merciful-evans Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 15 hours ago, Twang Gang said: They go on to say that it was first released in 1952 and that it was designed by Ted McCarty. And while technically I suppose that is true it seems very easy to say that 13 years after Les Paul is dead. They give him no credit at all and only mention that he wanted the guitar to be all maple, but that was too heavy so they went to mahogany with a maple cap. The way I have read the history in the past is that if it wasn't for Les Paul they would not have made a solid body guitar. My understanding is that Gibson were worried that Leo had de-skilled the art of making guitars (now anyone with a bandsaw can have a go...). I feel sure they didn't want to make a solidbody at all, but felt compelled to respond to Fender's rising success. They had already rejected Les's 'log', but that was before he was famous. After he was famous it was a different story. He became hot stuff and they wanted his name on the new guitar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitefang Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 3 hours ago, Pinch said: I'm happy as long as I don't hear "triggered", "safe space" or"snowflake" again. I'll add "woke", "Karen" and "new normal" to that list. For a while it was "genius" that was being overused. Like, I long thought Brian Wilson was a very creative and skillful songwriter and musician. But "genius"? Nah. But it seemed every time I turned around, someone was going on about the "genius" of Brian Wilson. Or whomever else. On the same note, I am a long time Dylan freak. But I considered him more INGENIOUS than "genius". Whitefang 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Pepper Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, Whitefang said: I'll add "woke", "Karen" and "new normal" to that list. For a while it was "genius" that was being overused. Like, I long thought Brian Wilson was a very creative and skillful songwriter and musician. But "genius"? Nah. But it seemed every time I turned around, someone was going on about the "genius" of Brian Wilson. Or whomever else. On the same note, I am a long time Dylan freak. But I considered him more INGENIOUS than "genius". Whitefang How about Mask Up, and Essential Workers. And life only matters for one certain group of people. How about fill in the blank ______________ - American. My reletives are Czech. I was born in the USA. I am not a Czech-American, I'm an American, my passport says so. Masterpiece gets throw around a lot on certain albums. I've seen Bob 3 times and after Desire it was along slow road down to mumbleville to what we get today. I think Blonde On Blonde is very overrated and like Exile On Main St., would have been a better single LP. People say that about The White Album too. Ringo wanted to release them as single LP's and call them The White Album and The Whiter Album. Blood On The Tracks and JWH are my go to Dylan LP's. Bringing It and 61 are killer too. The Beatles had George Martin. Brian did that all on his own and in his own whacked out head. Edited January 20, 2022 by Sgt. Pepper 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badbluesplayer Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 5 hours ago, Whitefang said: I'll add "woke", "Karen" and "new normal" to that list. For a while it was "genius" that was being overused. Like, I long thought Brian Wilson was a very creative and skillful songwriter and musician. But "genius"? Nah. But it seemed every time I turned around, someone was going on about the "genius" of Brian Wilson. Or whomever else. On the same note, I am a long time Dylan freak. But I considered him more INGENIOUS than "genius". Whitefang Woke Karen and the New Normal is going to be my new band name. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Pepper Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 52 minutes ago, badbluesplayer said: Woke Karen and the New Normal is going to be my new band name. That’s good. I like Chicks Who Smoke and Nut Wrinkles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdgm Posted January 21, 2022 Share Posted January 21, 2022 Unprecedented, infrastructure, and unacceptable are the 3 most over- and misused words on the UK airwaves these days. I don't move stuff in my van, I provide Logistical Infrastructure Solutions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tx-ogre Posted January 21, 2022 Share Posted January 21, 2022 Don’t forget “existential threat.” That has been beaten to death for the past five or six years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitefang Posted January 21, 2022 Share Posted January 21, 2022 15 hours ago, tx-ogre said: Don’t forget “existential threat.” That has been beaten to death for the past five or six years. Actually, that's one I haven't heard. Does though, seem like what I call "bloated language". Like, putting things in a way that can be said more simply. It started back in the early '70's with the WATERGATE hearings. When those being questioned used phrases like, "Not at this point in time"; Huh? Do you mean "NOW"? and "Not at that point in time" Do you mean "THEN?" And weathermen on TV started warning us of "shower activity" instead of "Rain". Most of the words and phrases mentione in here so far are good suggestions to be added to Michigan's Lake Superior University's "Banished words and phrases" list. Check it out.... https://www.lssu.edu/traditions/banishedwords/ Whitefang Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Pepper Posted January 21, 2022 Share Posted January 21, 2022 On 1/20/2022 at 5:43 AM, sparquelito said: Wouldn't she be Icronic? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Pepper Posted January 21, 2022 Share Posted January 21, 2022 43 minutes ago, Whitefang said: Actually, that's one I haven't heard. Does though, seem like what I call "bloated language". Like, putting things in a way that can be said more simply. It started back in the early '70's with the WATERGATE hearings. When those being questioned used phrases like, "Not at this point in time"; Huh? Do you mean "NOW"? and "Not at that point in time" Do you mean "THEN?" And weathermen on TV started warning us of "shower activity" instead of "Rain". Most of the words and phrases mentione in here so far are good suggestions to be added to Michigan's Lake Superior University's "Banished words and phrases" list. Check it out.... https://www.lssu.edu/traditions/banishedwords/ Whitefang 40 years just posted a saying in another forum, and I am going to give him all the credit - Covid Related. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tlwwalker Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 I have a mindset that has saved me a ton of money over the long haul: ALL marketing is LIES 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codename Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 The two most annoying words that I see literally every day are " Experts Say" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Pepper Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 6 minutes ago, codename said: The two most annoying words that I see literally every day are " Experts Say" New and Improved Best Formula Yet It Virtually Does It All Yeah marketing people have degrees and they employ psychologist to get into out psyche. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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