merciful-evans Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 Some of you will know what to say about this. I don't. https://www.rollingstone.com/product-recommendations/lifestyle/billy-reid-gibson-guitars-hummingbird-collection-1234577498/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveFord Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 I say no thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissouriPicker Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 I’m with you…..Just don’t care. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdgm Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 (edited) No. But I sort of understand...wasn't the current head honcho at Gibson once summat to do with Levis? It's a bit 'HJ' though.....crystal-encrusted designer SGs ahoy!! Edited August 19, 2022 by jdgm 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabs Posted August 20, 2022 Share Posted August 20, 2022 or 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gearbasher Posted August 20, 2022 Share Posted August 20, 2022 8 hours ago, jdgm said: No. But I sort of understand...wasn't the current head honcho at Gibson once summat to do with Levis? It's a bit 'HJ' though.....crystal-encrusted designer SGs ahoy!! I had to look up "summat". I love it. I get to learn new words from a different language, that's also called English. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBSinTo Posted August 20, 2022 Share Posted August 20, 2022 If you wade through all the b.s. verbiage in the article, what is really being said is " We think if we take some clothes and label them "Hummingbird", then some people who have those Gibson guitars will be foolish enough to buy these schmuttahs, and we'll make out like bandits." RBSinTo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merciful-evans Posted August 20, 2022 Author Share Posted August 20, 2022 11 hours ago, Rabs said: or Hey! I've got some sunburst Levis too... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitefang Posted August 20, 2022 Share Posted August 20, 2022 Funny, but whenever I think of the Gibson Hummingbird, I think of THIS; So I wonder if any of the clothing comes in this color scheme. Whitefang 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Pepper Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 Who is their market for that? No one on this forum I hope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NighthawkChris Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 (edited) I was confused about this part: Quote The Billy Reid x Gibson Hummingbird Collection retails from $68 to $1,498 and will be sold at select Billy Reid retail stores and at the Gibson Garage in Nashville, as well as online at billyreid.com and on gibson.com starting Aug. 23. Mainly, the part where the range can be oh, just over $70 to a whopping ~$1.5k... And I didn't even get an idea of "what" is actually being sold - i.e. pictures perhaps... I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that I am not going to be interested in this one bit. Well, Gibson wanted to be a lifestyle brand... Just seems sort of silly when I ponder this. Gibson makes guitars, period. I don't want to wear matching clothes that go with my guitar... But we do live in today's day and age... Perhaps someone wants to identify as a Hummingbird? And a Hummingbird guitar at that... Edited August 21, 2022 by NighthawkChris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fortyearspickn Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 Gibson Garage…. They spelled ‘Garbage’ wrong. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fortyearspickn Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 4 hours ago, NighthawkChris said: I was confused about this part: Mainly, the part where the range can be oh, just over $70 to a whopping ~$1.5k... And I didn't even get an idea of "what" is actually being sold - i.e. pictures perhaps... I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that I am not going to be interested in this one bit. Well, Gibson wanted to be a lifestyle brand... Just seems sort of silly when I ponder this. Gibson makes guitars, period. I don't want to wear matching clothes that go with my guitar... But we do live in today's day and age... Perhaps someone wants to identify as a Hummingbird? And a Hummingbird guitar at that... isn’t this kind of thinking. What got Gibson/Norton in trouble? Next Nike will be selling guitars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdgm Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 As it's not 23rd yet I think we have to admit there is a little bit of er, pre-judgement in some of these posts including mine perhaps. Because we're a load of oldies who see Gibson as a guitar (& music related products) company? Not surprising. But suppose they could make clothes as good as their best guitars. They'd have to prove it for years first really though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Pepper Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 (edited) 3 hours ago, fortyearspickn said: Gibson Garage…. They spelled ‘Garbage’ wrong. Quote of the day and I couldn’t have said it any better. Or to be more correct, typed it. Edited August 22, 2022 by Sgt. Pepper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fortyearspickn Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 Read the whole article. Liked Tasjan's quote - I’ve always used clothing and songwriting as conduits to express the arc of my human experience. So, coming together with Gibson and Billy Reid for this project felt right for me,” Rolling Stone has a link to pics now. It's the 'leather cafe racer that's $1498. I guess the low end - $48 is for the strap or pick accessories? If I had $1500 'disposable income' I'd be more inclined to buy a guitar than a leather jacket. Found the adjacent article on Olympic Skateboarding more relevant - although I did learn that Gibson CEO James Curleigh's nick name is "JC'. Creativity abounds ! Reminds me of a former US President who named his dog "BO". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badbluesplayer Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 20 minutes ago, fortyearspickn said: ... Reminds me of a former US President who named his dog "BO". That remninds me of a party that's incorporating the principles and practices of criminality into its fabric. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitefang Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 16 hours ago, fortyearspickn said: isn’t this kind of thinking. What got Gibson/Norton in trouble? Next Nike will be selling guitars. So, would the body or HEADSTOCK be in the shape of a "Swoosh"? Whitefang Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Pepper Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 54 minutes ago, Whitefang said: So, would the body or HEADSTOCK be in the shape of a "Swoosh"? Whitefang A inlay of a zipper, and button shaped inlays for the fret markers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merciful-evans Posted August 22, 2022 Author Share Posted August 22, 2022 Seems appropriate to dust off this pic again 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fortyearspickn Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 You have to hand it to male models. They keep a straight face no matter what kind of ridiculous haute couture they are forced to wear. Sort of like Kim Kardashian saying her greatest concern 'is having people see me for who I really am'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fortyearspickn Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 21 hours ago, Sgt. Pepper said: A inlay of a zipper, and button shaped inlays for the fret markers. Strings, of course, would be shoelaces. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NighthawkChris Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 I just want to be a guitar I want the world to see me for what I see myself as! 1 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitefang Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 What? Something that plays with itself? Whitefang Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Pepper Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 Welcome to the Gibson Garbage. Right over here we have a 8k Tom Murphy Aged LP, and I think that would pair exceptionally well with this $1500 Billy Reid button down shirt. We also have Gibson t-shirts for $60. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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