b-squared Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 http://www2.gibson.com/News-Lifestyle/Blogs/Gibson-USA.aspx What do you guys think? BB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyGuitarist Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 Really? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dem00n Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 Cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbonesullivan Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 so, what's it supposed to look like when it's done? Also... I hate to say it but Hendrix did play some Gibbies, but that definitely doesn't look anything like them. Looks much more like the guitars made by that "other" company. And didn't they recently release an "inspired by" recreation of his psychedelic painted Flying V with a vibrola? I think that was shown at NAMM in 2006. Personally, I'm not digging it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riffster Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 I don't know what to think, will Jimi fans buy it? will non-fans buy it simply for the design? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbonesullivan Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 I don't know what to think' date=' will Jimi fans buy it? will non-fans buy it simply for the design?[/quote'] I'm more curious as to what that weird bridge routing is about. If I was going to buy a Jimi Guitar shaped like that, sorry Gibson, but I would want it to have that F word on it. And reliced like it had been set on fire. Paging dweezil zappa... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAS44 Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 http://www2.gibson.com/Products/Electric-Guitars/Jimi-Hendrix.aspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ledzep59 Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 I really liked the Hendrix V because of the artwork and detail they put into it. This looks interesting and okay, but I remember Jimi's guitar being different. He played one that looked like that, but I remember it being called a Fen... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAS44 Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbonesullivan Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 The guitars already posted on the Gibson website are the entry level variety. The ones shown on the pictures are clearly back routed, and judging from the shelf on the neck, are going to feature some kind of double locking tremolo system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b-squared Posted September 23, 2009 Author Share Posted September 23, 2009 I'd rather see the LP Custom that Jimi played, or the SG LP he played. Seeing Gibson making a guitar that looks like a Super-Str@t is kinda weird. BB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAS44 Posted September 24, 2009 Share Posted September 24, 2009 or rerelease his V that would sell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted September 24, 2009 Share Posted September 24, 2009 OMG....no mords.....a gibson strat style with weird headstock? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thejay Posted September 24, 2009 Share Posted September 24, 2009 wow, really? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gizeh68 Posted September 24, 2009 Share Posted September 24, 2009 I don't see what the big deal is with the Strats that Jimi used in the 60's. To my knowledge, he just bought completely off-the-shelf, stock, right-handed Fenders and strung them upside-down. In fact, you know those Fender Custom Shop '69 guitars you can get, even tho they are underhandedly attributed to Jimi himself, is a complete misnomer. For his Woodstock performance, I think he used a '68 stock Fender. All Fender would have to do is to reissue the same exact Strat they sold in 1968, I think. Use the same windings for the pickups, neck radius and everything. Boom, there's your Jimi Strat. And another thing, aren't there copyright protections on the body style of a Strat? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbonesullivan Posted September 24, 2009 Share Posted September 24, 2009 no, just the Fender headstock. They didn't trademark the body shape like Gibson did with the les paul... well at least not yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsinger Posted September 24, 2009 Share Posted September 24, 2009 Fender's Response, the Fender Les Paul: http://nevertoolateguitar.com/2009/09/23/fender-les-paul-model-revealed/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonzoboy Posted September 24, 2009 Share Posted September 24, 2009 This may get me booted off the Forum pages for good but I can't let this rest.Frankly I'm appalled that Janie Hendrix stooped so low to cheapen the name and memory of Jimi.She hardly knew Jimi and through some incredible luck ended up having total control of his legacy.She was not his half sister as many think but a step sister who gets richer cashing in on his name and talent while his own flesh and blood get nothing.I thought Gibson would have more class and ethics than to get involved in such a blatent and vulgar money grab.To use another makers readily identifiable guitar shape so brazenly is contemptable.They could have at least used a Flying V or SG Custom and that would have left them with some credibility but this is just too much.I owe a lot to Jimi Hendrix,he has influenced my playing moreso than any other musician,not because I wanted or tried to play like him but it his music that showed me that to be a good musician your soul is more important than your hands.Maybe Janie and Gibson should take a deep look into their souls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mclmk8d Posted September 24, 2009 Share Posted September 24, 2009 This may get me booted off the Forum pages for good but I can't let this rest.Frankly I'm appalled that Janie Hendrix stooped so low to cheapen the name and memory of Jimi.She hardly knew Jimi and through some incredible luck ended up having total control of his legacy.She was not his half sister as many think but a step sister who gets richer cashing in on his name and talent while his own flesh and blood get nothing.I thought Gibson would have more class and ethics than to get involved in such a blatent and vulgar money grab.To use another makers readily identifiable guitar shape so brazenly is contemptable.They could have at least used a Flying V or SG Custom and that would have left them with some credibility but this is just too much.I owe a lot to Jimi Hendrix' date='he has influenced my playing moreso than any other musician,not because I wanted or tried to play like him but it his music that showed me that to be a good musician your soul is more important than your hands.Maybe Janie and Gibson should take a deep look into their souls.[/quote'] +1000000000000000000 to the 30th power...Shame on Gibson, Henry J. and Janie Hendrix (does she even deserve that name?), especially given their propensity to sue other companies, to even come up with this POS. I like the fact that the box shows Jimi with a Fender. He is probably turning over in his grave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pbass54 Posted September 24, 2009 Share Posted September 24, 2009 I hope they keep in mind that it will be a tribute to Hendrix.IMO it should have been a Flying V Sig. IMO! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pbass54 Posted September 24, 2009 Share Posted September 24, 2009 And whats the price tag on this gona be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueslespaultone Posted September 25, 2009 Share Posted September 25, 2009 well, pretty cool. ill buy into it. strat body, reverse gibson firebird set in neck. poss, single coils or single coil hbs. maybe we should at least give it a shot till its finally done. we are due for a change in pace with new style guitars that may indeed change the course of music. even though i like vintage music and instruments. well at least give it a shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hall Posted September 25, 2009 Share Posted September 25, 2009 +1000000000000000000 to the 30th power...Shame on Gibson' date=' Henry J. and Janie Hendrix (does she even deserve that name?), especially given their propensity to sue other companies, to even come up with this POS. I like the fact that the box shows Jimi with a Fender. He is probably turning over in his grave.[/quote'] Anybody see the light yet? Groper ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bump/heist: mclmk8d, how do yo like your, Reinhardt? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
six-string Posted September 25, 2009 Share Posted September 25, 2009 well its not as if Gibson hasn't mass produced cheap guitars before.... as for promoting the Hendrix legacy, i think this is the equivalent of those Beatles plastic guitars that were sold in Woolworths back in the 60's. or maybe those black velvet Elvis paintings? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mclmk8d Posted September 25, 2009 Share Posted September 25, 2009 Anybody see the light yet? :D Groper ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bump/heist: mclmk8d' date=' how do yo like your, Reinhardt? [/quote'] I'm still dialing it in, first comes the Paul Ruby TW Rocket clone(just got new Saratov tubes for it), then Carol-Ann...the Reinhardt is a Fat Albert 50 watter..based on Page's Hiwatt tones at the Royal Albert Hall concerts...it's got 2 Hiwatt trannies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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