suburude63 Posted March 18, 2010 Share Posted March 18, 2010 You have to be kidding me ! :) http://www2.gibson.com/Products/Acoustic-Instruments/Round-Shoulder/Gibson-Acoustic/Aaron-Lewis-Southern-Jumbo.aspx Gibsons CEO must be hanging out with Ambicrombie and Fitches CEO . Sell ripped up cargo shorts for $80 a pair ! Where did this guy come from . The sad thing is there is a market for stupidity ! :) As I said in my past post "Never Pay Retail" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suburude63 Posted March 18, 2010 Author Share Posted March 18, 2010 BTW for all you guys wowed by this new Gibson marketing scheme !:- You can buy a real 50s aged (but not aged in a shop) :- Southern Jumbo for $3000 less than the $8500 Gibsons asking. Plus Ill get someone neater than whats his name to sign it for you ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buc McMaster Posted March 18, 2010 Share Posted March 18, 2010 Amen. Henry and his minions have their own special brand of Kool Aid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rambler Posted March 18, 2010 Share Posted March 18, 2010 Round 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigKahune Posted March 18, 2010 Share Posted March 18, 2010 Round 2. Yep. A few hit on this trend over here - http://forums.gibson.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=30350 (Good thread Buc) Personally, I don't care for most of the aged/tribute/designed by/signed stuff. The profit margin is driving this kind of stuff, but I'm not sure the sales of this stuff is really helping the bottom line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajsc Posted March 18, 2010 Share Posted March 18, 2010 Round 2. Yea, I feel like bashing something today, guess this is as good as anything else. Let's get get the party started!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jefleppard Posted March 18, 2010 Share Posted March 18, 2010 Round 2. lol. we just had a cool hand luke moment. get up so i can hit you again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhanners623 Posted March 18, 2010 Share Posted March 18, 2010 This shop in Nashville will age your guitar for a lot less: http://dmsguitar.com/relic_gallery.php In fact, if you scroll down three guitars to the Southern Jumbo in their gallery, it appears as though they relic'ed Aaron Lewis' new guitar. It looks the same as the one on the Gibson website, at least to me. That said, I've never underestimated the stupidity of people who have more money than sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jefleppard Posted March 18, 2010 Share Posted March 18, 2010 for those who don't want to relic it themselves by actually playing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albertjohn Posted March 18, 2010 Share Posted March 18, 2010 I agree with just about everything said on this thread. It's just not for me. But isn't this the same issue as paying a premium for a car with metallic paint, or cream leather instead of black, or 17" alloys instead of 16"? In a way, particularly given all the speculation concerning the future of Gibson, should we not be applauding the innovation? Gibson has a long and, on balance, successful track record in developing innovative products. It's part of the reason Gibson has brand loyalty. Some of us want to buy into it. I think this particular guitar is overpriced and I'd never have one. But they will sell them I suspect and make a good turn on them. Hopefully that will help the overall cause. I'm not against sig models at all. I still want a Pete Townshend SJ200 and a Larry Carlton ES335! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhanners623 Posted March 18, 2010 Share Posted March 18, 2010 I would guess Fender has made money off their reliced (that word always looks like "re-liced," like somebody got lice again) guitars. And there is kind of a cottage industry out there doing it. That said, I will have to say that my one complaint about the Epiphone IB'64 Texan I got a couple of weeks ago is that it just looks too damn new. My J-45 is only a '98 and I've taken pretty good care of it, but it still looks like it's got some years on it. The Texan has a very nice sound (gives the '45 a run for its money, in fact) but it should look older. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jefleppard Posted March 18, 2010 Share Posted March 18, 2010 I would guess Fender has made money off their reliced (that word always looks like "re-liced' date='" like somebody got lice [i']again[/i]) guitars. And there is kind of a cottage industry out there doing it. fender's road-worn series are a cool -looking bunch but it all machine. no surprise really. i put 3 teles sideXside at my local shop (L&M) and the wear patterns were all identical - similar to how they age jeans in a garment factory with the rips and fades all in the same places. the body and hardware looked neat but they took way too much laquer off the fretboard in an unrealistic pattern. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkharmony Posted March 18, 2010 Share Posted March 18, 2010 Meanwhile, I'm in a losing battle to NOT "relic" my L-4A. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RASHARU Posted March 18, 2010 Share Posted March 18, 2010 I've become fairly famous (within my own family) for playing covers of other stars tunes, just like Mr. Lewis does .... I'll sign my J45 Custom AND ship it to you for only $19,995. NO, you can't have the hat! Don't even ask. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponty Posted March 18, 2010 Share Posted March 18, 2010 This must be one of the most bizzare things Gibson have ever done! Imagine the guitars you could have with 17K. Aaron Lewis - who is he anyway? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suburude63 Posted March 18, 2010 Author Share Posted March 18, 2010 This must be one of the most bizzare things Gibson have ever done! Imagine the guitars you could have with 17K.Aaron Lewis - who is he anyway? "Aaron Lewis - who is he anyway?" Some guy with many many tattoos ! I have no Idea? Who really cares? "Imagine the guitars you could have with 17K." You could have at least one of the guy in my avatars guitars! :- Wayne Henderson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhanners623 Posted March 18, 2010 Share Posted March 18, 2010 Did you guys read the people's comments on that Gibson page? They range from "WTF?!?" to "Aaron Lewis supports the troops so he is one of the greatest singers and guitarists who ever walked the planet." Frankly, I've heard of Staind (or however it is spelled) but I'd never heard of this guy. When I think of great acoustic guitarists, his name doesn't come up. In the video clip they have of him, it sounds like he's playing Joan Baez's "Diamonds and Rust." If you're pitching your guitar, jeez, come up with something original to play. That said, this is one of those ideas that I think most of us look at and wonder how in the heck it ever got out of the pitch meeting. So all the Gibson execs are sitting around a table and somebody says, "Let's take someone not really well known in acoustic music circles, name a guitar after him, relic the instrument, then sell it for a price that is more than one-third of the U.S. median household income!" And everyone sitting around the table yells, "Heck yeah!!" I've never run a company, but even I have to wonder how an idea like this made it out of the room. I'm thinking that the young people who may be fans of Lewis aren't going to be the ones who have that kind of dough to spend on the guitar. And the people who do have that kind of money aren't going to be dumb enough to buy it because let's face it -- and I don't mean to dis Aaron Lewis, whoever he is -- there is nothing Aaron Lewis has ever done that would make a signature guitar worth $17,200. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajsc Posted March 18, 2010 Share Posted March 18, 2010 $17,000 ???? http://www.zzounds.com/item--GIBRSAL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigKahune Posted March 18, 2010 Share Posted March 18, 2010 $17' date='000 ???? [/quote'] Gibson MSRP - Standard $3,653 Aged $8,598 Aged and Signed $17,198 In case you missed the news. http://www2.gibson.com/Products/Acoustic-Instruments/Round-Shoulder/Gibson-Acoustic/Aaron-Lewis-Southern-Jumbo.aspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larryp58 Posted March 18, 2010 Share Posted March 18, 2010 Did you guys read the people's comments on that Gibson page? I can only say one thing about those guys, a quote from my good friend Bugs Bunny "What a maroon"!!! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajsc Posted March 18, 2010 Share Posted March 18, 2010 Ok, I want an aged & signed one!! Make that 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombywoof Posted March 18, 2010 Share Posted March 18, 2010 Aaron Lewis - who is he anyway? Whew, I was starting to think I was just old and no longer hip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RASHARU Posted March 18, 2010 Share Posted March 18, 2010 Aaron Lewis is actually quite talented. Someone needed to say it. I just hate for his talent to go un-noticed simply because he's associated with an obviously over priced guitar. So it all seems a little crazy .. so what?? I see crazy everyday. I'm just sayin' ..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suburude63 Posted March 19, 2010 Author Share Posted March 19, 2010 Aaron Lewis is actually quite talented. Someone needed to say it. I just hate for his talent to go un-noticed simply because he's associated with an obviously over priced guitar. So it all seems a little crazy .. so what?? I see crazy everyday. I'm just sayin' ..... Listen lets get real here. Gibson comes out with a guitar 65 years ago its a great guitar ! The Southern Jumbo ! They reissue it 5 tmes under a bunch of stars names at a reasonable price $3000-$4000 . Then in there infinite wisdom reissue the same guitar under somebodys name that most people who could afford the reissue havent got a clue who he is ! I mean c mon really who is going to pay $7000 -$8000 for a scratched up "New" guitar !!? Let alone $17000 There are tens of thousands of people who are talented out there BTW its just that Gibsons marketing dept. and CEO are not ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RASHARU Posted March 19, 2010 Share Posted March 19, 2010 There are tens of thousands of people who are talented out there BTWits just that Gibsons marketing dept. and CEO are not ! True Dat' ... but I wonder who's really to blame here? Mr. Lewis or Gibson? I'm sure Aaron was simply approached with an opportunity that would make any of us just melt ... but I doubt if he suggested an MSRP. Yes' date=' these particular guitars are TOTALLY crazy! Honestly, NO, Aaron Lewis is not (in my opinion). Yes, he should probably tell Gibson that [u']THEY[/u] are crazy since they obviously value his opinion so much. I'm not a fan of anyone but I do respect "talent".. and even more importantly, "genuine effort". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.