stan 58 Posted August 3, 2008 Share Posted August 3, 2008 I just looked at some of these, dare i say, cheap Gibson beginner guitars and was shocked at two things I saw. The first is that they have the Gibson open book headstock!!!!!! on a hunderd $ guitar. The second thing is that they finally, and Spud will be happy to hear this, the got the SG body pointy parts right! Unbelieveable. Stan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. E Posted August 3, 2008 Share Posted August 3, 2008 I just looked at some of these' date=' dare i say, cheap Gibson beginner guitars and was shocked at two things I saw. The first is that they have the Gibson open book headstock!!!!!! on a hunderd $ guitar. The second thing is that they finally, and Spud will be happy to hear this, the got the SG body pointy parts right! Unbelieveable. Stan.[/quote']i think i saw this dude playing one on tv... he was part of the band of someone (dont remember the person), but he was playing one and sg style. i was shocked cause the only place i seen them are in best buy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ef_in_fla Posted August 3, 2008 Share Posted August 3, 2008 i think i saw this dude playing one on tv... he was part of the band  He must have lost a bet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L1Picker Posted August 3, 2008 Share Posted August 3, 2008 I just looked for Maestro material on YouTube and laughed my way through this one....these kids are a riot. It's been a long time since I had that kind of energy. Â Jamming on a Maestro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JefferySmith Posted August 3, 2008 Share Posted August 3, 2008 I just looked at some of these' date=' dare i say, cheap Gibson beginner guitars and was shocked at two things I saw. The first is that they have the Gibson open book headstock!!!!!! on a hunderd $ guitar. The second thing is that they finally, and Spud will be happy to hear this, the got the SG body pointy parts right! Unbelieveable. Stan.[/quote']Â I hope it is a Gibson by Maestro instead of the other way around. They look awfully cheap. Does it really say Gibson somewhere on it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roswell Posted August 3, 2008 Share Posted August 3, 2008 It says it on the headstock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JefferySmith Posted August 3, 2008 Share Posted August 3, 2008 It says it on the headstock. EEK! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheX Posted August 3, 2008 Share Posted August 3, 2008 It says it on the headstock. Â It says Maestro on the headstock and Gibson on the TRC. Â http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Divisions/Maestro/Electrics/Single%20Cutaway%20Carvetop/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roswell Posted August 3, 2008 Share Posted August 3, 2008 Â It says Maestro on the headstock and Gibson on the TRC. Â http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Divisions/Maestro/Electrics/Single%20Cutaway%20Carvetop/ Â I saw one before that had Gibson on the headstock much like Epiphone is on the Epi headstocks. May've just been a single year thing they played with, I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iansmitchell Posted August 3, 2008 Share Posted August 3, 2008 Well, the benefit is, this keeps epi from being squier, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roswell Posted August 3, 2008 Share Posted August 3, 2008 Well' date=' the benefit is, this keeps epi from being squier, right?[/quote']That's one way of thinking=d> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iansmitchell Posted August 3, 2008 Share Posted August 3, 2008 That's one way of thinking=d> Always look on the bright side of life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suicidehummer Posted August 3, 2008 Share Posted August 3, 2008 Now why does Maestro get the open book HS and Epi doesn't? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suicidehummer Posted August 3, 2008 Share Posted August 3, 2008 Oops, didn't see you guys above me there! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muskank Sally Posted August 3, 2008 Share Posted August 3, 2008 Now why does Maestro get the open book HS and Epi doesn't? I remember last year they sold off all the remaining Maestro's at Best Buy claiming 'they can't give them away' The LP's went for $99 and the SG's were around $79. Most were open boxed, a couple weren't. The SG reminded me of an old Hondo II I had from 1983. It was mostly identical. Very Scary. Hate to say it but that was a great little Hondo II I had and if it's anything like it than it's a great starter guit. The LP's looked incredibly cheap and undesirable. The headstock on the Hondo II was just like the Maestro. Â I don't think Gibson see's 'Bubba the TV shopper' as a threat or even that people that shop at Best Buy would actually know what real Gibson is "Well hell it is a real Gibson, it's a Maestro Gibson" strummin' in the big den with the game on. All his buddies would be there entertained as hell. You probably got one guy in THAT neighborhood who knows a real Gibson. Bubba don't know the difference. Just play it. I know a couple of fella's from across the way that giving them something like the Maestro LP Jr. pack would be like sending them to Hawaii. They'd never put that guitar down and the little tunes they'd come up with would have ya rollin. Next thing ya know they dig out every tape they got and start hammerin every song with a 'Oh hell yea...here's another one!' I can't wait for football season! (that's when they get really busy...minds just boilin' with Energy) ...that 54 year old named Jimmy that drives an '88 GMC Jimmy 4x4...crew cut beer drinkin smokin' rollin' never stops talkin, king of the game, never has a $, you know the one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
byrds1965 Posted August 3, 2008 Share Posted August 3, 2008 Now why does Maestro get the open book HS and Epi doesn't? Â Same question I just posted on another post. If they are going to do that start making the Epiphones right, right shapes, right parts just MIK or MIC and put the Epiphone name on it. Â The Epiphone design stuff I'm fine with like a Casino, Riviera, Alleykat but the LPs, SGs, Dots anything that has a Gibson equal make right but call Epiphone. Â They will sell right shaped junk to kids, but the people that play and support and buy the real stuff get stiffed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie brown Posted August 3, 2008 Share Posted August 3, 2008 Can anyone say "Slide Guitar?!" Â When I think of some of the great "Blues" or slide blues, that's been done (and recorded) on POS guitars, that lots of us, nowadays, would turn up our totally spoiled noses at, it's kind of humbling, you know? Â Â CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pohatu771 Posted August 3, 2008 Share Posted August 3, 2008 Look through the Fab Guitars page, and see the sort of instruments John, Paul, and George were using in the early days... some of them, right up until they were signed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iansmitchell Posted August 3, 2008 Share Posted August 3, 2008 Can anyone say "Slide Guitar?!" Â When I think of some of the great "Blues" or slide blues' date=' that's been done (and recorded) on POS guitars, that lots of us, nowadays, would turn up our totally spoiled noses at, it's kind of humbling, you know? Â Â CB[/quote'] Â Half of the melody makers out there, destined to be slide guitars... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
13yguitarman Posted August 3, 2008 Share Posted August 3, 2008 I saw a mini flying v version looked pretty good for 75 bucks with an amplifier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suicidehummer Posted August 3, 2008 Share Posted August 3, 2008 I don't think Gibson see's 'Bubba the TV shopper' as a threat or even that people that shop at Best Buy would actually know what real Gibson is "Well hell it is a real Gibson' date=' it's a Maestro Gibson" strummin' in the big den with the game on. All his buddies would be there entertained as hell. You probably got one guy in THAT neighborhood who knows a real Gibson. Bubba don't know the difference. Just play it. I know a couple of fella's from across the way that giving them something like the Maestro LP Jr. pack would be like sending them to Hawaii.[/quote'] Â Are they really that bad? I guess if they're Best Buy guitars, they're not quality pieces, huh? Â Â byrds1965: I totally agree. It's not fair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie brown Posted August 3, 2008 Share Posted August 3, 2008 Look through the Fab Guitars page' date=' and see the sort of instruments John, Paul, and George were using in the early days... some of them, right up until they were signed.[/quote']Â Yeah, amazing, isn't it? But, then, "American" guitars were almost unheard of, in England, and/or Europe, and certainly not at the price point, they could have managed. Although John did get his Rickenbacker fairly early on. We're so spoiled now, especially here, in the US, it's unbelievable! LOL! My buddy in Jr. High/High School, started out on a Harmony H15 (solid body twin pickup) that looked like a smaller version of a Fender Jaguar...similar body shape, that is. DeArmond pickups, I believe...and, you know what, it wasn't a bad little guitar... for no more than it cost! We did (both) eventually get our "Fender's" and later Gibson's, but that little Harmony didn't sound half-bad, really. Might be fun to see what it would sound like through a Marshall stack, now. LOL! Â CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
byrds1965 Posted August 3, 2008 Share Posted August 3, 2008 I started out with stuff that was not too great also. I still have one, a MIK plywood Harmony, and it does still get used as a rhythm guitar because it records well. Â The Beatles knew what they had and wanted Amercian guitars. England had a law until 1961? not allowing the import of American guitars. Hamburg is where Lennon got his Ric and he knew it was American. Harrison almost got that strat but Johnnie Guitar beat him to it with the money. Â Harrison is quoted over and over talking about guitars that he saved and got that first good Amercian guitar, his Grestch Duo Jet, from a seaman in Liverpool. Â Same deal with me I knew but made due until I could afford better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
byrds1965 Posted August 4, 2008 Share Posted August 4, 2008 If these things have a lifetime warranty I'll buy one and keep returning it until they get confused and send me back a 61 SG by mistake....................they look the same right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roswell Posted August 4, 2008 Share Posted August 4, 2008 BUT I CAN SHREDS EPIC FOR CHEAPS ON TEH MAESTRO OMG ITS A DREAM!!!1111 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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