Dallastx Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 Everyone knows Gibson is the #1 guitar maker in the world. What is the R&D people smoking these days? Just keep building them the way you have been doing all these years. Changing electronics in some guitars can be a good thing, but stay with what sells. I know I'm rambling.. D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andre S Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 Everyone knows Gibson is the #1 guitar maker in the world. What is the R&D people smoking these days? Just keep building them the way you have been doing all these years. Changing electronics in some guitars can be a good thing, but stay with what sells. I know I'm rambling.. D I dunno, but sometimes I get the impression that QC is smoking it too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tazzboy Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 If you don't like the new stuff then don't buy it or better yet buy used. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigKahune Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 .... Changing electronics in some guitars can be a good thing, but stay with what sells. ..... Just because your not buying that, doesn't mean others aren't. Not to state the obvious, but if the robot/electronics stops being a money maker for Gibson, they'll stop making them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dallastx Posted May 31, 2011 Author Share Posted May 31, 2011 The robot idea is a very cool one. Just don't make it look like an after thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milod Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 Actually this "topic" has been running on and off since the Robot entered the scene; some folks apparently figure that guitar technology should have ended with the Strat and SG. What many haven't realized is that there was some similar push back in the '50s against solidbodies in general. Not "real" guitars. Some would go so far as to suggest that anything electrified, especially for companies like Gibson, was an absolutely horrid idea, reaching actually the point of immorality. I like the fact that Gibson still makes older designs if they still sell, and yet still is reaching for innovations. Don't forget that the Les Paul didn't sell well at all in its first incarnation, which is what brought us the SG. And one doesn't see many new Gibson acoustic archtops, either. <grin> Personally I won't call those who are against the new electronics Luddites as some have suggested it's been said, but I do think some of the experimentation with designs and features will end up bringing us a somewhat different sort of guitar in the future that will be easier to use and just as playable and long-lasting as guits from the 50s and 60s. I just wish I could afford a new Firebird X. OTOH, my current main players are a full hollow and a semi-hollow... both with traditional Gibson-style HB setup. m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie brown Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 "You will be assimilated, resistance is futile!" CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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