Rewddawg Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 HNGD to Hydra and Henks! I too haven't made up my mind on the shape but the important thing is you both like the looks and feel. I bet they shure scream tho! Congrats, Rewd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henky Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Congrats, Henky! And also congrats Hydra. The natural one looks great too, took me a long time to decide which one i wanted. I have to say the Moderne plays and sounds top, a Gibson in every aspect. I was somewhat alarmed when i heard stories of it being unplayable because of strings popping out. But after one week of intense playing no sign of such problems at all. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQXy8JcPxOw Oh and one thing for people who wondered about it, this guitar is perfectly in balance. It stays on your knee even without touching it. I know the 80's reissue with the larger/heavier gumby headstock did tumble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hydra26 Posted April 17, 2012 Author Share Posted April 17, 2012 I just did a pep rally for a charity event yesterday with mine. I'll try and get some photos, I saw someone walking aorund with a camera. The main event is this Friday night. I might not have any pics until after that. I do love the guitar though. Great pups, fairly comfortable shape. Good neck. Very loght and the toggle is out of the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hydra26 Posted April 23, 2012 Author Share Posted April 23, 2012 Okay, I did the actual event htis past weekend. No such problems with the strings popping out. Gotta be an isolated incident. I almost got the impression the guy was trying intentionally to do that or at least it happened before he started filiming so he expected it. I wailed away pretty hard on my gutiar and didn't have that happen. I did break a string during reharsal which shocked the heck out of me because I change strings fairly frequently and havent had that happen in quite some time. Then again, I WAS playing pretty hard. Some pics of the Moderne on stage. Ignore the ugly schlub operating it. Even made up a special strap but it was a bear trying to avoid gouging the heck out the guitar with it. I do not recommend, haha. Oh also, Ignore the light up maraca I taped to the back of the headstock for the show. Not my phtotos but I hope the photographer doesn't mind since they are of me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mosquito3 Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 Henky and Hydra, congratulations!Those Moderne are awesome. Hydra, your onstage pictures are so cool ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jfine Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 I wonder if Ray Dietrich, the original designer of the Moderne, would have ever guessed it would make a come back 50 years later. I doubt it. This information has been showing up lately on some forums, and everything I've read indicates that Ray Dietrich designed the Firebird guitar and the Thunderbird bass, which came out in 1963. The "Modernistic" series (Flying V, Explorer, Moderne) were designed a few years earlier--I'm assuming around 1957, as the V and the Explorer came out in '58--apparently Ted McCarty and the design team at Gibson came up with those. I think most of us know that, although the Moderne is shown on the same patent application as the V and Explorer, no authenticated '50's Modernes have ever surfaced, and that's despite a decades-long standing offer by a Japanese industrialist of a million dollars for one. Gibson didn't actually produce any Modernes until 1982 (and, of course, now). As far as I can tell. Dietrich had nothing to do with the '57-'58 "Modernistic" models, although he had to have seen an Explorer while he was coming up with the Firebird--they're just too similar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henky Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 Playing my new Gibson Moderne... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGJ9tZTjh4w Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hydra26 Posted April 30, 2012 Author Share Posted April 30, 2012 Awesome, Henky, rip it up dude! The expressions on your face are priceless I am definitely no shredder, but here's my moderne in action http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xj-W3VnhJiI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henky Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 Awesome, Henky, rip it up dude! The expressions on your face are priceless I am definitely no shredder, but here's my moderne in action http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xj-W3VnhJiI Sounds great Hydra, typical Gibson sound, love it. You should have asked for the video which was showing on the big screen looked like some great material for a clip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mosquito3 Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 Playing my new Gibson Moderne... Hahaha...man, i enjoyed you clip, you're awesome And congratulation for your playing ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbedard Posted May 6, 2012 Share Posted May 6, 2012 Nice guitar, I thought those were super rare, it's cool that they're being made again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobB Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 These are suprisingly well balanced and comfortable to play. Definitely on my G.A.S. list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mosquito3 Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 These are suprisingly well balanced... A couple of weeks ago on the Italian section of the forum we were discussing about this matter. A guy that never played a Moderne, told that, considering the strap buttons position, the Moderne could have been the most unbalanced guitar ever. So...can you confirm that's not true? Thanks in advance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hydra26 Posted May 8, 2012 Author Share Posted May 8, 2012 A couple of weeks ago on the Italian section of the forum we were discussing about this matter. A guy that never played a Moderne, told that, considering the strap buttons position, the Moderne could have been the most unbalanced guitar ever. So...can you confirm that's not true? Thanks in advance Not true at all. The strap I use is slightly slippery and the guitar stays where I put it. It also sits decently on the leg. Its a surprisingly light, well balanced and functional design, if not "pretty" by conventional standards. The controls even stay out of the way during wild strumming. I like it a lot and have trouble finding fault with it. It seems to have the benefits of both the flying v (fret access, lightness) and the explorer (balance, good control placement) without struggling against the small drawbacks (as long as the looks don't turn you off). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islay Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 Playing my new Gibson Moderne... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGJ9tZTjh4w Very nice ! I like it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mosquito3 Posted May 9, 2012 Share Posted May 9, 2012 Not true at all. The strap I use is slightly slippery and the guitar stays where I put it. It also sits decently on the leg. Its a surprisingly light, well balanced and functional design, if not "pretty" by conventional standards. The controls even stay out of the way during wild strumming. I like it a lot and have trouble finding fault with it. It seems to have the benefits of both the flying v (fret access, lightness) and the explorer (balance, good control placement) without struggling against the small drawbacks (as long as the looks don't turn you off). Thank you Hydra. Nice to know is such a good guitar. I really would like to try a Moderne since the day i've seen one in the hands of the guy in my avatar . Hope some shop here in Rome will take one soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hydra26 Posted May 9, 2012 Author Share Posted May 9, 2012 I hope they catch on and become a regular model. I'd love to see them in more finishes and I think it would be nice to see more people playing them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ibis Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 Drool, nice guitars people! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truetone6 Posted September 2, 2012 Share Posted September 2, 2012 Dunno if I missed the boat already but they're real. I just got in from a 4 hour round trip drive after work. Congrat!!! You are a lucky man. Playing my new Gibson Moderne... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGJ9tZTjh4w Awesome video of a cool guitar.What is the Moderne behind you? The new Modernes look sweet.I have to go to Guitar Center and see if they have one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thejay Posted September 3, 2012 Share Posted September 3, 2012 Playing my new Gibson Moderne... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGJ9tZTjh4w that was awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henky Posted September 4, 2012 Share Posted September 4, 2012 Awesome video of a cool guitar.What is the Moderne behind you? Thanks, it's an Ibanez and i got a whole bunch of them... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Versatile Posted September 4, 2012 Share Posted September 4, 2012 IMO the Moderne sits very well with the Explorer, Vee and Firebird... Hope to see more of them.... V Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hydra26 Posted September 4, 2012 Author Share Posted September 4, 2012 Thanks, it's an Ibanez and i got a whole bunch of them... Hahaha, I'm kind of that way with explorers.. well heck, pointy guitars in general Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Versatile Posted September 5, 2012 Share Posted September 5, 2012 Hahaha, I'm kind of that way with explorers.. well heck, pointy guitars in general That's why I like Firebirds...the pointy bits are rounded... V Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henky Posted September 5, 2012 Share Posted September 5, 2012 Hahaha, I'm kind of that way with explorers.. well heck, pointy guitars in general That's a great collection you got there, love them all. Is that the original trem on the explorer on the right? I'll bet every guitar in your collection has a story, would love to hear them :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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