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Post by guildx700 on May 17, 2020 15:03:55 GMT -5
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Post by Pinetree on May 17, 2020 15:12:51 GMT -5
They didn't even dot the i.
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Post by LesTele on May 17, 2020 15:46:57 GMT -5
They didn't even dot the i. Probably ran out of inlay material! |
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Post by Leftee on May 17, 2020 16:01:07 GMT -5
That’s one of them there multi-scale necks.
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Post by Riff Twang on May 17, 2020 16:05:25 GMT -5
Why yes, yes it is a bit too over the top.
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Post by guildx700 on May 17, 2020 16:36:35 GMT -5
They didn't even dot the i. I just noticed that!   |
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Post by LTB on May 17, 2020 16:37:07 GMT -5
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Post by Opie on May 17, 2020 16:57:54 GMT -5
Sheesh,everyone knows Unicorns are vastly superior fantasy figures when it comes to tone !
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Post by Mikeyguitar on May 17, 2020 16:58:58 GMT -5
Did that used to be Liberace's?
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Post by Leftee on May 17, 2020 17:48:48 GMT -5
It needs a Floyd
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Post by windmill on May 17, 2020 18:16:25 GMT -5
Yes.
But it has me wondering, the price of that guitar is as a work of art.
What type of wood and workmanship would an equivalent priced guitar have if all the effort went into marking the best sounding guitar with no decoration except dot markers on the neck ?
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Post by funkykikuchiyo on May 17, 2020 18:45:31 GMT -5
Well, yeah, but Gibson has been doing gaudy for decades. Usually more in a country western way... that is more '90s gaudy. It is impressively done. Interior corners on an inlay background are fussy, and often that is where you'll see extra filler from superglue or epoxy which blends fine with ebony, but that maple would show everything if those issues were there. I'm looking at the tips on the teeth and scales. Most inlay artists I know would see a drawing of that and die a little inside! The other stuff you can shrug off and say "well, that's just CNC" but that isn't true for all of it. I'm amazed that it was done in house. Often the best inlay work in a factory is contracted out, largely because they can be such time sucks that they are loss leaders to attract people to a NAMM booth and nothing more, and they don't want to be bothered with anything like that under their roof. Of course, this is priced at $150k, so that probably about covers the costs! Actually, come to think of it, the description says he left for his "own pursuits"... hmmm... What type of wood and workmanship would an equivalent priced guitar have if all the effort went into marking the best sounding guitar with no decoration except dot markers on the neck ? Check out some Benedetto guitars. They aren't as expensive as that piece, but they get up there... $30k-ish. Workmanship > materials, no need to track down anything super rare to make a guitar. (I have a subset of clients who are "luthiers" who build their guitars from very, very nice sets of wood, then bring them in to me when they can't get it playing right and pay me way too much to make it resemble a real instrument. It is such a waste of nice woods, those things never sound good. I routinely see guitars made from amazing tone woods that would get smoked by a $300 Yamaha.) |
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Post by LesTele on May 17, 2020 18:50:00 GMT -5
I thought PRS had first dibs on the dragon thing. Will they sue Gibson?  |
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Post by LTB on May 17, 2020 19:06:57 GMT -5
They didn't even dot the i. Your right. I didn't even see past the gawdy to notice that what is that? Is this a fake? |
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Post by funkykikuchiyo on May 17, 2020 19:11:48 GMT -5
In looking at it again, it looks like he used a very well matched red epoxy to fill around the inlays. Still, pretty impressive.
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Post by Peegoo 🏁 on May 17, 2020 19:14:21 GMT -5
"They didn't even dot the i." Cheap 'n' easy fix: Mike Nesmith's mom to the rescue!  |
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Post by Pinetree on May 17, 2020 21:01:22 GMT -5
Truth is, Gibson has a long history of not dotting their i's.
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Post by guildx700 on May 17, 2020 21:38:14 GMT -5
 This thread is becoming classic. Carry on men!
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Post by Mfitz804 on May 17, 2020 22:41:53 GMT -5
My answer was yes, it’s too gaudy, before I saw anything other than the headstock.
If you didn’t do it yet, click the link, you gotta see the rest of it!!
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Post by zenland on May 17, 2020 23:05:22 GMT -5
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Post by LTB on May 17, 2020 23:11:42 GMT -5
Why yes, yes it is a bit too over the top.
Now that was "righteous"!!!! LOL |
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Post by dlxrev on May 19, 2020 16:50:27 GMT -5
That thing is butt ugly.
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Post by Seldom Seen on May 23, 2020 11:41:28 GMT -5
What this guitar needs is a good bonfire.
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Post by guildx700 on May 23, 2020 19:54:30 GMT -5
What this guitar needs is a good bonfire. Burn baby burn!!! |
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Post by Bronx on May 24, 2020 19:41:16 GMT -5
You sure that's real? Looks like a Gabson to me.
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Post by jazzguy on May 24, 2020 22:12:45 GMT -5
It's real alright, been for sale forever too.
I'm just wondering how that neck is gonna feel w all that scalloping on the back
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Post by guildx700 on May 25, 2020 1:59:05 GMT -5
Probably plays like crap. Too many cooks spoiling the soup methinks. I could be wrong...but I think not...in this case anyhow. Ehwhat?  |
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