ANNOUNCEMENT: Gibson styled products

[Jeremiah]

Maybe now is the time to introduce a hollow/chambered LPS with F-holes - that ought to make it look different to a Gibson... 

 

[Super Turbo Deluxe Custom]

Can't wait to see the new stuff they come up with.

 

[Jumble Jumble]

SG's gone from the body build now too (and says SG again, not Short Horn).

 

[Marco78]

Onestly no big problem for me. Gibson are set it neck guitars, I'd get never a bolt on LP.

 

[alterbridgefan]

The Warmoths look identical.

Except that they don't come with a neck.

This is true. TONS of companies copy body styles, few copy headstock shapes. I would have forseen the necks gone long before the bodies.

 

[duosonic]

L5S is in the mail to me today!!!!  Under the wire!

 

[Super Turbo Deluxe Custom]

They are not completely identical.  As mentioned by others, look at a Warmoth and Gibson and where the stop tail is compared with the neck volume knob.

 

[Super Turbo Deluxe Custom]

Will all of the Gibson shapes in the customer gallery have to go away now like the EBMM did?

 

[m4rk0]

this all makes me wonder..... does Warmoth still build ghost for Valley Arts???

 

[AGWAN]

Oh God.

I just realized this effects Explorers and SG's...

WHY GOD? WHY YOU GOTTA TAKE MY POINTY AWAY?!

 

[Marco78]

I know that only the neck are covered by copyright and not the bodies, while W continues to build neck, but no more bodies!! Why?

 

[Super Turbo Deluxe Custom]

I know that only the neck are covered by copyright and not the bodies, while W continues to build neck, but no more bodies!! Why?

With Fender the headstock shape is protected, not the body.  With Gibson, don't know. 

 

[bagman67]

With Gibson, it's whatever they think it will cost you too much to defend against.


</snark>

 

[Super Turbo Deluxe Custom]

Exactly.  It's poker.  You have to pay to see the cards.  Sometimes you fold with a better hand if it's too rich for your blood.

 

[Pelagaard]

This email I just got from Guitar Center puts an interesting twist on things:

Here is the latest news from our buying teams... We thought you would like to know.

Gibson is getting ready to release several exciting new guitar lines, and so they've just discontinued the majority of their current USA-made electric guitars. In anticipation, Guitar Center has dropped prices on all the outgoing Gibson models. This includes dozens of Les Paul such as Studios, Classics, and Standards, as well as Firebirds, SG's, and more!

Some of the biggest discounts can be found on the 1961 SG Reissues (dropped to $1269), Nighthawk Studios (down to $839) and Les Paul Traditional Standards (under $2k in every finish).

 

[TonyFlyingSquirrel]

I wonder what they'll replace the Les Paul with.

Wow, what da ya know, another Les Paul!!!

Fender and Gibson have done nothing to expand their product line other than by simply re-branding the same instruments.  Sure, perhaps they've revised some of their building techniques, but it's still Strats, Tele's, LP's, SG's, and 335's.  The Ultra 339 is one of the few recent advances, but that's about it.

 

[DangerousR6]

When did the ess gee become the "Short Horn"... :icon_scratch:

It's a friggin' ess gee... :doh:

 

[mwbjr13]

I was pondering the short horn thing too. Maybe when all this happens there will be enough space at the site/on the wbe site for a Starcaster  :toothy10:

 

[Super Turbo Deluxe Custom]

If you wanna get technical, when did it become an SG?  It's a Les Paul.

 

[m4rk0]

When did the ess gee become the "Short Horn"... :icon_scratch:

It's a friggin' ess gee... :doh:

I was thinking that I had been living in another dimension until today where shorthorns were called SG's... I have never referred to an Short Horn as shorthorn!! or heard anybody else do that.

*ohh I see, this is some kind of auto correct, just like no-no and sweetwater!