2016 Gibson
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Falloffthebonetone
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Re: 2016 Gibson
Every model's neck now has a pure abalone fretboard so it looks like one giant inlay. Although the neck is screwed on for convenience in repair and stability, they also glue it into the pocket to preserve the set neck tone.
Their frets are made of adamantium and their bridges are made of vibranium now, shooting the prices of each instrument up $15,000 as the hardware will never have to be repaired or maintained ever again and the guitar will sustain for longer than your grand children will live.
Gibson has also tracked down some of their most beloved vintage guitars and extracted samples from each of them so that the wood can be cloned for true vintage accuracy.
The G-Force tuning system has also been updated to auto-tune your individual notes, even when fretted, to perfection while you are playing, and is now also on every traditional and custom shop model as well as the main line up.
A 2016 one p90 pickup SG student model starts at $25,000 street.
Every model's neck now has a pure abalone fretboard so it looks like one giant inlay. Although the neck is screwed on for convenience in repair and stability, they also glue it into the pocket to preserve the set neck tone.
Their frets are made of adamantium and their bridges are made of vibranium now, shooting the prices of each instrument up $15,000 as the hardware will never have to be repaired or maintained ever again and the guitar will sustain for longer than your grand children will live.
Gibson has also tracked down some of their most beloved vintage guitars and extracted samples from each of them so that the wood can be cloned for true vintage accuracy.
The G-Force tuning system has also been updated to auto-tune your individual notes, even when fretted, to perfection while you are playing, and is now also on every traditional and custom shop model as well as the main line up.
A 2016 one p90 pickup SG student model starts at $25,000 street.
DrNewcenstein
He Did the Monster Mash
Re: 2016 Gibson
If Gibson are under the same mismanagement as they were last year and they still listen to the collector crowd, don't expect improvements
If Gibson are under the same mismanagement as they were last year and they still listen to the collector crowd, don't expect improvements
80's_Metal
Underglazed Hair Metalologist
Re: 2016 Gibson
They will rock.
They will rock.
TRex
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Re: 2016 Gibson
The special run for guitar center gave some hope though.
All guitars can and will rock in the right hands, but a mid 90's beats a 2015
Well this is what I get for being optimistic, haha
The special run for guitar center gave some hope though.
Gearjoneser
Gear Ho
Re: 2016 Gibson
Due to the success of the etune system in 2015, and the already widened fretboard, Gibson has announced that all non Custom Shop 2016 models will feature the Guitar Hero game controller in place of a standard neck.
Due to the success of the etune system in 2015, and the already widened fretboard, Gibson has announced that all non Custom Shop 2016 models will feature the Guitar Hero game controller in place of a standard neck.
JeffB
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Re: 2016 Gibson
Over on the MLP forums, there has been some scuttlebutt from different dealers/mass merchants in different countries that seems to be confirmed in several cases as "thats what I heard too".
There will be a return to some pre 2014 specs on several models.
No clue if it's true, but seems legit. We'll know in a few weeks for sure.
Over on the MLP forums, there has been some scuttlebutt from different dealers/mass merchants in different countries that seems to be confirmed in several cases as "thats what I heard too".
There will be a return to some pre 2014 specs on several models.
No clue if it's true, but seems legit. We'll know in a few weeks for sure.
TRex
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Re: 2016 Gibson
I'd order a Classic ASAP if they go to normal specs
Please let this be true!! Omg
I'd order a Classic ASAP if they go to normal specs
PFDarkside
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Re: 2016 Gibson
Definitely 2012/2013 specs for most.
conspiracy theorists will cite a New Coke style 2 Step.
Definitely 2012/2013 specs for most.
conspiracy theorists will cite a New Coke style 2 Step.
Re: 2016 Gibson
Excellent! Maybe I'll actually be able to play it worth a sheet :bigok:
Due to the success of the etune system in 2015, and the already widened fretboard, Gibson has announced that all non Custom Shop 2016 models will feature the Guitar Hero game controller in place of a standard neck.
Excellent! Maybe I'll actually be able to play it worth a sheet :bigok:
Christopher Caruana
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Re: 2016 Gibson
The collector/purist crowed have forever ruined Gibson. Overtime Gibson makes an improvement or change, the collector crowed flips their lids and gibson reverts back
The collector/purist crowed have forever ruined Gibson. Overtime Gibson makes an improvement or change, the collector crowed flips their lids and gibson reverts back
TRex
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The classic and trad should only see change if manufacturing changes drasticly, and the standard should be changed with features the customers have been buying for a few years.
They need a Les Paul Modern honestly. I have a few friends that love those new features, but most guitar players who buy a Les Paul are buying it because it's a classic in so many genres. That's why I want one.
If I want modern conveniences in a different guitar, I'd buy a modern as well.
What doesn't work is trying to make 3 or 4 "improvements" that have never been on a Gibson before on your Standard model, and it's even worse to change it on your traditional/classic models.
The Les Paul Modern could be a kinda beta test to test out ideas and give an option to people who want robot tuners and such.
Because a les paul standard, classic or traditional should be as the names imply.
The classic and trad should only see change if manufacturing changes drasticly, and the standard should be changed with features the customers have been buying for a few years.
They need a Les Paul Modern honestly. I have a few friends that love those new features, but most guitar players who buy a Les Paul are buying it because it's a classic in so many genres. That's why I want one.
If I want modern conveniences in a different guitar, I'd buy a modern as well.
What doesn't work is trying to make 3 or 4 "improvements" that have never been on a Gibson before on your Standard model, and it's even worse to change it on your traditional/classic models.
The Les Paul Modern could be a kinda beta test to test out ideas and give an option to people who want robot tuners and such.
Snake Aces
Singlecut Slut
Re: 2016 Gibson
Didn't we just have a thread just like this recently? Broken record anyone?
Didn't we just have a thread just like this recently? Broken record anyone?
Re: 2016 Gibson
I Think that 2015 was one big Beta test for Gibson. Rumors aside, 2016 should reveal the results.
I Think that 2015 was one big Beta test for Gibson. Rumors aside, 2016 should reveal the results.
Christopher Caruana
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I have a feeling they'll be going back to the pre '15 specs lol, but I could be wrong.
I have a feeling they'll be going back to the pre '15 specs lol, but I could be wrong.
allbutromeo
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Re: 2016 Gibson
That would be the smart thing to do, however, I don't credit their management with an over abundance of intelligence. I believe that the guitars built from about 2007 to now (and who knows how much longer before they start making them better) will be remembered with the same disdain that the Norlin era has had.
That being said, my favorite guitar is a 2013 Les Paul Traditional Pro II
That would be the smart thing to do, however, I don't credit their management with an over abundance of intelligence. I believe that the guitars built from about 2007 to now (and who knows how much longer before they start making them better) will be remembered with the same disdain that the Norlin era has had.
That being said, my favorite guitar is a 2013 Les Paul Traditional Pro II
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GilmourD
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Re: 2016 Gibson
The problem isn't that the collector/purist crowd has cried. It's that Gibson doesn't offer choice when it's obvious that there's a market for multiple options. They need a vintage line, a vintage/modern line, and a balls-to-the-wall modern line. They could manufacture the same total number of instruments and be good.
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