Any Gibson Voodoo LP or SG owners here ?

[Dirtyking]

Re: Any Gibson Voodoo LP or SG owners here ?

Is that a Voodoo in 'yer avatar ? EDIT - just read your sig !

I like the BFG (even the open truss rod hole is super cool !)
It is just those wooden knobs that i can not stand :earl:


James

My V is a satin black fadded. I'd say it's the same as a Voodoo less the red resin and skull. And I got it as NOS on Ebay for $585. It's a sweet guitar that I wish I played more, but my SG X is my main squeeze.

I may be selling the Gothic so I can get the BFG. Then all I need is an Explorer and I'm set. Then it's on to Amps.........I'm GASing for a JCM800 head and cab.

 

[Dirtyking]

Re: Any Gibson Voodoo LP or SG owners here ?

Do you have a myspace or clips of your music ?
i think we like the same music !!!


James

No myspace yet. I do play in a Stoner/Goth band right now playing shows and partys for now. I'd say our influences range from Sabbath and Zepplin to Danzig and Type O Negative with a helping of The Cult.

 

[Aceman]

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Hey - I dug the look and thought they would get cheep due to tackiness. Who knew?!?!?!?

Might even sound cool - something different....

Buncha traditionalists!

And grunge wasn't around long enough to even be a trend!

 

[Empty Pockets]

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I do believe that Millsart & Empty Pockets got oit right when they say it is all about marketing, and trying to keep up with the trends !

The only problem is, that Co's like Gibson is always too late !
Their R&D teams take way to long to wake up and see what is a trend, and by the time they relay the info to the work-shop/factory, that trent is almost burnt out !

Looking at Empty Pockets' images, i have to agree with his train-of-thought, but it is also a pitty that the Gibbo R&D dep. did nto give us anything (SG-wise) for the GRUNGE era !
Especially with the HUGE impact Kim Thayil of Soundgarden had, with his SG-shaped Guild !
Wonder if they ever had any ideas of unleashing a GRUNGE axe on us ???
Instead they ran wiht the POP-punk of the above mention , ermmm, (don't even want to call 'em bands)

I miss those GRUNGE days ! Will it ever come back ?...and if it does, will it give us another, just as good, SoundGarden ?


James

The SG-X was the 'grunge' SG...Fender-style surf colors and single bridge humbuckers are grunge as fuh.

Grunge will never come back but stoner rock is the new and improved version.

 

[Empty Pockets]

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And I don't see the point of buying an ugly-ass Gibson BFG with that nasty unfinished top when there are so many decent, good-looking Les Pauls and Les Paul copies at that same price, and humbucker-sized P90's.

Voodoo Les Paul + CustomCustom bridge / Phat Cat neck > BFG any day

 

[SlowGroove]

Re: Any Gibson Voodoo LP or SG owners here ?

The SG-X was the 'grunge' SG...Fender-style surf colors and single bridge humbuckers are grunge as fuh.

Grunge will never come back but stoner rock is the new and improved version.

Who played pink guitars in the Grunge era ???

I thought the pink and other surf colours came about due to the pop-punk boy bands !


James

 

[SlowGroove]

Re: Any Gibson Voodoo LP or SG owners here ?

My V is a satin black fadded. I'd say it's the same as a Voodoo less the red resin and skull. And I got it as NOS on Ebay for $585. It's a sweet guitar that I wish I played more, but my SG X is my main squeeze.

I may be selling the Gothic so I can get the BFG. Then all I need is an Explorer and I'm set. Then it's on to Amps.........I'm GASing for a JCM800 head and cab.

Ever looked into the Marshall VintageModern ?

My current Marshall GAS !


James

 

[lex666]

Re: Any Gibson Voodoo LP or SG owners here ?

it's really pretty obvious to break down...

In the late 90's as grunge was fading and everybody was listening to Blink-182 and Green Day, Gibson brings us the SG-X:

cuz you only need one humbucker for punk, and it comes in all those sweet surf colors!

then in the early 00's Korn, Slipknot and Kittie start getting more attention and Nine Inch Nails is on tour so they drop the Goth series on us:

The satin finish and single crescent moon inlay reflect the dark depths of your angst-ridden soul.

Those kinds of goths quickly got absorbed by the Good Charlotte pop-punk mall goths so what does Gibson give us? PINK SKULLS!

and now that everybody swooshes their hair over one eye, wears their girlfriends' pants and makeup, tattoos X's on their hands and start bands with names longer than some songs i've written, we are graced with the SG Menace.

i guess there's really nothing wrong with always trying to have a guitar that matches the latest aesthetic trends. most guitar companies do it by giving a popular guitarist a signature axe...Gibson just does what they do with different inlays or finishes.

In most of these cases I think it's a case of 'one stroke too many'...i mean if you can't look like you rock holding a basic SG Standard or even a SG Jr. with just a P90 in it you need to stop trying to rock at all hahaha

EP, your post was right on.

Some things are "too trendy" and just lose their "coolness"...