Check out Gibson's so-called "Game Changer"...
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Andrew Lamprecht
Minion of One
Re: Check out Gibson's so-called "Game Changer"...
Yeah, I would rather have one nice artic white firebird with nice mini-humbuckers than 20 of these!
Yeah, I would rather have one nice artic white firebird with nice mini-humbuckers than 20 of these!
J
Jessie's ghost
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Re: Check out Gibson's so-called "Game Changer"...
You know, I think I kinda like it. It's different, certainly not for everybody. I see it as an instrument for crazed visionaries doing things that are too big to fit on what's come before. Now, I'm not one of them; I like the same simple stuff that's been around for twenty or sixty years.
At least they're trying. That's one more guitar than I've designed in… my entire life, I think.
You know, I think I kinda like it. It's different, certainly not for everybody. I see it as an instrument for crazed visionaries doing things that are too big to fit on what's come before. Now, I'm not one of them; I like the same simple stuff that's been around for twenty or sixty years.
At least they're trying. That's one more guitar than I've designed in… my entire life, I think.
guitfiddle
firstlessonologist
Re: Check out Gibson's so-called "Game Changer"...
It's certainly no worse, and not really much different, than any of the crazy ass shapes Eastman or Italia has resurrected, but since it's a Gibson, it'll be built a ton better than those things.
Way I see it is, Gibson has finally started walking into the future facing forward, instead of looking backward and trying to ever so slightly improve the specs of a guitar it both created and discontinued over 40 years ago.
Do one up in black or trans cherry or iced tea burst, and leave off the built in effects..which might just be really nice circuits...and it would be more understated and sit a bit better with guys who dig a more trad look. I'm sure lots of guys thought the same thing about the Sg when it first hit.
I'd take it for a spin onstage.
It's certainly no worse, and not really much different, than any of the crazy ass shapes Eastman or Italia has resurrected, but since it's a Gibson, it'll be built a ton better than those things.
Way I see it is, Gibson has finally started walking into the future facing forward, instead of looking backward and trying to ever so slightly improve the specs of a guitar it both created and discontinued over 40 years ago.
Do one up in black or trans cherry or iced tea burst, and leave off the built in effects..which might just be really nice circuits...and it would be more understated and sit a bit better with guys who dig a more trad look. I'm sure lots of guys thought the same thing about the Sg when it first hit.
I'd take it for a spin onstage.
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idsnowdog
Imperator of Indignation
Re: Check out Gibson's so-called "Game Changer"...
I would make it a conventional guitar. There would be a 5 way rotary at the top with a pull for bridge/neck. Volume, volume and tone controls. A mahogany plank body and mahogany neck with SG profile. Ebony fretboard and explorer headstock. Lastly I would replace the bridge with one of those 1 piece harp tailpieces or string through body and ferules.
I would make it a conventional guitar. There would be a 5 way rotary at the top with a pull for bridge/neck. Volume, volume and tone controls. A mahogany plank body and mahogany neck with SG profile. Ebony fretboard and explorer headstock. Lastly I would replace the bridge with one of those 1 piece harp tailpieces or string through body and ferules.
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guitfiddle
firstlessonologist
Re: Check out Gibson's so-called "Game Changer"...
^^^
Dude, do up one in black or cherry and it would be a nice guitar. Maybe move the knobs down toward the tail and get the volume away from the strings...add a series/parallel push pull on the volume for the #2 and #4 switch positions...:scratchch
^^^
Dude, do up one in black or cherry and it would be a nice guitar. Maybe move the knobs down toward the tail and get the volume away from the strings...add a series/parallel push pull on the volume for the #2 and #4 switch positions...:scratchch
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That90'sGuy
DyzaBoyzologist
Re: Check out Gibson's so-called "Game Changer"...
If it weren't for the tacky fretboard and inlays (and unreasonable pricetag), I'd actually really like it. I like the concept of the electronics (although truthfully I'd never use atleast half of it) and it's cool to see a Firebird pickup based guitar around their robot technology using woods more traditionally used by Fender. It's a little bit old school, lot of new modern concepts all kinda rolled into a somewhat premature, but hopeful creation.
If it weren't for the tacky fretboard and inlays (and unreasonable pricetag), I'd actually really like it. I like the concept of the electronics (although truthfully I'd never use atleast half of it) and it's cool to see a Firebird pickup based guitar around their robot technology using woods more traditionally used by Fender. It's a little bit old school, lot of new modern concepts all kinda rolled into a somewhat premature, but hopeful creation.
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guitfiddle
firstlessonologist
Re: Check out Gibson's so-called "Game Changer"...
Yeah, minimally they should dump the fret board inlays for dots. That's the only thing that just has to go. I don't mind the maple...I'd dig it, in fact.
Yeah, minimally they should dump the fret board inlays for dots. That's the only thing that just has to go. I don't mind the maple...I'd dig it, in fact.
J
Jessie's ghost
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Re: Check out Gibson's so-called "Game Changer"...
I want mine in hot pink, with stainless-steel sequined body bindings and happy pig faces for fretboard inlays.
I want mine in hot pink, with stainless-steel sequined body bindings and happy pig faces for fretboard inlays.
TheLivingDead
Dawn Of The Shred
Re: Check out Gibson's so-called "Game Changer"...
Well ain't that just the oogliest thing I've seen in a while.
Well ain't that just the oogliest thing I've seen in a while.
Captain Tightpants
New member
Re: Check out Gibson's so-called "Game Changer"...
But do you think it's worth the $5000 MSRP? A street price of say $3500? That is out of the reach of most people. To truly be a "Game Changer" as Henry puts it, you have to make it more accessible, particularly in the economy we now live in.
I get where you are coming from, and I don't disagree on any particular point. However, the rub with this thing is that for months Henry has been touting this guitar as something that has never been done before that will change the face of music as we know it.
It is nothing of the sort, and has been done many different times.
Further, as the CEO of Gibson, Henry repeatedly refers to his customer base as "Fans", and when the "Fans" don't feel the way he thinks we should about products like this, he calls us Luddites and says we are stuck in the past. Maybe he is right about that, but fact is most people want a Les Paul or an SG when they go shopping for a Gibson. To ignore that as the CEO is naive at best.
Finally, as I said Henry has been asking the opinion of the "Fans" for months what we would like to see. NEVER has an abomination like this come up. Again, Henry igonring the desires of the customer.
My opinion, had he just released this as part of the Robot line with an appropriate level of press and a reasonable price tag, that's one thing. But to insinuate this thing will render all other guitars obsolete and declare that anyone who doesn't like it is stuck in the past is a troubling confirmation of the megalomania Henry has become associated with.
But do you think it's worth the $5000 MSRP? A street price of say $3500? That is out of the reach of most people. To truly be a "Game Changer" as Henry puts it, you have to make it more accessible, particularly in the economy we now live in.
I get where you are coming from, and I don't disagree on any particular point. However, the rub with this thing is that for months Henry has been touting this guitar as something that has never been done before that will change the face of music as we know it.
It is nothing of the sort, and has been done many different times.
Further, as the CEO of Gibson, Henry repeatedly refers to his customer base as "Fans", and when the "Fans" don't feel the way he thinks we should about products like this, he calls us Luddites and says we are stuck in the past. Maybe he is right about that, but fact is most people want a Les Paul or an SG when they go shopping for a Gibson. To ignore that as the CEO is naive at best.
Finally, as I said Henry has been asking the opinion of the "Fans" for months what we would like to see. NEVER has an abomination like this come up. Again, Henry igonring the desires of the customer.
My opinion, had he just released this as part of the Robot line with an appropriate level of press and a reasonable price tag, that's one thing. But to insinuate this thing will render all other guitars obsolete and declare that anyone who doesn't like it is stuck in the past is a troubling confirmation of the megalomania Henry has become associated with.
sosomething
Seymour Duncan Customer Support
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IanBallard
New member
Re: Check out Gibson's so-called "Game Changer"...
I can't believe people are complaining about the price, when there are Les Paul (pardon me while I snore) reissues that run $8-$10,000+ A Jimmy Page #2 for $15K? There's always that Frankenstein replica for $25,000 when any kid with $1000 and some spray paint could make one.
I'd take one of these any day of the week over any tired attempt to replicate the past for more money. At least Gibson is trying something new.
I can't believe people are complaining about the price, when there are Les Paul (pardon me while I snore) reissues that run $8-$10,000+ A Jimmy Page #2 for $15K? There's always that Frankenstein replica for $25,000 when any kid with $1000 and some spray paint could make one.
I'd take one of these any day of the week over any tired attempt to replicate the past for more money. At least Gibson is trying something new.
Zhangliqun
Questionologist
Re: Check out Gibson's so-called "Game Changer"...
Looks like a cross between a Firebird and a Conklin bass.
Looks like a cross between a Firebird and a Conklin bass.
SabbathFan0220
New member
Re: Check out Gibson's so-called "Game Changer"...
I actually didn't believe until I clicked the link. I thought, "What an ugly thing somebody made in Photoshop."
I don't have any bias against Gibson, but that guitar is just unpleasant to look at.
I actually didn't believe until I clicked the link. I thought, "What an ugly thing somebody made in Photoshop."
I don't have any bias against Gibson, but that guitar is just unpleasant to look at.
marvelous_seven
New member
Re: Check out Gibson's so-called "Game Changer"...
No thanks,I like Jackson Dominion better,and LP Custom Black Beauty is all I want
No thanks,I like Jackson Dominion better,and LP Custom Black Beauty is all I want