Gibson SG Zoot Suit

[ImmortalSix]

Re: Gibson SG Zoot Suit

I've been smoking for 17 straight hours in an attempt to make these guitars work for me.

Sadly, they still look dreadful...however, my carpet has turned into a dragon and is attempting to eat the cat, so all is not lost.

:laugh2:

 

[scottish]

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i kind of like some of them....

 

[scottish]

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pre-order at musicians friend for $1199....actually cheaper than i thought they would be

 

[theodie]

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pre-order at musicians friend for $1199....actually cheaper than i thought they would be

12 bills for a plywood guitar.......:smack:

 

[scottish]

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12 bills for a plywood guitar.......:smack:

im not saying i would pay that much...i wouldnt. But i honestly thought gibson would charge more for them.

 

[Wonker]

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I just died a little inside

as did i

 

[ImmortalSix]

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I think a few of them are cool looking.

I am not really an SG person, though, so you don't have to worry about one showing up around my neck.

Seems like a decent price for an attention grabbing, U.S. made, custom factory special run, though.

 

[LobsterSausage]

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hahaha i love how many people hate this guitar

i bet the people who were in their 40's and 50's when the original SGs were being produced said similar things

"looks like some kinda crabby lobster guitar! nobody will be playing these newfangled solidbodies in five years anyway!"

A "Lobster" guitar?!? Now, THERE'S and idea!!!

 

[MikeS]

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You know... I kind of like a couple of them. They are different. I know some are disappointed that the guitars don't fulfill your vision of a Zoot Suit, however, what I feel you are envisioning is a tuxedo theme, which is as cliche as barbed wire armband tattoos. We don't need any more tuxedo themed guitars.

That said... I give kudos for thinking outside the box. The guitars have visual interest, for better or worse. But plywood? Really? I'm not buying it... especially for 1200 bucks. No way. No how. Bad form, Gibson.

 

[Lucid_Lunatic]

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Looks like Gibson hired somneone who had been making rifle stocks..............

 

[Stevo 42]

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Doesn't Ikea make a lot of their furniture out of birch? Lightweight, cheap, easily dented. Yet, perversely, I feel a desire to hold and play one. They just look like they would sound . . . different.

 

[scottish]

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Solid birch is actually pretty strong. A lot of ikea stuff is laminate crap, as in compact sawdust with a birch veneer. I have a solid birch table from them and it weighs a ton and has been very resilient.

 

[Stevo 42]

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Solid birch is actually pretty strong. A lot of ikea stuff is laminate crap, as in compact sawdust with a birch veneer. I have a solid birch table from them and it ways a ton and has been very resilient.

But does it have good tone?

 

[scottish]

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But does it have good tone?

i will hold judgement on that until i hear it. You only have to look at some of those cigarbox guitars which can sound amazing to see that wood can be over hyped.

 

[jmh151]

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I'd hate to say this, but the price isn't bad for such a different or unique guitar.... it's starting to grow on me

 

[Rich_T]

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Uh, no.

 

[Son Of Monster]

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You know what? I love SG's. And when I think SG I think Tony Iommi or Angus Young. This SG is just not my style. But I'm sure somebody loves them.
S.O.M.

 

[DepecheMoses]

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I would rock the f' out of one of these. I probably wouldn't buy it, because I don't have the money. But I would DEFINITELY rock one. I wanna make a plywood guitar now. Don't judge me.

 

[Empty Pockets]

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Uh, no.

It's the SG version of your Strat man. I thought you'd be the only one besides me who's stoked about it.

Oh well. Guess I'm the most original and forward-thinking person on THIS forum.............

 

[TimmyPage]

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What confuses me the most in terms of marketing this is that they call it zoot suit.. make jazz references in the advertisement.. and then make an attempt to make it as far from a jazz guitar as they can..