gibson + tom delonge= a confused society

[blake da teleman]

http://www.gibsoncustom.com/flash/signature/heavymetal/tomdelonge/TomDelonge.html

WHAT THE F#^%!!
im just courious, how is it that he out of all of these "better" artist gets a signature gibson, it just blows my mind?

 

[Jag513]

Re: gibson + tom delonge= a confused society

He gets a signature Gibson because it'll bring the greedy bastards at Gibson more money when they get some pop-punky kids who can hardly play guitar buying their guitars and wasting their money on overpriced crap.

But a semi-hollowbody for Tom Delonge? Seems kind of out of place.

 

[JB_From_Hell]

Re: gibson + tom delonge= a confused society

:laugh2:

This has been the subject of so many threads lately... but it still doesn't make any f*cking sense

BTW, good pick for album of the week (coheed & cambria)

 

[revolution]

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A hollowbody with a "dirty fingers?"? puke 'o rama.

 

[iDunnoMang]

Re: gibson + tom delonge= a confused society

quit dissing it till youve actually played it.. eh?

 

[HolyDirt]

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A hollowbody with a "dirty fingers?"? puke 'o rama.

ditto

 

[JB_From_Hell]

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quit dissing it till youve actually played it.. eh?

I have a feeling we're all safe dissing w/o playing, as I find it really hard to believe it could play anywhere near the $2300+ price tag :saeek:

 

[TattooedCarrot]

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A sig guitar is not a reward for being a good musician. It's marketing, its getting exposure for your product. At the time Fender gave Delonge his sig, Blink was very popular and Fender made a bundle by marketing a Delonge guitar to that demographic. Delonge then left Fender and went with Gibson, who in typical fashion, made a horrible marketing error in making a $2,000 Gibson instead of a Epi Delonge model. One, because BLink has declined in popularity, and two, the teenage target demographic isn't going to buy a $2,000 Gibson (Fender had it right with a $400 model).

 

[Jag513]

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BTW, good pick for album of the week (coheed & cambria)

Thanks. It was either that or Breaking Benjamin. And as good an album as that is, I've listened to it too much recently. So Coheed won out lol.

TatooedCarrot, you bring up a good point by saying that Gibson isn't going to get that many teenage pop-punkers buying a $2,000 Gibson, but that does get their name out to those teenage pop-punkers, who will look to Epiphone instead. Although you're right in saying it would have been smarter to have Tom go with Epiphone from the start.

 

[Wattage]

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A sig guitar is not a reward for being a good musician. It's marketing, its getting exposure for your product. At the time Fender gave Delonge his sig, Blink was very popular and Fender made a bundle by marketing a Delonge guitar to that demographic. Delonge then left Fender and went with Gibson, who in typical fashion, made a horrible marketing error in making a $2,000 Gibson instead of a Epi Delonge model. One, because BLink has declined in popularity, and two, the teenage target demographic isn't going to buy a $2,000 Gibson (Fender had it right with a $400 model).

Yup!

In fact the little Squier version they made was a good little guitar too.

 

[That90'sGuy]

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Good points guys. I, too, wonder why there wasn't an Epiphone signature Delonge instead of a Gibson. I mean, c'mon, Epiphone has Sevendust and Oasis sig guitars, why not Blink-182? It would certainly fit what blink followers would be willing to pay and this may be a blatant stereotype, but I'd doubt that they would really care about the quality of their gear. Gibson screws up on expensive instruments anyhow, so I don't see why they shouldn't just make a model for Epiphone where quality can really slip and they can make a couple of bucks.

 

[DeadSkinSlayer3]

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Gibson screws up on expensive instruments anyhow.

Best. Quote. Ever. :laugh2:

 

[JB_From_Hell]

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His Fender sig guitar made sense... stripped down, cheap strat = cool "punk" guitar. Somehow, a $2000 just doesn't lend itself to that

 

[drew_half_empty]

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A sig guitar is not a reward for being a good musician. It's marketing, its getting exposure for your product. At the time Fender gave Delonge his sig, Blink was very popular and Fender made a bundle by marketing a Delonge guitar to that demographic. Delonge then left Fender and went with Gibson, who in typical fashion, made a horrible marketing error in making a $2,000 Gibson instead of a Epi Delonge model. One, because BLink has declined in popularity, and two, the teenage target demographic isn't going to buy a $2,000 Gibson (Fender had it right with a $400 model).

actually, that's PSYCHOgraphics

demographics are based on location

 

[TattooedCarrot]

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dem•o•graph•ics ( P ) Pronunciation Key (dm-grfks, dm-)
n. (used with a pl. verb)
The characteristics of human populations and population segments, especially when used to identify consumer markets:

I don't see where a location is required in evaluating the characteristics of human populations and population segments. Couldn't it be a population group based on the total number of people in an age group, or other factors and not just physical location?

psy•cho•graph•ics ( P ) Pronunciation Key (sk-grfks)
n.
(used with a sing. verb) The use of demographics to study and measure attitudes, values, lifestyles, and opinions, as for marketing purposes.

Makes it even more confusing when the definition itself refers back to the word demographic.

But I never took economics, so what do I know. I think you get the point :32:

 

[Closed Eye]

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Apparently his Fender Signature Strat was a pretty good buy. Guitar World praised it in a tiny little review along with other affordable higher-end guitars. Nowhere near as much...

 

[drew_half_empty]

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heres the difference

demographics - people who live on the beach are less likely to buy bags of sand

psychographics - emo kids like thrift stores, or, blink 182 kids want everything tom delonge has

 

[Skarekrough]

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Signature guitars are not given out based on how great a player is...they're given out on how many more units marketing thinks they'll sell with the name association.

Once you embrace this concept guitars will make much more sense...

 

[B2D]

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It doesn't really make a damn bit of difference to me, seeing has I'm not going to buy one.

Some say it sounds good, others say a shoebox and some ruber bands would be better. Either way it's still ugly as sin. :barf:

 

[rocksoldier]

Re: gibson + tom delonge= a confused society

Wouldn´t a semi hollow with a super hot pickup feedback as hell?