the new Gibson Melody Maker

[the guy who invented fire]

you know...the one that looks like a LP jr with half a headstock and a bad refin...has anybody played one of these? I have a chance to grab one is cherry for very little money, but I have not ttried one and I can't play this one until it gets here, at which point I will be stuck with it for better or worse. You guys help me out.

 

[the guy who invented fire]

Re: the new Gibson Melody Maker

it's like this one...
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/srs7/g=guitar/search/detail/base_pid/517842/

 

[danglybanger]

Re: the new Gibson Melody Maker

didn't mind it too much... I still might buy one. Lots of people were bothered by the poplar body, but I didn't mind it. The finish is rough, and you can feel the grain of the wood even on the neck. doesn't bother me but might bother you.

Maybe the only Gibson that's really worth the asking price... I've seen them in the $300 range. I'd miss a neck pickup though.

slade

 

[the guy who invented fire]

Re: the new Gibson Melody Maker

the poplar body

WTF?!?

Are you serious?

 

[big_black]

Re: the new Gibson Melody Maker

Never played one, I was never too keen on the idea of a cedar neck. It just doesn't sound very dense as a solid body tone wood. Maybe if it was REALLY cheap, but in that catrgory I think you can do better.

 

[big_black]

Re: the new Gibson Melody Maker

I thought it was mahogany body/cedar neck. I could be wrong though.

 

[the guy who invented fire]

Re: the new Gibson Melody Maker

Never played one, I was never too keen on the idea of a cedar neck. It just doesn't sound very dense as a solid body tone wood. Maybe if it was REALLY cheap, but in that catrgory I think you can do better.

well...it is really cheep, but I didn't know that it was made out of gimpy wood...I just assumed it was mahogany...I so glad I asked!

 

[big_black]

Re: the new Gibson Melody Maker

The neck is cedar for sure- "or equivelent"...whatever that means. We all know when Gibson gets foggy on the details it is not good. :laugh2:

 

[the guy who invented fire]

Re: the new Gibson Melody Maker

well...I think I will just wait on a used one of these!

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/srs7/g=guitar/search/detail/base_pid/517512/

I have wanted one for a while, but the Melody Maker just poped p and is a good price, but I want mahogany to go with my P-90's!!!

 

[JOLLY]

Re: the new Gibson Melody Maker

"The Melody Maker features a mahogany body with a lightweight '60s-style slim taper neck and rosewood fingerboard with dot inlays."

http://www.gibson.com/whatsnew/pressrelease/2003/apr15a.html

 

[JOLLY]

Re: the new Gibson Melody Maker

nevermind, I just saw the specs at the bottom of the MF page

 

[FireBros.]

Re: the new Gibson Melody Maker

If you can find one of the pre faded era Specials or Juniors from the late 90's, they have a much thicker body, more like the original models fom the 50's, but they still have (IMO)the better TOM style bridge & tailpiece. So you get that vintage tone, and you can play in tune all over the neck. They came in the same colors as the Fadeds, but were gloss finish.

If you grab a Special or Junior off ebay, make sure you get one with real p90's too, for a while they also used those P100's that look the same, but are a stack design with a different sound. Of course being on this site, you would probably just swap those out for some SD's anyway. I think all the P100 eqipped guitars had the thinner body like the Fadeds, but were gloss finish with diamond fret markers instead of dots.

 

[danglybanger]

Re: the new Gibson Melody Maker

I remembered hearing poplar... could be wrong.

wtf is santa maria... I'd perfer a special or junior, but all things considered, the mm I played wasn't a horrible guitar...

slade