Return of the Gibbons shocker thread!
Moderators: Slowy, Capt. Black
- Conway
- Vintage Post Junkie
- Posts: 9837
- meble-kuchenne.warszawa.pl
- Joined: Mon Aug 29, 2011 1:33 pm
- Location: Auckland
- Has liked: 242 times
- Been liked: 966 times
- Dharmajester
- Vintage Post Junkie
- Posts: 1587
- Joined: Sun Apr 05, 2015 8:44 am
- Location: Dunedin
- Has liked: 273 times
- Been liked: 378 times
Re: Return of the Gibson shocker thread!
Well, the dog part is certainly applicable.olegmcnoleg wrote:LOLTerexgeek wrote:Gibson Golden Retriever?GrantB wrote:
Gibson Irish Setter?
My guess is "Year of the Dog" model for the Asian market?
“The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench - a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side."
Hunter S. Thompson
Hunter S. Thompson
- Jay
- Vintage Post Junkie
- Posts: 7761
- Joined: Sat Sep 25, 2010 9:35 pm
- Has liked: 1630 times
- Been liked: 1297 times
- GrantB
- ADMIN
- Posts: 15843
- Joined: Fri Oct 31, 2003 9:04 am
- Location: Where I need to be
- Has liked: 1353 times
- Been liked: 2087 times
Re: Return of the Gibson shocker thread!
I’d love to smash the life out of that thing as a stage guitar, 50 gigs a year....probably look cool then. The first 25 gigs the rest of the band would be taking the piss tho.
"Man is the most insane species. He worships an invisible god and destroys a visible nature. Unaware that this nature he's destroying is this god he's worshipping." - Hubert Reeves
- Dharmajester
- Vintage Post Junkie
- Posts: 1587
- Joined: Sun Apr 05, 2015 8:44 am
- Location: Dunedin
- Has liked: 273 times
- Been liked: 378 times
Re: Return of the Gibson shocker thread!
I think Pete Townsend should be allowed to smash the life out of it and get the job done in one gigGrantB wrote:I’d love to smash the life out of that thing as a stage guitar, 50 gigs a year....probably look cool then. The first 25 gigs the rest of the band would be taking the piss tho.
“The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench - a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side."
Hunter S. Thompson
Hunter S. Thompson
- Molly
- Vintage Post Junkie
- Posts: 24937
- Joined: Sat Dec 21, 2013 12:17 pm
- Has liked: 2482 times
- Been liked: 2794 times
Re: Return of the Gibson shocker thread!
I think it's the Chinese Year of the Actual Fuck.Olderama wrote:What the actual fuck
I bet when that one came down the line the blokes in the factory were thinking: "Shit. I really need to update my CV..."
- Olderama
- Vintage Post Junkie
- Posts: 7007
- Joined: Sun Dec 22, 2013 8:04 pm
- Has liked: 971 times
- Been liked: 876 times
Re: Return of the Gibson shocker thread!
I’d have wiped my willy on it to give it that real cheesy smell to match the lookMolly wrote:I think it's the Chinese Year of the Actual Fuck.Olderama wrote:What the actual fuck
I bet when that one came down the line the blokes in the factory were thinking: "Shit. I really need to update my CV..."
- GrantB
- ADMIN
- Posts: 15843
- Joined: Fri Oct 31, 2003 9:04 am
- Location: Where I need to be
- Has liked: 1353 times
- Been liked: 2087 times
Re: Return of the Gibson shocker thread!
It’s a great example of where Gibson has ended up.
"Man is the most insane species. He worships an invisible god and destroys a visible nature. Unaware that this nature he's destroying is this god he's worshipping." - Hubert Reeves
-
- Resident Gear Whore
- Posts: 10032
- Joined: Fri Jun 10, 2005 12:26 pm
- Has liked: 97 times
- Been liked: 424 times
Re: Return of the Gibson shocker thread!
When every other industry is pandering to the huge Chinese market, why are we surprised that Gibson would try to as well?
Btw the price is linked to the Chinese market as well - 6 for luck and 9 for year of the dog and double each of those for profits obviously
Just a small town girl living in a lonely world
- godgrinder
- Vintage Post Junkie
- Posts: 1709
- Joined: Wed Dec 07, 2011 4:49 pm
- Location: 09
- Has liked: 28 times
- Been liked: 594 times
Re: Return of the Gibson shocker thread!
Can basically guarantee that no Chinese's gonna buy it haha, many would argue that it's cultural appropriation.
They're doing fine in China with historics and CC's.
They're doing fine in China with historics and CC's.
Amps:
Soldano SLO100 x2 | Wizard MC1 & MC2 | Diezel Herbert
Fryette Pittbull CL | Marshall 2203KK | Krank Rev 50 | Mesa Mark 2A
Rack stuff:
VHT/Fryette GP3, GP/DI & 2/90/2 | Peters FSM/Chimera
Verellen Meatsmoke | Synergy SYN1 | Mesa Studio
Soldano SLO100 x2 | Wizard MC1 & MC2 | Diezel Herbert
Fryette Pittbull CL | Marshall 2203KK | Krank Rev 50 | Mesa Mark 2A
Rack stuff:
VHT/Fryette GP3, GP/DI & 2/90/2 | Peters FSM/Chimera
Verellen Meatsmoke | Synergy SYN1 | Mesa Studio
- godgrinder
- Vintage Post Junkie
- Posts: 1709
- Joined: Wed Dec 07, 2011 4:49 pm
- Location: 09
- Has liked: 28 times
- Been liked: 594 times
Re: Return of the Gibson shocker thread!
A 12pc body LP jr for US$4199 haha:
http://www.gibson.com/Products/Electric ... osaic.aspx
http://www.gibson.com/Products/Electric ... osaic.aspx
Amps:
Soldano SLO100 x2 | Wizard MC1 & MC2 | Diezel Herbert
Fryette Pittbull CL | Marshall 2203KK | Krank Rev 50 | Mesa Mark 2A
Rack stuff:
VHT/Fryette GP3, GP/DI & 2/90/2 | Peters FSM/Chimera
Verellen Meatsmoke | Synergy SYN1 | Mesa Studio
Soldano SLO100 x2 | Wizard MC1 & MC2 | Diezel Herbert
Fryette Pittbull CL | Marshall 2203KK | Krank Rev 50 | Mesa Mark 2A
Rack stuff:
VHT/Fryette GP3, GP/DI & 2/90/2 | Peters FSM/Chimera
Verellen Meatsmoke | Synergy SYN1 | Mesa Studio
- Jay
- Vintage Post Junkie
- Posts: 7761
- Joined: Sat Sep 25, 2010 9:35 pm
- Has liked: 1630 times
- Been liked: 1297 times
Re: Return of the Gibson shocker thread!
What makes you think it is made in the USA?Molly wrote:I think it's the Chinese Year of the Actual Fuck.Olderama wrote:What the actual fuck
I bet when that one came down the line the blokes in the factory were thinking: "Shit. I really need to update my CV..."
When faced with quality, I recognise it every time.
- Single coil
- BANNED
- Posts: 10050
- Joined: Wed Mar 28, 2012 5:35 pm
- Location: Public toilet
- Has liked: 1110 times
- Been liked: 485 times
Re: Return of the Gibson shocker thread!
Coulda done a pancake type deal with a veneer.godgrinder wrote:A 12pc body LP jr for US$4199 haha:
http://www.gibson.com/Products/Electric ... osaic.aspx
Hmm.
Cool idea though.
werdna wrote:Well at least I can still make toast in the bath without anyone telling me it's unsafe.
- Danger Mouse
- Vintage Post Junkie
- Posts: 11459
- Joined: Mon Oct 16, 2006 3:32 pm
- Location: Jafa Land
- Has liked: 351 times
- Been liked: 661 times
Re: Return of the Gibson shocker thread!
I quite like the red one... the natural looks like a coffee table.Single coil wrote:Coulda done a pancake type deal with a veneer.godgrinder wrote:A 12pc body LP jr for US$4199 haha:
http://www.gibson.com/Products/Electric ... osaic.aspx
Hmm.
Cool idea though.
The older I get, the more disappointed in myself I become.