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Re: oh no get ready for the bashing gibson
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2017 7:57 pm
by null_pointer
Wow. Really don't see a similarity?
Like, for real, you don't see a theme here with the bouts???
Re: oh no get ready for the bashing gibson
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2017 8:19 pm
by druz15
I.... don't hate it, weird, not bad
Re: oh no get ready for the bashing gibson
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2017 8:24 pm
by WellyBlues
null_pointer wrote:Wow. Really don't see a similarity?
Like, for real, you don't see a theme here with the bouts???
Tbh I prefer the Gibsons, in a direct comparison. Prefer the shorter upper bout.
Not that I'll be buying either any time soon. Sigh.
Re: oh no get ready for the bashing gibson
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2017 8:32 pm
by null_pointer
The ES-339 I had which may as well have been put together and sold via AliExpress has put me off Gibbys (modern ones at least). Oh and that Midtown Custom...
Had a LP Studio for a while too (loaner from a mate) which didn't change my opinion at all. All that to say looks aside, I'd expect the PRS to exceed the Gibson quality-wise 99 times out of 100. Yes some great Gibbys out there, but you don't find Shi'ite American Std Strats or Teles build-wise...
Re: oh no get ready for the bashing gibson
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2017 9:07 pm
by hamo
null_pointer wrote:Wow. Really don't see a similarity?
Like, for real, you don't see a theme here with the bouts???
Perhaps, but the Gibby is more offset. Puts me more in mind of the Potbelly ESPs in that regard.
Re: oh no get ready for the bashing gibson
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2017 10:04 pm
by Bg
Re: oh no get ready for the bashing gibson
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2017 11:51 pm
by StrummersOfThunder
Looks like guitars
Re: oh no get ready for the bashing gibson
Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2017 3:42 am
by telefiend
It looks tasteful, therefore I see no PRS connection.
Re: oh no get ready for the bashing gibson
Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2017 4:46 am
by jeremyb
Re: oh no get ready for the bashing gibson
Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2017 5:59 am
by HackSaw
Dunno what you guys are seeing, but it's clearly a ripoff of the old Tak Matsumoto Epiphone.
Re: oh no get ready for the bashing gibson
Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2017 7:01 am
by GrantB
The PRS comparisons relate mainly to the horns - an aesthetic. Reality is PRS copied its entire fundamental functional design from Gibson originally (for their h/bucker designs) as did the likes of Bartlett. Will post a photo of one of a Bartlett when not on phone. I do like these new Gibson's and can only hope they didn't let their marketing division come up with some weird and laughable name.
Re: oh no get ready for the bashing gibson
Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2017 7:06 am
by sizzlingbadger
They look much more practical than a Les Paul. I want to see more of the green one on the left, looks like it could be a pretty cool looking guitar. I note it has a locking nut so maybe a whammy too, not that it would interest me but the colour is interesting.
Re: oh no get ready for the bashing gibson
Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2017 7:36 am
by dayl
I could see OG Captain Kirk on the deck of the Enterprise strumming on that gold top in his downtime.
Re: oh no get ready for the bashing gibson
Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2017 7:48 am
by Olderama
Re: oh no get ready for the bashing gibson
Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2017 8:46 am
by werdna
When Gibson releases a new design they get out of their wood library some very special stripey maple. On the LP double cuts, most have excellent PRS grade tops. And on the Nighthawk, the first few had quilt tops which were better than anything Gibson was putting on the Les Pauls of the time (1992).
In five years' time these will be selling second hand for diddly nuts. Noone will want them. I like them, so I'll look for one with a huge stripey swimming pool top.
