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marnold
March 17th, 2008, 10:13 AM
Ladies and Germs, from the people who brought you the backwards flying V, we give you the upside down Explorer (http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Gibson-Reverse-Explorer-Electric-Guitar-Antique-Walnut?sku=516473). The thing is that this will sell out at $2K/pop just as quickly as that V monstrosity did. Fool, money. Money, fool.

tunghaichuan
March 17th, 2008, 10:15 AM
Ladies and Germs, from the people who brought you the backwards flying V, we give you the upside down Explorer (http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Gibson-Reverse-Explorer-Electric-Guitar-Antique-Walnut?sku=516473). The thing is that this will sell out at $2K/pop just as quickly as that V monstrosity did. Fool, money. Money, fool.

I don't know, I kinda like it. At the very least it looks much better than the backwards V monstrosity (which isn't really saying much).

tung

warren0728
March 17th, 2008, 10:18 AM
i don't mind the body too much...it's ok...but that headstock :puke:

ww

Algonquin
March 17th, 2008, 10:25 AM
Yup, that definately is a funky looking headstock.

pes_laul
March 17th, 2008, 10:45 AM
I like the body but the headstock is just:puke:

sunvalleylaw
March 17th, 2008, 10:50 AM
Oh, I don't know, you might be able to hold it upside down and use it as a putter.

warren0728
March 17th, 2008, 10:57 AM
Oh, I don't know, you might be able to hold it upside down and use it as a putter.
:rotflmao: probably wouldn't change my score much if i did! :rotflmao:

ww

oldguy
March 17th, 2008, 11:13 AM
Do you like this one better?
http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2435904200063704504GnrZVU

duhvoodooman
March 17th, 2008, 11:14 AM
A testament to what happens when you save money on salaries in the new product development area.... :thwap: :whatever:

markb
March 17th, 2008, 01:58 PM
Worst headstock ever? Ladies and gentlemen, I give you New Zealand's very own Langcaster.

http://www.langcaster.com/Lancaster.Images/L-24-big.jpg

Spudman
March 17th, 2008, 02:09 PM
The thing I noticed about the Gibson is that they have one too many 9s in the price.:D

ted s
March 17th, 2008, 03:18 PM
In a word...

fugly

Algonquin
March 17th, 2008, 04:59 PM
Worst headstock ever? Ladies and gentlemen, I give you New Zealand's very own Langcaster.

http://www.langcaster.com/Lancaster.Images/L-24-big.jpg
Eeewww! :puke: Looks like a hand that went through a meat grinder.

jpfeifer
March 17th, 2008, 05:03 PM
Hmmm, I hate to bag on these guys but I just don't get it. With all the great guitars Gibson has created over the years, and all the knowledge they must have about building fine instruments, not to mention all the existing designs that they can re-spin (since they own the licensing for these designs) why do they waste their time coming up with crap like this? I must be missing something.

I also thought that their robot auto-tunning guitar was an equally dumb idea. Why do people need a guitar that tunes itself anyway? In my opinion, if you need your guitar to tune itself then you probably should pick a different instrument :-)

Why not focus on making a really interesting variation to the Les Paul that get's more sounds, or a cool twist on the 335 (the ES-339 was a great idea by the way). Or better yet, why not collaborate with an electronics company on a Gibson-designed modeling guitar that feels like a Les Paul but sounds like whatever you want. (that would be cool and it would probably outsell anything made by Line6 if they did it right)

Enough ranting, I must be getting too old to appreciate funky-shaped guitars :-)
-- Jim

sunvalleylaw
March 17th, 2008, 05:12 PM
Benny and the jets . . . .

just strum
March 17th, 2008, 05:44 PM
Enough ranting, I must be getting too old to appreciate funky-shaped guitars :-)
-- Jim

+1 If that guitar was posted without comment, I wouldn't have known it was reversed. I'm a traditional guitar style guy. But, that's just me.;)

marnold
March 17th, 2008, 05:48 PM
Worst headstock ever? Ladies and gentlemen, I give you New Zealand's very own Langcaster.

http://www.langcaster.com/Lancaster.Images/L-24-big.jpg
Wow. Just wow.

marnold
March 17th, 2008, 05:52 PM
Enough ranting, I must be getting too old to appreciate funky-shaped guitars :-)
That's the thing . . . I like funky-shaped guitars. I'll take a Randy Rhoads, Dean Dimebag, or Carvin V220 any day of the week. Basic Explorers are OK--they just seem a bit big on the rear fin. I wouldn't mind a Moser (former B.C. Rich dude). Taking a common design and flipping it just strikes me as a big middle finger.

tot_Ou_tard
March 17th, 2008, 06:39 PM
Worst headstock ever? Ladies and gentlemen, I give you New Zealand's very own Langcaster.

http://www.langcaster.com/Lancaster.Images/L-24-big.jpg
How did they know when the headstock was done?

It could'a went on a while longer & wouldn't look much different.

Adrian30
March 17th, 2008, 07:06 PM
How did they know when the headstock was done?

It could'a went on a while longer & wouldn't look much different.

Exactly my thought...why not few more curls?:bravo:

On the thread topic: I saw the pic of that guitar few days ago, and I pretty much agree with everything that was said. Fore some reason the headstock makes me think of an amputated extremity. A bad, bad design!:confused:

tot_Ou_tard
March 17th, 2008, 07:34 PM
Exactly my thought...why not few more curls?:bravo:

They've gone beyond curls & right into curliques.