Interesting topic. I talked to my local Gibson dealer about the new 2015 Gibson's. He is one of the larger authorized dealer/repair centers. He has already replaced 3 of the G force tuning system, with normal tuners for guys who tried it and hated it. He also said that the width of the neck and the new brass nut are causing an audible binding noise when the strings are bent coming from the nut slot. He is very upset with Gibson and says that most people are looking for NOS 2014 guitars. (New Old Stock). He said the tuners are rarely able to tune the High E, especially when they come with 9s on them. They changed the neck width but left the string spacing the same, so there is extra fret board on either side of the high and low E making it very uncomfortable to play. Now this is a dealer talking and one of the best techs I have ever seen, as well as being a professional player.
I recently talked to Duffy and I know he has already, in a short time has gone from loving to hating it, and is going to replace the G Force system with a set of regular tuners and accept the fact that he will void the warranty. I will leave that up to him to explain.
I can see a major change at Gibson in the near future, back to what people really want!
The only thing I am happy about is that my 3 Older Gibson Les Paul's will most likely gain what they had lost in value due to the lower end Gibbies that have come out in the last few years, back to where they should be.
The Blues is alright!
Guitars: 1968 Gibson SG, 2005 Gibson SG Standard, 2006 Gibson LP Classic Gold top, 2004 Epiphone Elitist LP Custom, 1996 Gibson Les Paul Standard. 2001 Epiphone Sheraton II, 2007 Epiphone G400.
Fender Strats: 1996 Fender 68 Reissue CIJ, 2008 Squier CV 50s, 2009 Squier CV 50s Tele Butterescotch Blonde
Amps: Blues Junior Special edition Jensen in Brown Tolex with Wheat front, 65 Deluxe Reverb reissue,1970 Sonax reverb by Traynor, Avatar Custom 2/12 Cabinet with Eminence Legend V1216 speakers,
2008 DSL100 Marshall Amp , Fender Super Champ XD,Fender Vibro Champ XD
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