Gibson Breaks New Wind With $5500 MIC POS

Nope... This is the only forum that I post on. I do lurk around at a couple others. I like reading info on Agiles, Teles, and Les Pauls, so I look at the NGDs on the Agile forum, TDPRI, and mylespaul. I also like looking at the mod / build threads. They interest me since I have zero ability to mod or build a guitar. Good amp info on those forums, too.

Since I don't own any of those guitars, and really don't have much to contribute, I haven't signed up.

A contrarian view

Momentarily setting aside the whacky Gibson marketing hyperbole, this thing may not be as bad as folks make it out to be. First, the listed price is MSRP and street price would be significantly less that the $5.5k. The shape is a bit strange, but for all we know could be quite comfortable for long nights in the studio. Musicman made the Big Al bass that's pretty weird, but it's still an excellent instrument. It does look to be made in USA of high quality materials which partly justifies some of the high cost.

The built-in DSP effects strike me as hokey, but you never know about how that actually works out until you play it. It could sound fantastic and keep stage clutter down to a minimum.

Obviously, at that price point, this isn't a guitar for the weekend warrior. It could, however, offer the pro musician a broad pallate to work with in the studio if executed well.

Surely that must be a toy, right...?

I'm sure Gibson will make up for lost Firebird X sales with this new Jonas Brothers Melody Maker!
I can see thousands of guitar enthusiasts GASing over this, selling off gear to get the needed spending money. MSRP is $1165 US. :goodjob

I saw that today, all I got to say is whatever they smoke in Gibson head quarters they need to share with us common folks. I think thats the only way we'll even have a remote chance to understand the reasoning behind that one especially.