New Joe Perry Gibson custom shop

Lodious

If you replaced the trem with a fixed bridge, added a neck pickup and got rid of the Tone X I think they could be on to something with that one.  

Philly_Q

It's similar to Dave Amato's signature model, but that has a Floyd.

timdecker

I get the appeal of this, but I'd rather have a Boneyard. I've always been a bigger fan of natural tops than the gold tops. 

Elwood

It looks quite a bodge to put the trem on, with the body carve and neck angle, it juts out. Atl east the floyd is recessed and ergonomic.

PRS did it better . . . 

Schnozz

It would be better with a Floyd.

DrBob

I love this guitar, actually preferred the black prototype even more. Especially if it has the same fat neck as the original, black JP Sig LP.
That said it will be daft pricey so the point is largely moot 

danban

Love the idea but would prefer a wraparound tailpiece and finished in Tobacco burst with a nice flame top. I bet you could get Gordon Smith to build this for under £1500......hmm might just do that instead.

carlos

That's a £40 trem by the way. I know because I had to buy a new one for my Vintage.

HarrySeven

No interest whatsoever in Joe Perry, but I love the look of that guitar.

I’ll be making my own version soon.

stimpsonslostson

If I were in the market for a single HB single cut guitar I'd rather have a Huber Krautster. 

https://www.sunburstmusic.com.au/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/NK_krautster_full_800px.jpg

I saw one played live a week or two ago & it sounded EPIC. 

hubobulous

Schnozz said:

It would be better with a Floyd.

Like death and taxes, this is one of the constants in life

Musicman20

carlos said:

That's a £40 trem by the way. I know because I had to buy a new one for my Vintage.

Hahahha! I thought it was. Not that it can't be good, but c'mon...why on expensive artist model?!

Philly_Q

Musicman20 said:

carlos said:

That's a £40 trem by the way. I know because I had to buy a new one for my Vintage.

Hahahha! I thought it was. Not that it can't be good, but c'mon...why on expensive artist model?!

Might it be a VS100 rather than a VS50?  Still only about £100 though. 

stimpsonslostson

Philly_Q said:

Musicman20 said:

carlos said:

That's a £40 trem by the way. I know because I had to buy a new one for my Vintage.

Hahahha! I thought it was. Not that it can't be good, but c'mon...why on expensive artist model?!

Might it be a VS100 rather than a VS50?  Still only about £100 though. 

I had one on a Reverend. It was excellent- smooth & held tune perfectly. I like the way the saddles look too, sleek & modern... Not sure I like it on a LP though. 

... Needs a bigsby. ;-)

carlos

Philly_Q said:

Musicman20 said:

carlos said:

That's a £40 trem by the way. I know because I had to buy a new one for my Vintage.

Hahahha! I thought it was. Not that it can't be good, but c'mon...why on expensive artist model?!

Might it be a VS100 rather than a VS50?  Still only about £100 though. 

Yeah. I looked on the Internet about their differences and they at least look exactly the same. Nothing wrong with that trem but if I'm paying that much cash for a guitar and one of its innovations is the bridge, then I expect the brand to have created an exclusive bridge for it the average punter can't find elsewhere.
I actually like my VS50 a lot, by the way.

jacksparrow

Look's Crap to me, too be honest

stephen.wood125

Looks like he's about 2/3 of the way through collecting a guitar via De Agostini publishing. I'm sure it's lovely but doesn't do anything for me, rather have an R7 with P90's

Evilmags

The Floyd ones look better. The Wilkinson looks to small and feeble in a Lester. 

Voxman

jacksparrow said:

Look's Crap to me, too be honest

+1 - A Les Paul with one pick-up looks dreadful and is not a Les Paul - to have no neck p/up is IMO frankly stupid re tonal limitations regardless of aesthetics.  It's fine for Joe Perry - he'll use it for one or two numbers and change guitars (which he constantly does throughout his gigs) but for others to buy this with a view to use it as a main guitar is IMO just nuts.  I'm not a fan of single p/up guitars at the best of times but if you want a one p/up guitar the Fender Esquire and Gibson LP Junior, Melody Maker etc are ideal - but not this.  Charging folk more to have less is a case of the Emperor's new clothes and Gibson taking the piss as far as I'm concerned.  And if you're mindful of resell and selling on/second hand market you're going to have a very limited market to sell on to should you tire of it.

Just my personal view against the guitar - not those that may like it, as each to their own of course - and if you like it and have the dosh, then by all means go for it and enjoy.  But I would never ever want one myself.   

Voxman

Elwood said:

It looks quite a bodge to put the trem on, with the body carve and neck angle, it juts out. Atl east the floyd is recessed and ergonomic.

PRS did it better . . . 


Agreed