New Gibson Midtown

rpr

I kinda like it-tho something about it dont look right-maybe the angle the pics were taken at ?- RRP around the £1500 mark

http://www2.gibson.com/Products/Electric-Guitars/Designer/Gibson-USA/Midtown-Kalamazoo.aspx

stickyfiddle

Flat top means the pickups and bridge aren'tquite where your eye expects them to be relative to everything else.

ICBM

rpr said:

I kinda like like it-tho something about the same dont look right-maybe the angle the pics were taken at ?

Wrong neck joint position - they've put it at the 16th fret like the ES135, and single-cut semis need it at the 14th. This makes all the hardware too far forward on the body, in particular the gap between the tailpiece and the bridge is too big.

And it looks like it has a flat top, like the 335 ones did - but because you're expecting it to be arched, it actually looks like it's dished instead.

Horrible.

Bucket

Not really a fan of that.

dindude

Doesn't look right. Nor did the original midtown, but in a kinda utilitarian way it worked. This just doesn't look right full stop.

SkinDog

It looks like everything is too far up the body. Not to mention the weird 23.5" scale.

badlydrawnbanjo

I'm a big fan of the custom but that's a big no from me.

monquixote

I don't mind the old Midtown, but this one looks like the bridge is too far from the tailpiece. 

HAL9000

Looks several kinds of wrong doesn't it?

John_P

It does look kind of stretched...

I don't hate it but if I wanted a single cut semi it wouldn't be on my list, whereas the original midtown was on my list of guitars to try if I could ever justify another semi.

Deijavoo

It does look squished up but there are far worse guitars out there. 

I'll buy that for a dollar. 

ThePrettyDamned

Can't wait till, in 50 years time, these are the best guitars in the world but everyone hated the looks at the time...

But seriously, how did they get the design so wrong? I could design better, and I'm a twat.

[Deleted User]

The Byrdland, like most classic Gibsons has a design perfection about it; a really harmonious whole.

This, like many modern Gibsons misses it by a considerable margin....

Not for me!

Phil_aka_Pip

It would look better if the image didn't keep jumping around on the page

martinw

I like it! But then it's got the word Byrdland in it. Budget Ted!

Dave_Mc

^ I saw this a day or two ago and I like it too.

Dunno about the 23.5" scale, though. Also it's about £300 more than the regular midtown on thomann, which sucks.

Paul_C

change all the gold for nickel and stick a bigsby on - that might fix it !

Handsome_Chris

I bet it sounds fantastic.

ICBM

Handsome_Chris said:

I bet it sounds fantastic.

Probably does, but you should know by now that how it looks is far more important.

Handsome_Chris

ICBM said:

Handsome_Chris said:

I bet it sounds fantastic.

Probably does, but you should know by now that how it looks is far more important.

Does it play like butter?

ICBM

Handsome_Chris said:

Does it play like butter?

Don't know, but it looks like it melted in the middle.