Sterling by MusicMan St Vincent

WezV

I like it, it will do much better in that price range

vale

that is fucking horrible.

guitargeek62

Sporky said:

I like that - which is odd, because I wasn't mad keen on the original.

Presumably it's just because it's blue now.

Wasn't the original one blue?

mart

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/jan/26/cate-le-bon-first-guitar-designed-for-women-st-vincent

Yet another article explaining how this is the first guitar ever that women can play. Whichever marketing type came up with this line must be really pleased with themselves. 

Winny_Pooh

mart said:

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/jan/26/cate-le-bon-first-guitar-designed-for-women-st-vincent

Yet another article explaining how this is the first guitar ever that women can play. Whichever marketing type came up with this line must be really pleased with themselves. 

Nauseating piece. I dig St Vincent but not she is not a "technically brilliant" guitarist and her guitar leaves no more space for boobs than a tele does either. She did however design it, which is more than you could say for other women guitarists.

TimmyO

Come on chaps - every new product marketing makes some silly claim or other - no need to single out this one

olafgarten

Winny_Pooh said:

mart said:

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/jan/26/cate-le-bon-first-guitar-designed-for-women-st-vincent

Yet another article explaining how this is the first guitar ever that women can play. Whichever marketing type came up with this line must be really pleased with themselves. 

Nauseating piece. I dig St Vincent but not she is not a "technically brilliant" guitarist and her guitar leaves no more space for boobs than a tele does either. She did however design it, which is more than you could say for other women guitarists.

Are you sure she did? 
fret-king.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/f/k/fkv73pcar_image1_1.png

Moe_Zambeek

olafgarten said:

Winny_Pooh said:

mart said:

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/jan/26/cate-le-bon-first-guitar-designed-for-women-st-vincent

Yet another article explaining how this is the first guitar ever that women can play. Whichever marketing type came up with this line must be really pleased with themselves. 

Nauseating piece. I dig St Vincent but not she is not a "technically brilliant" guitarist and her guitar leaves no more space for boobs than a tele does either. She did however design it, which is more than you could say for other women guitarists.

Are you sure she did? 
fret-king.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/f/k/fkv73pcar_image1_1.png

Given that Fret King looks nothing like the St Vincent I'm not sure what the point is

olafgarten

Moe_Zambeek said:

olafgarten said:

Winny_Pooh said:

mart said:

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/jan/26/cate-le-bon-first-guitar-designed-for-women-st-vincent

Yet another article explaining how this is the first guitar ever that women can play. Whichever marketing type came up with this line must be really pleased with themselves. 

Nauseating piece. I dig St Vincent but not she is not a "technically brilliant" guitarist and her guitar leaves no more space for boobs than a tele does either. She did however design it, which is more than you could say for other women guitarists.

Are you sure she did? 
fret-king.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/f/k/fkv73pcar_image1_1.png

Given that Fret King looks nothing like the St Vincent I'm not sure what the point is

It does look quite similar, it's the same basic shape but without out the horns, it even basically has the roughly same control positions. Then again the Esprit is meant to be a Firebird/Explorer/RD hybrid. 

TimmyO

olafgarten said:

Moe_Zambeek said:

olafgarten said:

Winny_Pooh said:

mart said:

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/jan/26/cate-le-bon-first-guitar-designed-for-women-st-vincent

Yet another article explaining how this is the first guitar ever that women can play. Whichever marketing type came up with this line must be really pleased with themselves. 

Nauseating piece. I dig St Vincent but not she is not a "technically brilliant" guitarist and her guitar leaves no more space for boobs than a tele does either. She did however design it, which is more than you could say for other women guitarists.

Are you sure she did? 
fret-king.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/f/k/fkv73pcar_image1_1.png

Given that Fret King looks nothing like the St Vincent I'm not sure what the point is

It does look quite similar, it's the same basic shape but without out the horns, it even basically has the roughly same control positions. Then again the Esprit is meant to be a Firebird/Explorer/RD hybrid. 

and frets too! Total fucking copy. Someone should sue. 

Bowks

Winny_Pooh said:

mart said:

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/jan/26/cate-le-bon-first-guitar-designed-for-women-st-vincent

Yet another article explaining how this is the first guitar ever that women can play. Whichever marketing type came up with this line must be really pleased with themselves. 

Nauseating piece. I dig St Vincent but not she is not a "technically brilliant" guitarist and her guitar leaves no more space for boobs than a tele does either. She did however design it, which is more than you could say for other women guitarists.

It's a badly researched article too. The signature guitar was debuted in August 2015, not early January 2017. 

dogload

Winny_Pooh said:

mart said:

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/jan/26/cate-le-bon-first-guitar-designed-for-women-st-vincent

Yet another article explaining how this is the first guitar ever that women can play. Whichever marketing type came up with this line must be really pleased with themselves. 

Nauseating piece. I dig St Vincent but not she is not a "technically brilliant" guitarist and her guitar leaves no more space for boobs than a tele does either. She did however design it, which is more than you could say for other women guitarists.

I don't get why you are nauseated by the article. And why do you reckon she isn't 'technically brilliant'? Are you really some sort of closet misogynist? Annie Clark is a highly proficient and talented guitarist. Maybe you just don't like her music, but it's a bit of an OTT reaction to what is essentially old news.

Moe_Zambeek

olafgarten said:

Moe_Zambeek said:

olafgarten said:

Winny_Pooh said:

mart said:

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/jan/26/cate-le-bon-first-guitar-designed-for-women-st-vincent

Yet another article explaining how this is the first guitar ever that women can play. Whichever marketing type came up with this line must be really pleased with themselves. 

Nauseating piece. I dig St Vincent but not she is not a "technically brilliant" guitarist and her guitar leaves no more space for boobs than a tele does either. She did however design it, which is more than you could say for other women guitarists.

Are you sure she did? 
fret-king.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/f/k/fkv73pcar_image1_1.png

Given that Fret King looks nothing like the St Vincent I'm not sure what the point is

It does look quite similar, it's the same basic shape but without out the horns, it even basically has the roughly same control positions. Then again the Esprit is meant to be a Firebird/Explorer/RD hybrid. 

Hmm. Not seeing the St V as a direct copy of the Fret King, tbh. The Fret King has that Trev Wilkinson trait of being just *slightly* wrong in every way...

http://fret-king.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/f/k/fkv73pcar_image1_1.png


versus

http://blog.music-man.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/StV.-White-Edit.jpg

I've always thought that this was quite reminiscent:

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/e1/d2/00/e1d200ccf4897b12b80f07ecde8f6a5b.jpg

Gagaryn

NEW GUITAR IN LOOKS A BIT LIKE AN EXISTING GUITAR SHOCKER!!!

mart

Bowks said:
...

It's a badly researched article too. The signature guitar was debuted in August 2015, not early January 2017. 

I think that's one of the other things that wound me up about it. It's not badly researched - it's a puff from EBMM trying to push the new version. If they said it was an eighteen month old guitar then they couldn't persuade a newspaper to print it, so they pretend it's new. There's just so much dishonesty in there. 

Loobs

I think if this wasn't the signature guitar of a cool artist, everyone would laugh at it. 

Winny_Pooh

dogload said:

Winny_Pooh said:

mart said:

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/jan/26/cate-le-bon-first-guitar-designed-for-women-st-vincent

Yet another article explaining how this is the first guitar ever that women can play. Whichever marketing type came up with this line must be really pleased with themselves. 

Nauseating piece. I dig St Vincent but not she is not a "technically brilliant" guitarist and her guitar leaves no more space for boobs than a tele does either. She did however design it, which is more than you could say for other women guitarists.

I don't get why you are nauseated by the article. And why do you reckon she isn't 'technically brilliant'? Are you really some sort of closet misogynist? Annie Clark is a highly proficient and talented guitarist. Maybe you just don't like her music, but it's a bit of an OTT reaction to what is essentially old news.

Don't be redonkulous. I'm a definite fan, especially Actor, but Annie is no Steve Vai. The article is excessively fawning, (don't think she'd like the tone either, she's pretty low key in that respect, watch the Noisy vid or interviews) plus misrepresenting of the facts and poorly written.

Sporky

mart said:

Yet another article explaining how this is the first guitar ever that women can play.

It doesn't say that anywhere in the article.

TimmyO

Loobs said:

I think if this wasn't the signature guitar of a cool artist, everyone would laugh at it. 

Think away. You're wrong :-) 

I really like the MM Armada too - an unusual design and not associated with any particular artist as far as I know. 

WezV

Loobs said:

I think if this wasn't the signature guitar of a cool artist, everyone would laugh at it. 

Like the Albert Lee MM's?  


tbh I think both are cool designs regardless of the artist involved.  Although Alberts look less cool on him than they do in isolation.