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Happened to spot this on the Gibson Custom facebook page.. Pretty interesting for them
http://i1173.photobucket.com/albums/r588/Rabs2010/2008 standard/730908444df_zps4p5uvoja.jpg
Then did a search to find out more about it and cant find much but did see these other modern shaped models
http://i1173.photobucket.com/albums/r588/Rabs2010/2008 standard/6fd14c3dc6_zpsrc7ogqyc.jpg
http://i1173.photobucket.com/albums/r588/Rabs2010/2008 standard/IMG_2746_zpsfckp298r.jpg
And found this one vid
Then while searching I also found this weird Gibson that seems to have somehow escaped my notice
http://www.gibson.com/Products/Electric-Guitars/Designer/Gibson-USA/Shark-Fin.aspx
http://i1173.photobucket.com/albums/r588/Rabs2010/2008 standard/7af02cb34_zpszrcrws6j.jpg
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“Theory is something that is written down after the music has been made so we can explain it to others”– Levi Clay
I think they are basically just Gibson L5's with fancy f-holes, but they are really cool.
And I thought they'd gone too far with their robo-tuners.
Gibson bashing is not really appropriate in this case. Its not a misguided attempt to give the guitar market something it doesn't want like robot tuners or built in obsolescence
The archtops show a decent amount of innovation mixed with the Gibson tradition. They are not meant for the mainstream - This is exactly what a custom shop should be for.
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Very interesting concept!
But they look so awful.
be a bit more interested to hear one those are some chunky sides looking at the porting.
but good to see custom shop does something more than R series les Paul's
Love the 2nd one down. Much as I like old guitars I like it when ideas move out of the 40s & 50s. Apparently four archtops were made, a venture with Gibson and Ishibashi. Though they're almost pure Bruce Kunkel it seems. There's threads with more pics & info of the pale one on jazzguitar.be. Interesting top, no bracing except a single spine which is carved out of the halves of the top itself.
The Shark Fin though... ((shudder)).
Cheers for that info I will check it out
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Theres a green one here... only £ 13,816.17
http://global.rakuten.com/en/store/guitarplanet/item/gibson_cs_cc_l-5_shark_4_bjk_12/
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