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7/3/2003 4:13 AM

Gibson goes Digital

This may be the wrong forum, but this is the one I frequent. Check out this story about Gibson going digital with their guitars: http://www.usatoday.com/tech/columnist/kevinmaney/2003-07-01-maney_x.htm

These guys can't even build a decent plain old guitar anymore (okay, that's a little harsh), and they think this is going to save their company? Better that they concentrate on build quality than developing digital.

7/3/2003 8:44 AM
steve conner	Uuuugggggg... Pass me the sick bag.... Barf... Too late! Line 6 beat them to it anyway with the Variax Steve C.

7/3/2003 4:51 PM
neatpete	what i want to know is why gibson can charge me Ł650 for a very nastily built les paul, when i can get a beautiful highway one strat for the same price that is vastly superior in quality. this may be a bad move for gibson.... noone is separating me from my beloved strat peter

7/4/2003 12:02 AM

Sleebo_the_Beebo

First of all, current Gibsons are actually very good. I'd say equally as good as what was produced in the 50's. Of course, the vintage 1959 LP has lot's of snob appeal. But in mu opinion, nothing more.

Secondly, guitars have been digital in one form or another for nearly a decade. Line six modeling amps, Variax guitar, Roland guitar synths of various kinds, for example.

Finally, analog will never die.

7/4/2003 5:31 AM
Regan	I couldn't disagree more, I think the current Gibson guitars are atrocious, lack of fretwork, bad finishing, glue showing etc. Not a chance that the quality is very good and nowhere near any early gibson solidbody I have ever seen. Regan

7/4/2003 2:16 PM
Nathan Noel	Ugh, there's a Gibson Custom Shop Les Paul hanging in a shop here in town. Close your eyes and it's a pretty nice guitar. But the finish work is for crap.... Horrible looking finish compared to the production ones. Sloppy binding, looks like it missed it's final buffing.... And that guitar has a tag price of $3,200. Never!!!!

7/4/2003 4:27 PM

well i played one of those faded wood les pauls, as they are the only les paul anywhere near my price range without going epiphone, and it was really nasty. it sounded bad, played hard, and the less said about the fretwork the better. put next to a highway one strat or even my beloved mexican strat there is no competition, even from a guitar costing almost half the price.

come and see my rig some time. it goes strat-crybaby (on loan)- amp. where the amp is a SE EL84 design with a JCM800 all tube preamp. digital??? bah.

peter

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