Dear goodness.

I think it's pretty cool, but I can't help but wonder why didn't they actually make it like the drawing?  Why change the pickguard and pickup selector location?

 
I’m just amused by the limited numbers and the high price. It’s a pure collectible, not for playing. They could have just issued it as a NFT and made more money. 

 
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Theodora, don't split n the floora.

Use the cuspidora, that's what it's fora.

 
Willie G. Moseley said:
No thanks. Silhouette reminds me too much of them ol' Kay tulip guitars.

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+1, It reminds me of those old Kays, and those tulip-cutaway Rickenbacker guitars of the '50s, and  Tokai Talbos.  Yikes, talk about a mess of potential influences one way or the other.  :wacko:

Edited to add, some historical references with pictures:

Under 'Combo' model solidbodies:  http://www.guitarhq.com/rick.html

Here's a VG article about Tokai Talbos:  https://www.vintageguitar.com/3278/tokai-talbo/

 
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Going to be history repeating itself 
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Willie G. Moseley said:
No thanks. Silhouette reminds me too much of them ol' Kay tulip guitars.

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I'm having flashbacks.  I'm pretty sure this is the first guitar my older brother had.  My flashback is to trying to play along to the bar chord part of Suite Madame Blue, you know right after that meedly synth part that ends one part of the suite, through some cheesy little amp.  A miracle, a miracle, a miracle.........Hooked.  Red, white and blue, gaze in your looking glass.

 
Remove either cutaway, and it looks so much better. Still, "meh", but better than it looks now. 

 
Not to hijack the thread, but RE "Suite Madame Blue": When Styx purveys that tune in concert these days, it's still potent.

And R.I.P. Paulie Carrizzo, drum tech for Todd Sucherman for 20 years, who "passed away peacefully" on March 16, according to the Styx website. Like the other Styx techs I got to know, he was courteous and a consummate professional. Friendly but focused on his responsibilities. He was one of the reasons Todd is one of the greatest rock drummers ever, IMO.

 
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crunchee said:
It's not his fault that the current Gibson management decided to 'exhume' (for lack of a better word) this design from Gibson's files
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Huh?.. Yes it is~ it's somebodys fault... I say fire them all for this abomination! 🤣

 
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crunchee said:
Apparently, Ted was no Henry J....which is a good thing.  It's not his fault that the current Gibson management decided to 'exhume' (for lack of a better word) this design from Gibson's files:

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Paul Reed Smith said when he brought Ted McCarty in to consult on design, he started asking Ted about how they did this, why they did that, and so on, and he said Ted got irritated.  He asked Ted if he'd offended him or if he was pushing for too much info, and Ted said, "No - it's just that you're the first person to ask me about this stuff.  Everybody else asks if I have old Explorers or if I have an original Moderne.  You're the first person to ask about how we did it."

 
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