humfree Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 I actually liked these, be it not for the obvious Jimmy slight..Ash Strat with a rear mounted control cavity, reverse headstock, set neck, trem.. tree fitty?http://gear-vault.com/gibson-hendrix-strat-people-are-pissed/What happened to all of those body parts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cynic Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 What type of trem rout is that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomteriffic Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 It looks sort of like a Kahler rout, only way to big, way too deep and on the wrong side of the body. Doubtless it will be home to some new harebrained "innovation" that will disappear faster than a zoot suit SG. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lockbody Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Doubtless it will be home to some new harebrained "innovation" that will disappear faster than a zoot suit SG.Which are surprisingly in demand these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mc2 Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 I'm now noticing that the date in the Gibson HENDRIX Strat story seems to be 2009.....and another story saying Gibson pulled the model from its website back then.So....anyone know what happened to those boxes of HENDRIX Strats in the photos?Gibson doesn't seem one to just toss out already built guitars.Did they throw them into flood waters or let Obama's FEDS seize them, so they could write them off in an insurance claim?Henry J. sure has some balls sometimes, considering how he sues anyone who even thinks of making anything close to a Gibson design. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucSulla Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 The best part of a popular artist tragically dying too young is the future everyone decides they would have had based solely on that artist's creations for the short time he or she was with us.In other words, Jimi could have just as easily ended up a burn out living off his legacy in the 60s and all too willing to that legacy out to the highest bidder as a beloved genius still carrying the torch. But because he died whe he did, we get to invent whatever Jimi we want. Can you imagine if someone would have shot Micheal Jackson 18 months after Thriller came out? I bet few would have assumed his life would go the way it did. And that guitar is weird. I wonder what did become of them - maybe reborn as Valley Arts somethings or other? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucSulla Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Furthermore, I never knew this. How does Gibby win trademark suits over single cuts when Fender was denied trademarks for Strats, Teles, and P-bases?http://archive.azcentral.com/news/articles/2009/04/09/20090409sr-fender0410.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbonesullivan Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Gibson didn't win the trademark suit, if I recall. Gibson's own expert testified that "only an idiot" would confuse a PRS SC with a Les Paul at the point of sale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tobereeno Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 it looks like a nice guitar in and of itself. I'm guessing that the article surmised correctly, that Hendrix' estate was happy to take the money from Gibson for a run of guitars, as inauthentic as it may be?I'll reiterate that it takes balls to sue people left and right, then build a Strat that's a lot closer to a Fender product than the PRS Singlecut ever was to a Les Paul. That hypocrisy more than anything overshadows what could have been a decent guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucSulla Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Apparently, they were just cheapies cashing in on the name. The third offering from this exclusive partnership is the Jimi by Jimi Hendrix "Little Wing" Electric Guitar Package which Gibson engineers and Authentic Hendrix LLC designed with one question in mind: "What if the world's greatest guitarist was still alive today, what guitar would he want to play?" Combining the historical authenticity and more than 100 years of precision guitar making the launch of the Jimi "Little Wing" electric guitar package has been launched. This "Jimi" guitar package is equipped with three Voodoo Child Inspired by Jimi Hendrix pickups and comes with the new 10-watt "Max Feedback" amplifier so that the musician is all set to recreate Hendrix's unearthly playing style. The package also comes with an instructional DVD, which includes detailed lessons and a walk through of the components of the entire guitar package. In addition consumers will receive a deluxe padded gig bag, a 10 foot guitar cable, a nylong strap with the Authentic Hendrix logo on it and three Authentic Hendrix guitar picks. MSRP $249.99 USD. http://www.musicradar.com/us/news/guitars/jimi-hendrix-electric-guitar-packages-220786 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kizanski Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Can you imagine if someone would have shot Micheal Jackson 18 months after Thriller came out?A fella can dream... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCChris Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 http://youtu.be/B-AKN40ZONU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velorush Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 In other words, Jimi could have just as easily ended up a burn out living off his legacy in the 60s and all too willing to that legacy out to the highest bidder as a beloved genius still carrying the torch. But because he died whe he did, we get to invent whatever Jimi we want.See.Sly.Stone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burningyen Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 What type of trem rout is that? They were going to use Steinberger trems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burningyen Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Furthermore, I never knew this. How does Gibby win trademark suits over single cuts when Fender was denied trademarks for Strats, Teles, and P-bases?http://archive.azcentral.com/news/articles/2009/04/09/20090409sr-fender0410.htmlBecause so many makers had used the S, T and P shapes for so many years (without a peep from Fender) that the shapes ceased to be a unique signifier of who made the guitar. The LP shape hasn't been quite as widely copied, so Gibson was able to register the shape as a trademark. But as has already been posted, they weren't able to prove likelihood of consumer confusion in the PRS case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merman9393 Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 My opinion was that bad marketing/advertising, was the demise of these models. Forums went ablaze when the production of Gibson Hendrix models were announced, approved by the Hendrix Family. Previously Gibson released several Hendrix Flying V models, with no outcries from the fans. Hendrix had been known to play V's and Les Paul's occasionally, and one of the V Gibson models even featured the recreated paint scheme off the V he had played at Isle of Wight. But Gibson releasing a Fender Style Guitar, as a Hendrix Tribute series just hit a nerve with Fender fans. There was supposed to be a series of guitars,... A budget series bolt on, with amp, tuner, and T-shirt, and a high end model with set neck, active pickups, and Steinberger Transposing Trem.I was interested in that high end model and made inquiries at the time. I was informed everything was destroyed, as part of a settlement with the Hendrix family in regards to licensing/payment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbonesullivan Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Well, the problem is also that all of the rights are controlled by Jimi Hendrix's adopted sister, who was a little kid when he died. It's pretty obvious that she is a "professional celebrity" who pretty much makes her living and gets by from all the artistic work her brother did. It's really kind of sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tobereeno Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Well, the problem is also that all of the rights are controlled by Jimi Hendrix's adopted sister, who was a little kid when he died. It's pretty obvious that she is a "professional celebrity" who pretty much makes her living and gets by from all the artistic work her brother did. It's really kind of sad.on the flip side, if you had an older sibling that became a rock god, and you fell into being the caretaker of his legacy, would you spurn that for a vanilla day job out of some sense of snob artistic integrity? I wouldn't!I read the press statement from the sister and it sounded fairly admirable - to make budget guitars available to kids, along with a learn to play guitar book. a kid may very well feel a bit more inspired by playing a Hendrix guitar, versus some truly cheap-ass guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biz Prof Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Well, the problem is also that all of the rights are controlled by Jimi Hendrix's adopted sister, who was a little kid when he died. It's pretty obvious that she is a "professional celebrity" who pretty much makes her living and gets by from all the artistic work her brother did. It's really kind of sad.One would have hoped that she could have worked out a reasonable deal with Fender to produce a legacy model. Avarice to the extreme (on either side) would lead to a dealbreaker, I'm confident. There are a few lost opportunities out there for FMIC, regardless of interest or fault. It would have been cool to see the brand market signature models for Jimi, Brent Mason, Steve Morse, Albert Lee, and even Glen Tipton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Haynie Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Steve Morse and Albert Lee were snapped up by Music Man in the mid 80's. Glenn Tipton remained loyal to Hamer from that time forward as well. Somewhere in the 80's Fender was floundering and the company was bought cheap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biz Prof Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 Steve Morse and Albert Lee were snapped up by Music Man in the mid 80's. Glenn Tipton remained loyal to Hamer from that time forward as well. Somewhere in the 80's Fender was floundering and the company was bought cheap. My point exactly. The timing just wasn't there. Bill Schultz was about four years too late, but for Hamer and MM, that was a good thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmatthes Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 The truth? I witnessed the press release of that model within minutes of it being trumpeted on Gibson's website. Within a few short hours, there were HUNDREDS of hateful, mocking and just plain funny posts, lambasting Gibson for even thinking of releasing that abomination. Within 12 hours, the site had crashed twice and every gear site was pointin to it , almost unanimously poking fun at the horse's ass who greenlit that piece if shit. The site was scrubbed clean within 48 hours and all mention of the model disappeared. GONE.I think the negative backlash was simply too much, and I'll bet some idiot(s) got canned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
humfree Posted January 29, 2015 Author Share Posted January 29, 2015 So... fire wood? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucSulla Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 Trademarked too, brah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HAMERMAN Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 Trademarked too, brah.!Perfect! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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