Early April Fools Gibson?

[kizanski]

This is a joke, right?

 

Discuss.

[Cboss]

Gibson is capable of any level of crassness..

Complete with the fucking plastic crowns (of course)

[G Man]

Yeah, this one makes me think Henry J is still running things.

[crunchee]

Sadly, the "Theodore" is real:

Gibson revives a lost Ted McCarty design from the 1950s with the Theodore (guitar.com)

I'm still waiting for the "Simon" and "Alvin" models.   

[kizanski]

3 minutes ago, crunchee said:

Sadly, the "Theodore" is real:

[Biz Prof]

Gibson can't even render proper tooling to make an accurate 1958-spec Explorer headstock shape (outside a small number of CS Explorers) . Not sure I trust them to get anything else correct.

[diablo175]

[Travis]

It’s hideous. 

I can’t. I just, I can’t…

[G Man]

What's the over/under on actually seeing one of these on a stage someday?  Can't be good odds.

[RobB]

Welp, they got the headstock right, at least. 

[Dutchman]

Does anyone remember when they piled up a shit load of brand new guitars and ran over them with a Dozer? I hope they kept that Dozer handy. It looks like a Tulip being molested by a hockey stick. I guess they didn't understand why no one built one in the 65 years since it was designed. It's FUGLY!!! 

 

[kizanski]

39 minutes ago, G Man said:

What's the over/under on actually seeing one of these on a stage someday?

Zero chance. In fact...

5 minutes ago, Dutchman said:

Does anyone remember when they piled up a shit load of brand new guitars and ran over them with a Dozer? I hope they kept that Dozer handy.

...this is the first thing that I thought of when I saw that eyesore of a guitar.

[cynic]

I read they've got Ace lined up to strum one at the official announcement soiree.

[bry4321]

You guys left off the best part:

 

 "the Theodore lists for $4,999." https://guitar.com/news/gear-news/gibson-revives-lost-ted-mccarty-design-1950s-theodore/ 

 

(I have no idea what that means in terms of actual price to buy.) 

[crunchee]

1 hour ago, Dutchman said:

Does anyone remember when they piled up a shit load of brand new guitars and ran over them with a Dozer?

 

56 minutes ago, kizanski said:

...this is the first thing that I thought of when I saw that eyesore of a guitar.

 

 

[Steve Haynie]

I wonder if it is possible to order a robot guitar from the Gibson Custom Shop?  Imagine what the Murphy lab relic job would look like.  😁

[hamerhead]

I don't think I've ever seen a guitar shrug before.

[RobB]

1 hour ago, bry4321 said:

You guys left off the best part:

 

 "the Theodore lists for $4,999." https://guitar.com/news/gear-news/gibson-revives-lost-ted-mccarty-design-1950s-theodore/ 

 

(I have no idea what that means in terms of actual price to buy.) 

They’re misinformed on the MSRP:

The Music Zoo

ETA: The guitar.com link is for their initial, CS offering with P90s/wraptail. Whatever, still ridiculous at any price.

 

 

[Gabe]

1 hour ago, crunchee said:

 

 

 

Are these shredder guitars?

 

Gabe 😎

[velorush]

Bucovac had one (albeit, loaded with P-90s) a month or so ago raving about how great is sounded.  Call me shallow, but I couldn't get past the looks to care what it sounded like.  In college we would have termed this a "contraceptive guitar" (original reference was 'contraceptive shoes,' but I will take license).

 

[DaveH]

And just think, Jol flat refused to put that headstock on ANY custom order...

[duncans]

Aw, come on. All they have to do is get Joe B. to play one for a couple of nights and they'll sell like hotcakes.

They are hidious looking though. I don't think the Teisco tulips are very popular either.

[veatch]

I'm a friend of all guitars. 

But I just threw up in my mouth.  A little. 

[scottcald]

There’s a reason Ted left that drawing in a drawer. 

[Jeff R]