57Gregy Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 A new guitar designed in 1957. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesse Screed Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 Cooooool? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigb Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 Hmm... I was going to go with "Ewwwwww!" but I guess "Cooooool" is close enough... ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bats brew Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 that is phuckin' ugly. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesse Screed Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 43 minutes ago, craigb said: Hmm... I was going to go with "Ewwwwww!" 22 minutes ago, batsbrew said: that is phuckin' ugly. You all is lacking in perspicacity.? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitekrazy Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibson_Moderne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
telecode 101 Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 it looks cool but for that stripe in the middle. sort of reminds of me of that malay blackwood tele. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bapu Posted March 29, 2022 Share Posted March 29, 2022 Kinda meh to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bapu Posted March 29, 2022 Share Posted March 29, 2022 Too many of the wrong kind of strings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennywtelejazz Posted March 29, 2022 Share Posted March 29, 2022 (edited) I'm actually digging the Explorer style head stock . As far as the guitar goes in a way it may look a little strange at first but the thing is I bet it was a model they were considering putting out back then . It may have lost out to other Models they decided to manufacture instead . The meat and potatoes of the Theodore can be found in both the Gibson Les Paul Special and The Gibson Les Paul Special Double cutaway. All 3 Models of guitar including the Theodore share many things in common . A mahogany Body ,a rosewood fingerboard , 2 P 90 pick ups , a Wraparound tailpiece that also serves as the guitars bridge , a 3 way toggle switch , independent volume and tone controls for each pick up, and a 24 . 75 scale length . So if we eliminate the funny looking cutaways , the explorer style head stock and the skunk stripe on the The Theodore's guitar body .And if we did a blind test sound only between the 3 Gibson Guitar Models I have mentioned . I would be willing to bet very few people would be able to tell which guitar was which based on what they sound like .... BTW , I do most of my guitar practice on an Epiphone version of the Les Paul Special w 2 P 90's . I simply love playing that guitar and I hope the day comes when I can trade up to the Gibson ... After all is said and done ...gulp ...I still kinda like that Explorer head stock Kenny ?? Edited March 29, 2022 by kennywtelejazz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
57Gregy Posted March 29, 2022 Author Share Posted March 29, 2022 Yeah, it's not too attractive. I found it interesting that they would introduce such an old design so long after it was created. Sort of like the Moderne story Paul Young linked above, but waaaayyyy later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennywtelejazz Posted March 29, 2022 Share Posted March 29, 2022 (edited) 6 hours ago, 57Gregy said: Yeah, it's not too attractive. Hey Buddy ! don't be talking about my future ex guitar in that tone . Will Smith ain't the only one around here that can do an authentic Batman Slap ? 6 hours ago, 57Gregy said: I found it interesting that they would introduce such an old design so long after it was created. Sort of like the Moderne story Paul Young linked above, but waaaayyyy later. Guitars can certainly fall into the artistic movement or the ideal realm of romanticism . How many times has a musician written a song only to temporarily abandon it and then rediscover it at a much later time when they feel they can possibility do it justice . In that respect a guitar , a song or any well executed creative Idea can be timeless . . Kenny Edited March 29, 2022 by kennywtelejazz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mettelus Posted April 3, 2022 Share Posted April 3, 2022 That is sort of an odd introduction, and they spend more time talking about McCarty. What is ironic is that when PRS started out and was pouring over patents, two names always showed up... Leo Fender and Ted McCarty. After some coaxing, PRS reached out to Ted (he was blind by that time), and Ted became his mentor of sorts. Constrained by the patents from Gibson and Fender, McCarty chose hybrid specs in many instances to not only get the ideal specs, but also pick the best features of each company. The PRS McCarty 594 is dedicated to Ted and embodies a culmination of his life's experience in learning the art. Not many realize McCarty's influence in PRS, which ended up being pretty extensive. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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