Glenn Gay Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 I was just thinking....I own 7 electric guitars and at least 5 acoustics....not 1 of t hem are Gibson? I had a 92 Gibson Les Paul - Standard Double Cut Away that I sold because I didn't like the neck profile. Doers anybody else feel that way about the Gibson Guitar. I know they are pretty well known and supposed to be top of the line - and they are - Price Ticket at least, but I am not fond of them at all? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuitarGeni Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 I've owned a few Gibson's and grew up in a Gibson household (Dad J45 Acoustic; brother ES-330 Electric both from the mid 60s). I've never played another guitar that had a neck profile as thin as either one. They were what I grew up playing. Very disappointed when I entered the real world and discovered most necks are not like that, even Gibson. I had a Hamer that was close, but not quite there. Anyway, I'm not a huge fan of Gibson. I do think they are overpriced. There was a period of time (80s & 90s) when they were absolutely horrible. Finishes were sloppy and workmanship was poor. No other word for it. I don't care for Les Paul's at all though I've owned a couple. The only Gibson I would consider would be an SG Custom, preferably with a Maestro and P90s. I don't have spare 5 grand laying around so I think I'll pass. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Gay Posted October 2, 2021 Author Share Posted October 2, 2021 lol - I agree 100% @GuitarGeni - I am a Big AC/DC fan - so the SG is on my radar as well. I have a friend that is a master artist. I am buying an SG kit, he is going to build it for me, and he will do the complete finish with Angus Young airbrushed on the front. Probably going to get at this Fall. I hope. Glenn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Havens Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 No Gibsons, do have an Epiphone acoustic, others are Fender Stratocaster, Squier Stratocaster, 2 Ibanez acoustics and Ibanez semi- hollow. I do enjoy the ones I have. Hopefully the future will hold a Telecaster 😎. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffro Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 I used to have a nice Epiphone acoustic. It sounded really good, played really nice. I put some better tuners on it, and goofed up the finish because I had to drill out the holes to enlarge them, lol. But, I didn't care about the looks, because after that, it stayed in tune better. It always sounded & played great. It was given to me by a good friend, Zack, because he said I played it better than he did. But, likewise, I had refinished an electric guitar for him (I think that came first, & I was glad to do it). I painted it black gloss with gold trim. On the back I did a technique where I put gold paint, then a layer of gloss black, and then I scribed a picture so the gold showed through against the black background. (The picture was "Mr Natural", of course this was in the mid-70s.) He loved it, and was always careful to take off his belt when he played it after that, so he wouldn't scratch it! When he wasn't playing it, he hung it in his wall, to show it off. I also had a LP electric, a Washburn classical guitar, and a cheap 12-string acoustic that the intonation was never right on. I don't wanna say what happened to my guitars, but I don't have them any more. Lately I've been trying to get back into playing, I've got a Yamaha classical, a cheap acoustic whose maker I don't remember, and most recently I splurged on a nice Shechter electric with a Floyd Rose bridge (& locking nut). Some people are afraid of those double-locking string systems, but it's not so bad to setup if you know how. It just doesn't make it easy to use other tunings, like "drop D" and so forth, like for using a slide and playing delta blues. I'll have to get a hardtail for that. I wouldn't mind having a whole collection of guitars, and some day I might, but for now I can't justify the money (or the space, as we're living in a really small house for now!). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wiggin Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 I've got a few acoustics, a couple of them even half decent (no Martins or Taylors though) but every so often, like today, I pull this dusty old thing out from under them bed just to see if it's any more playable. I have an unaccountably weird affection for it. I bought it off eBay several years ago and had it shipped from the States to the UK (the postage probably cost more than the guitar). Part of the attraction I think is the nostalgia for the crappy plywood guitars I bought as a kid from my mother's home shopping catalogue (this was probably originally bought in the States by a kid from a catalogue about the same time). It's got a horrible high action but I reckon if I could ever learn to play slide it would be brilliant, t's got that jangly metallic tone you hear on a lot of the old 30s and 40s blues records. I can't think what else to do with it. The tuners are so stiff you almost need pliers to turn the keys (stays in tune though!) and the intonation is all over the place. With a fixed bridge and no adjustability though I have no idea how to correct the intonation. Part of me wants to take it to a guitar tech to get better tuners and bridge fitted and a proper set up but I reckon they'd laugh and tell me to throw it in a skip! I've never shared it on other guitar forums either for the same reason but I thought you guys might appreciate it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Pat Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 I own an Ibanez gax70, an ltd kh-202, a Hondo h815, and a Washburn electric acoustic. I lso have a handful of cigarbox guitars, and a resonator that I built. I got the ltd as atrade for an electric acoustic that I built with fishman electronics. It's nice, but I miss my acoustic!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boby F Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 My guitar stable is fairly modest but I really like what I have. Jonathon's .strandberg got me to looking and I love the .Strandberg Boden standard 6 now that I've played it for a few months. When I bought it I told the wife I would sell two guitars so a Telecaster and a Stratocaster were sold on Reverb. I kept my first electric which is a PRS S2 single cut made in the USA. That was the the most budget-friendly model available from the American factory. I really am not that stuck on American made but my first PRS SE was a beautiful demo model and I, nor a local guitar technician could never get the intonation right so I returned it and decided on the S2 - it's been excellent. Due to my fondness for the lightweight headless guitars I've been looking closely at an Ibanez Quest series guitar which has a lot of the characteristics of the .strandberg but with a traditional neck shape. I've almost pulled the trigger a few times but stopped myself - do I really need another guitar? I bet I'll eventually convince myself that I do. 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Soukup Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 "I have to many guitars said no man ever" 🎸 Fred Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightfoot Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 Played a Les Paul in the 80's and was not impressed with their craftsmanship or the weight. 55 pounds is a lot to carry around on stage. I have an old video of me playing it on stage. Also played a 1982 Ibanez roadstar with a Kahler tremelo. Talk about another mishap of craftsmanship. Kahler tremelo bars were crappy. Just saying. Still own the Ibanez, plus a foreign made acoustic guitar that I picked up from a U.S. soldier in the Middle east. I keep that one in his memory. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kim Jon Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 My wife asks me all the time how many guitars do you need? I always tell her 1 more then I have. Every guitar that I have I play differently on. So, since I play all kinds of styles, I have quite a few guitars. The one guitar I don't have any more is the 10th D42 that Martin ever made. When I got it, I was playing a lot of bluegrass music at the time, and it was a killer sound for that style of music; but that's most of what it was good for, bluegrass. Martin dreadnoughts do bluegrass extremely well and that's because they were specifically designed to do just that. Be a banjo killer in a bluegrass band. It was all right when I played other styles of music on it but not as good as other guitars I have. So, I sold it. Martins and Gibson guitars are great guitars but, they are not the end all to be all of the guitars. There is a whole 'nother level of guitar out there like Olson, Petros, McPherson, Ryan, Somogyi to name a few. Go to dream guitars to listen to some of their demonstration videos for those guitars. I am sure most have heard of bouquet style acoustic guitars but, if not check them out. They are defiantly worth the money if you have the means. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Soukup Posted September 12, 2022 Share Posted September 12, 2022 @Kim Jon Wife: How many guitars do you need? Me: I have too many guitars said no man ever. Fred 🎸 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garys Guitar Posted September 13, 2022 Share Posted September 13, 2022 The only Gibson I've played that I really liked was the 91-92 M3's. They have the thin, fast neck profile I love. Sg's have a nice slim neck, but besides that not my style or a feel that I like. Too clunky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technojeff Posted September 25, 2022 Share Posted September 25, 2022 (edited) Had a few guitars over the years, but never a Gibson Les Paul or Fender. I don’t feel hard done by though as my current electrics include a Duesenberg Fullerton TV with humbucker and P90 pickups, a Yamaha Revstar 720B with 2 custom built overwound Filtertron style pickups and a Yamaha Pacifica 611 with Seymour Duncan humbuckers and P90 pickups. I love the build quality, looks, sound from each of them and the way they feel to play. I don’t really feel disadvantaged by not having either a Gibson or Fender in my armory. (PS. I have played them though). Edited September 25, 2022 by Technojeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illic1t Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 I'm down to 2. And they do everything I need. 1. Parker Nitefly M. 2. Yamaha Aex-500. Had to sell my fender because I moved to Italy. ALSO because I am an idiot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illic1t Posted October 8, 2022 Share Posted October 8, 2022 On 9/26/2022 at 1:17 AM, Technojeff said: Had a few guitars over the years, but never a Gibson Les Paul or Fender. I don’t feel hard done by though as my current electrics include a Duesenberg Fullerton TV with humbucker and P90 pickups, a Yamaha Revstar 720B with 2 custom built overwound Filtertron style pickups and a Yamaha Pacifica 611 with Seymour Duncan humbuckers and P90 pickups. I love the build quality, looks, sound from each of them and the way they feel to play. I don’t really feel disadvantaged by not having either a Gibson or Fender in my armory. (PS. I have played them though). Yamaha does so many things well! Recorded our 1st album on a Yamaha aw2816. I started getting serious about music and spent a text refund on a new psr synth (1990 or so), I later got an old Yamaha analog synthesizer (sy1). Great stuff! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alohasmith201 Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 It depends on what financial possibilities you have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Desmond Posted November 14, 2022 Share Posted November 14, 2022 Hi Glen / Chris & folks, funny new guys ask what sort of guitar should I buy my response is get hooked & you'll probably end up with a few. Like most of you I've a variety. Japanese Takemine acoustic, a Les Paul semi hollow look alike made by Aria (who normally do bases) and a short travel guitar Steinberger Spirit type. I lost a strat years ago, & just recently been able to replace it with a new Black fender. Nice & easy now to play songs like Garry Moore's still got the blues for you, played thro my Spark Pearl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael912000 Posted November 16, 2022 Share Posted November 16, 2022 I own 9 guitars in total, 8 electric and one acoustic. I dont own a Gibson but do have two Epiphone's from the inspired by Gibson range. I have a Les Paul standard Slash signature which has a 59 neck profile, which i really like, and a Les Paul modern, Which has an A symmetrical slim taper, which took a little bit of getting used to but i do like it too. The others are a PRS single cut, Harley Benton TE-20 Tele style, Harley Benton DC-580 SG style, Harley Benton CST-24T Soap Bar PRS Style strat, A Cort X250 Super Strat, Yamaha Pacifica 212 and My Acoustic, an Ovation Celebrity 024. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Soukup Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 I own 3 electric and 3 acoustic guitars. Nothing fancy just a Fender Strat, a PRS Custom 24 SE, a First Act electric guitars. A Taylor acoustic electric, a Yamaha classical guitar and a Scott guitar. Like I said, nothing fancy, but they are adequate for my needs. The First Act was my nephews and was given to me when he died, the Scott guitar was given to me by another veteran. Fred 🎸 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technojeff Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 Back in September 2022, I listed my guitars and just wanted to update you that my wife gave me a Gretsch Electromatic 5420 model with twin Filtertron pickups to add to my collection. It’s a great rock and roll icon of a guitar and a joy to play. Amazing sustain. (As it was our Golden Wedding Anniversary all I got her was a tiny ring… ok it did cost 4 times the price though!!!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geof Gibson Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 Sounds like you got a keeper! The wife. The guitar too, but keep the wife. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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