Gibson Announces New "Government Series" Limited Edition Guitars

[Hardrock69]

300 Les Pauls, 100 SGs, 100 Flying Vs, made using rosewood returned by the government from the Gibson factory raids. Funny...they come with Gibson "Dirty Fingers" pickups.

Flying V:

http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/DSVGGVBC/

SG:

http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/SGGVGVBC

Les Paul:

http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/LPSTGGVBC

[sadaist]

Always liked the Gibson Flying V. Some day when I have a little extra money I would like to buy the "wee vee" mini version just for some fun. I have the mini les paul already.

[Cato]

hey sadaist I like mini guitars too. check out my babies!

[Coyote]

300 Les Pauls, 100 SGs, 100 Flying Vs, made using rosewood returned by the government from the Gibson factory raids. Funny...they come with Gibson "Dirty Fingers" pickups.

Flying V:

http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/DSVGGVBC/

SG:

http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/SGGVGVBC

Les Paul:

http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/LPSTGGVBC

Personally, I prefer a late-70's headstock on V's... But that's a nice lookin' axe, nonetheless...

[sadaist]

hey sadaist I like mini guitars too. check out my babies!

I know dude. lol. Don't you remember the thread I started a few years back where you posted all those & it turns out a lot of the guys enjoy the minis for fucking around with.

Love the top one in the pic.

[Sarge]

what a great idea!

[Sarge]

and why did they only rip off 1/2 of the plastic on the pickguard for that sweetwater picture?

[Cato]

black hardware is not a great idea...

[Hardrock69]

and why did they only rip off 1/2 of the plastic on the pickguard for that sweetwater picture?

Beats the crap out of me.

Seems that the gummint found the only real problem was that Gibson was not performing due-dilligence on the origins of the wood seized in the 2009 raid. This rosewood for these axes was from the 2011, which was all returned to Gibson.

Personally I think axes look better with Chrome hardware.

[jhale667]

black hardware is not a great idea...

It's almost always a great idea. Not so much on that V, the chrome-silver ratio seems off.

[twonabomber]

black hardware is not a great idea...

Chrome hardware on my pink (?!) Hamer Steve Stevens 1 wouldn't look right.

[Cato]

black hardware just fits modern look guitars like Ibanez RG or Jackson King V and I don't like them...

when did it come out, about 30 years ago?

[ELVIS]

What's up with the Corvette looking emblem playing a guitar neck ??

That's gay, ghey and F A T...

[Cato]

you are kinda fat.

[Nitro Express]

hey sadaist I like mini guitars too. check out my babies!

Ed just called. He wants those back!