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!

[Cato]

Ed is the reason I collect mini guitars.

btw who is the guy in your avatar, a kung-fu meister you met in Hong Kong?

[lesfunk]

Gibson is overpriced trash. But I do like the sound of an SG

[Nitro Express]

Gibson is overpriced trash. But I do like the sound of an SG

When I first heard they got raided by the feds I thought it might be due to shady consumer practices. Today in the US they just send armed SWAT teams in for everything. If your dog is running around the neighborhood off a leash they kick down your door and stick a MP5 in your face.

[Nitro Express]

Ed is the reason I collect mini guitars.

btw who is the guy in your avatar, a kung-fu meister you met in Hong Kong?

The guy in my avatar is Jonathan Quayle Higgins III. He's british so he may have spent some time in Hong Kong but he currently resides at the Robin Masters estate in Hawaii.

[Hardrock69]

Let me guess...he is your uncle?

[Matt White]

Let me guess...he is your uncle?

HA!!!

LAREVE LPS......WAY TOO overpriced......GIBSON makes the consumer pay out the ass for the good stuff....which is why they bought Epiphone....to force anybody with a brain to have to drop $$$$

[Cato]

Let me guess...he is your uncle?

I thought he was Nitro's wife's father's cousin.

[Zing!]

The one that passed out at 31 Flavors?

[jhale667]

Did I mention I want one of these?

[Cato]

is it a Korea-made LP studio?

btw I'm pretty sure current Melody Makers are not made in USA.

[Nitro Express]

It all shows the power of the Gibson brand name. People rip them a new asshole on the poor quality control but yet they still want one.

[Seshmeister]

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

Would anything?

[jhale667]

is it a Korea-made LP studio?

btw I'm pretty sure current Melody Makers are not made in USA.

Dunno, but it's the standard mahogany/maple cap body as a regular standard (pretty sure the top is thinner, but who cares) and it's got something I've always wanted...standard inlays on an Ebony board. I ♥ it, wish it came in none more black too...

And you know I'd change out the pickups...

[Cato]

Dunno, but it's the standard mahogany/maple cap body as a regular standard (pretty sure the top is thinner, but who cares) and it's got something I've always wanted...standard inlays on an Ebony board. I ♥ it, wish it came in none more black too...

And you know I'd change out the pickups...

I can't imagine you playing it!

[twonabomber]

Would anything?

Don't be hatin'...

[jhale667]

I can't imagine you playing it!

There are pictures of me from back in the day gigging with a white Les Paul Custom... it happens....

[Cato]

Gibson is overpriced trash. But I do like the sound of an SG

agreed.

I love my SG. I sold all my other Gibsons when I got it.

[Coyote]

There are pictures of me from back in the day gigging with a white Les Paul Custom... it happens....

Let me guess, pic was taken right in the middle of "Mr. Crowley"?

[Nitro Express]

agreed.

I love my SG. I sold all my other Gibsons when I got it.

I did the same. My SG is the only Gibson I own.

[Cato]

oh mate! show us your SG!

[Cato]

I changed the bridge. Gibson's wraptail to Schaller...



Schaller was originally black. I removed the coating because I don't like black hardware(I have 16 pieces in stock and they are all black...........are you guys wondering now what my job is?)

[Nitro Express]

agreed.

I love my SG. I sold all my other Gibsons when I got it.

I'll have to dig it out and take a photo of it. Nothing fancy. It's a SG standard in cherry finish with a black pick guard. What I like about SG's is I'm a Strat player and I can go to an SG and it feels right. Les Pauls just feel wrong. I also have an Epiphone G-400. I rewired it and put new pickups in it. It's a pretty good sounding and playing guitar actually. The original wiring was crap.

[jhale667]

I changed the bridge. Gibson's wraptail to Schaller...



Schaller was originally black. I removed the coating because I don't like black hardware(I have 16 pieces in stock and they are all black...........are you guys wondering now what my job is?)

You can get paid to horde and hate black hardware in Japan? :confused:

[Cato]

dunno....

hey do you know how to remove the black coating?
I used gels for pipe cleaning.

[jhale667]

dunno....

hey do you know how to remove the black coating?
I used gels for pipe cleaning.

So... you're a plumber? No, didn't know, and nice to I guess, though can't see myself ever doing it..