New Gibson line finally in stores

FarleyUK

Dan_Halen said:

I had a bash a couple of the ones they had in GuitarGuitar Edinburgh over the weekeend. The necks were comfy and they seemed well set up but the lacquer on the back of the necks felt really thick and sticky/grippy. Normally don't mind a lacquered neck but they all felt that they might be a nightmare in a hot and sweaty gig. Can usually be quite easily fixed with some super fine sandpaper or wire wool but they seemed like they'd need a lot taking off. Has anyone who has bought one found this or just me?

I much prefer satin necks - but find the neck on the 50s Standard I got last week to be absolutely fine.

p90fool

meltedbuzzbox said:

 1 in 10 are left handed right?
I'm sure it is annoying if you are left handed, it's probably annoying as hell but I can understand it from a business point of view. I'd want to satisfy 90% over 10% especially if I was trying to rectify massive debt issues

The vast majority of left handed people who play guitar play right handed. 

Rabs

p90fool said:

meltedbuzzbox said:

 1 in 10 are left handed right?
I'm sure it is annoying if you are left handed, it's probably annoying as hell but I can understand it from a business point of view. I'd want to satisfy 90% over 10% especially if I was trying to rectify massive debt issues

The vast majority of left handed people who play guitar play right handed. 

From what I remember the funny thing about this is that Jimi Hendrix was actually right handed but learned to play left handed as he thought it would get him noticed more 

roberty

p90fool said:

meltedbuzzbox said:

 1 in 10 are left handed right?
I'm sure it is annoying if you are left handed, it's probably annoying as hell but I can understand it from a business point of view. I'd want to satisfy 90% over 10% especially if I was trying to rectify massive debt issues

The vast majority of left handed people who play guitar play right handed. 

That would be me

Grumpyrocker

My daughter is left handed, she's learning to play right handed. On a piano that is. 

equalsql

An old student mate of mine played guitar left-handed, strung upside down even though he was right-handed. Apparently when he first tried using an old guitar his dad had lying around, he did so in a corner chair, wedged in against a bookcase on the left side when sat in it. It got in the way of the neck.. so he just flipped the guitar the opposite way and by the time he realised he was serious about learning he was too set in his way to revert. 

monquixote

I'm a lefty righty as well

HandwrittenHero

Add me to the list of left handed playing right

p90fool

And me.

crunchman

You can add Mark Knopfler and Gary Moore (among other famous players) to the list of lefties who play(ed) right handed. 

roberty

crunchman said:

You can add Mark Knopfler and Gary Moore (among other famous players) to the list of lefties who play(ed) right handed. 

Robert Fripp, Bob Balch. We're doing proper lefties a disservice really

adam1990

p90fool said:

meltedbuzzbox said:

 1 in 10 are left handed right?
I'm sure it is annoying if you are left handed, it's probably annoying as hell but I can understand it from a business point of view. I'd want to satisfy 90% over 10% especially if I was trying to rectify massive debt issues

The vast majority of left handed people who play guitar play right handed. 

This is me! I didn't know there was such thing as a left handed guitar when I started playing...

 I was too young and already too used to doing things the right handed way so ended up playing righty. Probably for the best though as it's just easier for when I want to buy/borrow another guitar.

equalsql

Jared doing his thang on the 50s goldtop.

tony99

equalsql said:

Jared doing his thang on the 50s goldtop.

ok so what settings on my boss kat 50 for this tone at the opening of the vid please chums thanx