Gibson 2015 Models - now official with prices...

chrisj1602

http://blog.andertons.co.uk/guitars/gibson-2015-guitar-line-announced

guitarfishbay

"On the new bridge instead of having your standard screws that hold everything together and allow for adjustment the 2015 models will instead have thumbscrews fitted with hex wrench sockets so you can easily change your action without the need for a screwdriver."

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Is finding a screwdriver harder than finding an Allen key? Not discounting the advantages of Allen sockets but I don't see the difference in 'ease'.

Panama_Jack666

I read on MR (sorry) £2,499 for a standard. I passed solids in my pants.

Alnico

Wow. I never knew the guitars that andertons sell have nuts with "Groves" in them.
Someone should tell 'Matty'. He will be chuffed to bits !

p90fool

So the price scare was a hoax then?
Trads are only a hundred quid more than 2012's RRP, and you can get a Deluxe for £1699.

Sounds fine to me.

WezV

I will take this one please:

http://www.andertons.co.uk/solid-body-electric-guitars/pid35953/cid671/gibson-usa-2015-les-paul-deluxe-in-metallic-pelham-blue-top.asp

but yeah, some rather pointless changes that will not make these popular.

G-force - ntohign against robot tuners, although i would prefer them to be an options rather than a standard feature

Zero fret nut - so its not a traditional zero fret with nut but seems to be a combined and adjustable version... makes me think of a danelectro nut :?  it looks a bit clunky to me, and can it easily be swapped for a normal nut or have they removed some wood to make it fit.  Is the real point of this "innovation" to make the tuning system more reliable ?

http://mmguitarbar.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/61y2cirnmkl__sl1500__zps9c453266_uofv8c.jpg?w=580

Wider neck and Plek  with 27% lower frets.  so that's less life between refrets then.  Fretless wonder??   not really bothered about a wider neck either, although its nice to have it as an option

Hex key bridge - Its a good improvement for a tune-o-matic style that could only be raised by the thumbweels before

removable pickguard - i quite like the idea, until you notice missing bracket.  I assume its all done with magnets, but surely you could do just the same and keep the bracket

Les paul 100 logo - what an attractive scrawl it is (see above)

jeztone2

Well Im ordering a Feline in 2015, I see no point in what Gibson are trying to do anymore.

chrisj1602

There is no way on earth I would pay £2499 for a LP Standard, but a gloss LP Junior with a hard case for £699? Can't argue with that.  I'll just need to buy some normal tuners and flog the robot shit on eBay.

BloodEagle

Why the hell are they using that god-awful logo? I understand they feel they want to mark an occasion, but someone needs to be straight and tell them it looks really shitty. That would really put me off buying one - couldnt they just have it on the back of the headstock or something?

thomasross20

What is the zero fret all about????

Bogwhoppit

thomasross20 said:

What is the zero fret all about????

Replace the nut with a fret basically.  I prefer that method, it means a constant action along the fretboard. Shit for slide playing, but something the 80s MIJ guitars used a lot.

gubble

Whoa that logo thing is a terrible idea.

I genuinley cannot see anyone wanting that on their Gibson. Especially like the majority of us if we want a real gibson we have to save up for a long time to get the real thing & having that logo it wouldn't look like the real thing.

grungebob

I'll take a special double cut please

iseverynamegone

I haven't looked at this yet and never have nor will buy a new gibson, but I'm going to study it later to find some small change to moan about in here.

BloodEagle

wow - well that's my wig flipped

underdog

£700 for a junior in TV yellow with a hard case, don't mind if I do.

thermionic

Zero fret, robot tuners, "removable" pickguard - not my cup of tea, but fair enough. But why does the Traditional have these modern features?

I'm going to be on a 2nd hand Epi budget for a few years anyway...

dindude

In many respects I think this is their most coherent range for a few years, plenty, but not too much, still under the £1K price point but not with the shitty un-finishes, and a Les Paul at every price point.

But! Zero nut, robot tuners,THAT logo, what a turn-off.

Like the Junior and the special double cut otherwise.

Just noticed that even the SG doesn't escape that dreaded logo either!

not_the_dj

grungebob said:

I'll take a special double cut please

Sign me up for one of those as well. 

Voxman

I like the robot tuners for fast tuning changes but hate that logo (really tacky), & I like the pickguard to rest my pinky on (& IMHO LP's just look better with the pickguard). No views on the Zero nut yet - I'd have to play one first, and re wider neck and lower frets I doubt it's going to make a huge difference other than wear down your frets faster (as already pointed out).  So I think I'll stick with my current 1990 LP Custom & 2003 SG Standard.  Not that I could afford a new LP anyway! 

Bucket

What a bunch of boring shite.

And they still haven't fixed the necks.