Gibson Garage, London...

Dominic

I think the whole place is a bit cheesy 

JerkMoans

Teyeplayer said:

Old enough to purchase £400 cardigans: 

https://www.gibson.com/en-GB/Product/GABR-1103-1693/GABR-1103-1693-XS

That's some bare peng drip.  Just the thing to pair with my new gold Donald Trump hi-tops.

BobHillman

A sudden thought about this - Gibson aren't exactly known for making amplifiers, so what do you plug any guitar you want to test into?

davros

They own Mesa Boogie

BobHillman

I sit corrected!

InactiveX

Aha, personalised etched truss rod covers.

I don't live anywhere near London, so if anyone goes in, would you get me a couple please? I want:

BOOMER TAT

and

DO NOT APPLY GAFFER TAPE

Go on! I dare you!

Musicman20

Roundwound said:

Hard to watch this and not think Les Pauls are still cool!  https://www.instagram.com/reel/C3vvYaES-rF/?igsh=c3RhaHE5eHc1MzBh

Slash is not cool. He never was. 

DDtB

Musicman20 said:

Roundwound said:

Hard to watch this and not think Les Pauls are still cool!  https://www.instagram.com/reel/C3vvYaES-rF/?igsh=c3RhaHE5eHc1MzBh

Slash is not cool. He never was. 

You're in the minority there matey.  From where I sit, that comment wins the award for being the most incorrect thing posted on the internet today.

Sporky

To be fair, Slash was probably cool (in a rather dated way) 37 years ago. 

Sync

Musicman20 said:

Roundwound said:

Hard to watch this and not think Les Pauls are still cool!  https://www.instagram.com/reel/C3vvYaES-rF/?igsh=c3RhaHE5eHc1MzBh

Slash is not cool. He never was. 

From your perspective re Slash specifically or was that a generalisation?

Last time I saw a Slash (with the Les Paul) or GnR poster anywhere when it actually meant something was late 90s in music shops or live music venues. 

By 98'-00' all got replaced by the Green Day, Fugees, Blink 182, Coldplay and Ben Folds Five genre along with the seemingly infinite supply of Fight Club movie posters though. Thus endeth the Gibson Rock reign and Slash was just clinging on to a decade old reputation. 

darthed1981

Dominic said:

I think the whole place is a bit cheesy 

You're thinking of cheese garage, that's next door.

adamino

I Wish they had freeebie Gibson Stickers 

Jalapeno

Will take a look sometime. Dissappointed there seems to be no archtops. Looks like a big investment !

Voxman

adamino said:

I Wish they had freeebie Gibson Stickers 

They do! - all their guitars come with a free Gibson sticker! 

darthed1981

Are there still queues?

I'd like to pop in but I'm not sodding queueing.

mo6020

darthed1981 said:

Are there still queues?

I'd like to pop in but I'm not sodding queueing.

I'm going to leave it a few weeks before I go down, just to be safe.

Creed_Clicks

Musicman20 said:

Roundwound said:

Hard to watch this and not think Les Pauls are still cool!  https://www.instagram.com/reel/C3vvYaES-rF/?igsh=c3RhaHE5eHc1MzBh

Slash is not cool. He never was. 

I always thought Slash was cool, even though I was never a fan of most of his stuff outside some GnR. He seems to be a Stars in their Eyes version of himself nowadays though.

ManWithoutSkin

I managed to go there on the weekend.

I thought it was amazing. Lots of really good stuff there that I wouldn't get to see in my local shops. It's a dangerous place, loads of guitars that I would never have considered buying if I saw them online but look amazing in real life. A pink Les Paul with P90s? Yes Please!  The staff seemed helpful, allowing lots of people trying out all expensive stuff.

It's well worth a visit, I can't wait to go back.

Supportact

Teyeplayer said:

mrkb said:

How old did the clientele look?

Old enough to purchase £400 cardigans: 

https://www.gibson.com/en-GB/Product/GABR-1103-1693/GABR-1103-1693-XS

Mental. If I saw that in a charity shop for 50p I'd be amazed if anyone bought it. Still not sure 100% if it's a parody or not. Is it? 

lustycourtier

mrkb said:

springhead said:

elstoof said:

They’ve had that site for years to give loaners to artists haven’t they? The old Andertons video where they picked tops for the Danish Pete “sig” was in there. Might as well turn it into a shop to sell some merch and a guitar or two I guess. I wonder how the authorised dealers feel about it, the situation is a bit like when Apple started their own retail outlets. There’s not really anywhere else in London to buy a new Gibson at least, apart from Guitar Guitar Camden

Yep Sixty Sixty Sounds in Denmark St are a Gibson distributor. They’re good, relatively new and not part of the iffy Denmark St reputation. About 5-10 mins walk from them to the Gibson Garage. 

Apart for enabling the Hendrix Monterey Strat farce…..

Their reputation went through the floor over that.