Like or urgggghhhh - Gibson Custom Shop Master Artisan Series - One of a kind

guitars4you

Vile as far as I'm concerned but obviously I am not the market place for such a guitar 



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elstoof

I dig it, why not. I’m sure the people who complain about Gibson doing nothing original, just more and more sunburst replicas will finally be happy 

guitars4you

elstoof said:

I dig it, why not. I’m sure the people who complain about Gibson doing nothing original, just more and more sunburst replicas will finally be happy 

There is that side to it but this looks like Kermit the frog has just been flattened by an artic and all his inners splattered onto your guitar

elstoof

Needs a splash of red to finish the look

joeW

Its good to see something different- personally that green one isn't doing much for my but the blue Flying V is pretty cool.  I suspect they are mad expensive and will hardly be played - which is a pity for any musical instrument. 

For aesthetic appreciation I love the look of Jersey Girl guitars out of Japan. 

Boromedic

They're not my thing, it's like the weird Fender Custom Shop stuff really, more a demonstration of what they can do than anything else. The ultimate extension of guitars as collectors items, and show pieces. 

Good to see them do something different, and infinitely less boring than here's another tarts handbag wood library, with more flame than a napalm explosion and more gold hardware than the sovereign wearing ape down the workies. Not that I'm the target market for either like.

guitargeek62

That LP thumbnail looks like a Petri dish that's been left too long. It does look slightly better here, but still fugly:

willo

Inspired by the carpet of your local Wetherspoond?

Fiddlesticks_

Bin

freakboy1610

That bottom one looks mouldy 

grungebob

I really like the yellow explorer. Wouldn’t buy it though. 

icu81b4

I like the Mesa amp. 

guitars4you

icu81b4 said:

I like the Mesa amp. 

Agree - I could live with that - But that just reminds me, didn't Boogie and PRS offer matching finishes for a while on some form of exotic exclusive basis 

AK99

guitargeek62 said:

That LP thumbnail looks like a Petri dish that's been left too long. It does look slightly better here, but still fugly:

I'm told (something not widely published) but that is in fact actually one of those Magic Eye 2D/3D patterns 

Funkfingers

The patchwork Explorer is very HarrySeven.  

stickyfiddle

I’ve given it a Wow but I want it on record that it’s not a good Wow.. 

guitars4you

stickyfiddle said:

I’ve given it a Wow but I want it on record that it’s not a good Wow.. 

not sure I'm happy about a 'mediocre' wow sitting on my stats !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Kittyfrisk

guitars4you said:

stickyfiddle said:

I’ve given it a Wow but I want it on record that it’s not a good Wow.. 

not sure I'm happy about a 'mediocre' wow sitting on my stats !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yeah, that one really sticks out like a sore thumb...

AlexO

The Explorer is very cool. There is a big trend within Americana styles of music for those patterns within clothing. Someone one like Marcus King wouldn't look out of place with that guitar.

BillDL

I have no real opinion either way.  Some will like the brave move and some won't.  I can see the reason why people might choose them for something quite different, but none of the designs really appeals to my own aesthetic tastes.  I have to wonder about the green one with yellow and black swirls.  If they have decided to continue the pattern on the fretboard as depicted, then that spoils the whole thing.  It would be fine with the design on the body, back of neck and headstock, but on the fretboard, pickup covers, stop bar and tuner buttons?  That's a No from me.  How would they do that on the fretboard anyway?  Inlays or graphic decals lacquered over?  This isn't 1st April yet.  It looks to me as though somebody has just overlayed the whole pattern on a photo of a guitar to show the concept, but didn't think to exclude some of the areas of the image.

pluckbuddy

guitargeek62 said:

That LP thumbnail looks like a Petri dish that's been left too long. It does look slightly better here, but still fugly:

A petri dish left in the Murphy lab?

Looks like frog spawn. Probably a richlite board too. Not for me. I prefer P90s anyway.