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Yikes. A floating neck and set-in bridge. Bizarre.
Gibson Les Paul Supreme - 2014, Heritage Cherry Sunburst | Sweetwater.com
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06-05-2014 11:46 AM
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On a chambered solid body ta boot.
Looks cool.
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I think it's a fail. A floater on a chambered solid body...no adjustable poles and limited adjustability of the pickup itself? I have a chambered Les Paul (but without soundholes) and it does not have much acoustic volume (more than a non-chambered one though). I don't think the floater is going to give it anything one couldn't achieve by adjusting a built-in pickup.
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Another epic Gibson "innovation" fail. Why the hell would I want a floating pickup on a Les Paul? Aesthetic nightmare too.
I did see they reissued the 225 though...not everybody on the board is wearing Bad Idea jeans...
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Yeah... not feelin' it.
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8 lbs. what now?
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The Sea-Foam Green LP Florentine Supreme was shown at 2014 NAMM, I believe.
I have taken a shine to it, in an odd way. Jangly, sparkly, sweet and creamy, I don't know. A Johnny Smith with adjustable pole pieces would have been a better idea.
If I find one used for under $3000, I may buy it. Guess I will sit on me hands till about 2015. Rootbeer or Sea-Foam Green? Think I will take Rootbeer.
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8 pounds 14oz. Ocean Water.
Originally Posted by teleboli
Changed my mind.
A Johnny A Custom would do me well.
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Chancers: "can play in any style from country to metal - and anything in between."
My first immediate impression was that is was ugly, and expensive ugly. But then I thought I'd love to give it a try...
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To someone who doesn't relate, it really is the worst of both worlds. To someone who can make it work, I don't think there's much out there to compete. I put a Johnny Smith on an Ibanez AM50 once. I related.
Now the old Gibson Florentines and Epiphone Elite semi hollows were really nice, versatile and pretty. They made them 2 years and dropped them for lack of interest. By the way, the Florentines were really nice. David
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Really. How foolish. Let's put a floater in the neck position so as to not impede the "vibration" of the thick maple top. Even though we're attaching a set-in bridge hummer and a stop tail. Again, bizarre. Originally Posted by coolvinny
I mean, I like the idea of a chambered-f-hole LP, but with a floater on the thick maple top? What are they thinking???
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To be fair, Gibson's blurb did state "can play in any style from country to metal - and anything in between." Is jazz in between country and metal? They really should have made this instead: 1998 Gibson Custom Shop "Wes Paul Custom" Les Paul . Put a floater on it anyway. It's spruce.
Is the fretboard of ebony or Richlite? I thought Gibson stopped using ebony except in the L5 and the Super 400 starting from 2012.Last edited by Jabberwocky; 06-05-2014 at 02:29 PM.
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I like it, but I like Les Pauls.
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Wes Paul Custom? I don't think I wike it.
Spwoose top.
DavidLast edited by TH; 06-05-2014 at 03:16 PM.
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Teacher! David said WIKE. I think he is mocking me. I wike white wice and I am not a pwick. Originally Posted by TruthHertz
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I have liked the Heritage Millennium Ultra since I heard Wolfgang Muthspiel playing a similar model with Brian Blade in some youtube videos.
The Gibson looks like a bad clone of the Millennium, with some garish twists for distinction. The flaming is corny and gauche, the wrong fret inlays looks garish and out of place, as does the uptownish purposeless gold floater.
So close and yet so wrong. Where's the elegance?
Heritage, on the other hand, did this style right, imho.
Last edited by Flat; 06-05-2014 at 03:30 PM.
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Actually, the Gibson CS-356 would have suited the Jazz Hybrid moniker a lot better. A floating Johnny Smith may have been a nice alternative on the CS-356 too.
Who makes these decisions at Gibson anyway?
And these guys were sort of a little ahead of the game: http://u.jimdo.com/www57/o/s4ccd0dd3...imoto-blue.jpg .Last edited by Jabberwocky; 06-05-2014 at 03:07 PM.
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Yet another terrible idea from Gibson. I will put that alongside the 'Midtown' and the Pat Martino Sig from the 90's.
I mean what is it supposed to do, that all the other guitars associated with the different genres can't? (thats rhetorical because we know the answer is nothing)
Does anyone really need a guitar that can do everything and if this can, how many tele players will that piss off?
And have you seen the thickness of that top?!!
Lol
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Fowgive me dewailing this thwead but it WAS a Wes Paul: Originally Posted by Jabberwocky
Mmmm, back to the peanut gallery
David
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Disagree about the PM Sig model. Very cool small-bodied single-cut semi. For those who feel a LP is just too small. Originally Posted by GoergeBenson
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I used to have a Millenium, much better value then the Gibson model. I got it at he same time i got a Heritage Eagle and eventually sold the Millenium.
Originally Posted by Flat
I have liked the Heritage Millennium Ultra since I heard Wolfgang Muthspiel playing a similar model with Brian Blade in some youtube videos.
The Gibson looks like a bad clone of the Millennium, with some garish twists for distinction. The flaming is corny and gauche, the wrong fret inlays looks garish and out of place, as does the uptownish purposeless gold floater.
So close and yet so wrong. Where's the elegance?
Heritage, on the other hand, did this style right, imho.
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Actually, it only looks about as thick as the top on my Andersen Streamline (he tends to use less arched but thicker soundboards). Carved plates are often surprisingly thick, at least at the f-holes. Originally Posted by GoergeBenson
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Isn't that called an Es-137 (throw in the 135 without the stop tailpiece) Originally Posted by Woody Sound
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odd model... what is the 'jazz-type' thing that a floater provides on a solid body guitar? ... hmm..
but who knows, maybe there are some massive vibrations that this idea sets free... gotta find me a seafoam green model to check it out... ;-)
http://www.zzounds.com/item--GIBLPSU14?siid=131020
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I think it looks good.
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