ncgalt1984
Joined: Nov 27, 2013
Posts: 235
Greenville, NC
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Posted on Sep 15 2017 11:05 AM
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JObeast
Joined: Jul 24, 2012
Posts: 2762
Finknabad, Squinkistan
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Posted on Sep 15 2017 11:20 AM
Ooh they are going to do it right too with no hipster concessions. Stoked. Time to sell off some gear to raise necessary funds!
— Squink Out!
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ncgalt1984
Joined: Nov 27, 2013
Posts: 235
Greenville, NC
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Posted on Sep 15 2017 11:37 AM
On YouTube they are saying the price will be the same as the S500 putting it at $895...
https://youtu.be/cuF5dbcwVck
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Chippertheripper
Joined: Mar 11, 2011
Posts: 819
Semass
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Posted on Sep 15 2017 03:53 PM
JObeast wrote:
Ooh they are going to do it right too with no hipster concessions. Stoked. Time to sell off some gear to raise necessary funds!
what's a hipster concession??
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JakeDobner
Joined: Feb 26, 2006
Posts: 12159
Seattle
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Posted on Sep 15 2017 04:45 PM
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ncgalt1984
Joined: Nov 27, 2013
Posts: 235
Greenville, NC
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Posted on Sep 15 2017 05:46 PM
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JObeast
Joined: Jul 24, 2012
Posts: 2762
Finknabad, Squinkistan
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Posted on Sep 16 2017 12:54 AM
Chippertheripper wrote:
JObeast wrote:
Ooh they are going to do it right too with no hipster concessions. Stoked. Time to sell off some gear to raise necessary funds!
what's a hipster concession??
"Pawnshop" mix'n'match nonsense, for example. G&L seems to cater to a more aesthetically settled clientele. Maybe more pros.
— Squink Out!
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kruelkats
Joined: Mar 26, 2012
Posts: 206
Bogor, West Java
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Posted on Sep 16 2017 01:05 AM
what's next? jazzmaster with floyd rose?
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JakeDobner
Joined: Feb 26, 2006
Posts: 12159
Seattle
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Posted on Sep 16 2017 01:57 AM
JObeast wrote:
"Pawnshop" mix'n'match nonsense, for example. G&L seems to cater to a more aesthetically settled clientele. Maybe more pros.
This is 100% a dad guitar. And it is a Pawnshop mix and match. Strat vibrato, strat controls, 100% fugly.
G&Ls are hideous. They cater to bedroom players, people who buy new guitars and baby them.
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Chippertheripper
Joined: Mar 11, 2011
Posts: 819
Semass
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Posted on Sep 16 2017 06:57 AM
JObeast wrote:
Chippertheripper wrote:
JObeast wrote:
Ooh they are going to do it right too with no hipster concessions. Stoked. Time to sell off some gear to raise necessary funds!
what's a hipster concession??
"Pawnshop" mix'n'match nonsense, for example. G&L seems to cater to a more aesthetically settled clientele. Maybe more pros.
You mean mix and match like slapping a strat term on, moving the switch and adding an extra knob?
Edit: jake beat me to it.
Re: a more aesthetic clientele? I can only assume you mean "old" and are referring to the color. And pro? I'm not sure in 2017 that one can define professional musician by their gear. My .02
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JObeast
Joined: Jul 24, 2012
Posts: 2762
Finknabad, Squinkistan
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Posted on Sep 16 2017 10:29 AM
Ok, the combined force of your arguments against the guitar pictured above have shamed me into changing my opinion about it. I agree, it totally sux. Sure glad I'm not sharing it in a "NGD" post.
— Squink Out!
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IvanP
Joined: Feb 27, 2006
Posts: 10331
southern Michigan
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Posted on Sep 16 2017 10:44 AM
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Kawentzmann
Joined: Feb 27, 2006
Posts: 1058
Berlin, Germany
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Posted on Sep 16 2017 12:23 PM
IvanP wrote:
JakeDobner wrote:
This is 100% a dad guitar.
The 'dad' putdown is one of the most obnoxious things millennials have come up. You're much better than that, Jake.
Is he?
— The Exotic Guitar of Kahuna Kawentzmann
You can get the boy out of the Keynes era, but you can’t get the Keynes era out of the boy.
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JakeDobner
Joined: Feb 26, 2006
Posts: 12159
Seattle
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Posted on Sep 16 2017 12:36 PM
IvanP wrote:
JakeDobner wrote:
This is 100% a dad guitar.
The 'dad' putdown is one of the most obnoxious things millennials have come up. You're much better than that, Jake.
This is 100% a lawyer guitar.
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IvanP
Joined: Feb 27, 2006
Posts: 10331
southern Michigan
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Posted on Sep 16 2017 12:44 PM
(Sorry for OT - I have no opinion on the guitar and will stop after this.)
Jake, some dads I believe you're pretty fond of (one a grandpa, actually):
Once there are millennial non-dads that have accomplished a tenth of what these guys have accomplished, then millennials should feel free to use 'dad' as a putdown.
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Squid
Joined: Aug 22, 2010
Posts: 1018
Portland, Oregon with Insanitizers
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Posted on Sep 16 2017 01:00 PM
That JM looks similar to all other JMs. Sure I see differences from others, but they are very small. If I were looking for a JM the G&L appearance would not sway me for or against. Weight might.
So now should we all fess up about: who here has grown children (or is otherwise somewhat aged), who here else has a day job not associated with music, who babies his guitars (at least never takes them outside the house)? What do these questions have to do with why we are here? Nothing.
I turn 71 in 2 months. Anyone here older than me?
Compare my latest music with anyone's, go ahead: Guitar Fun Version 2, hear it complete at Insanitizers.com
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Reverbenator
Joined: Jul 26, 2015
Posts: 258
San Diego, Ca
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Posted on Sep 16 2017 01:58 PM
I don't think I'd call that a "100% lawyer guitar", because I'm guessing that any decent lawyer can probably afford any Jazzmaster he/she wants, including Vintage, as well.
(Probably without having to dig too deep into their pockets, either.)
Given the fact that Dick Dale has children, I suppose that would make his Strat, aka 'The Beast' the most famous guitar in all of Surf music, a "dad guitar".
So what would I call this new offset G & L?
A Jazzmaster inspired guitar for people who, for whatever reason, don't want to play a traditional, authentic Fender Jazzmaster. Which is pretty much for whom the guitar was intended.
Just my .02 worth.
— -Cheers, Clark-
-Less Paul, more Reverb-
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Squid
Joined: Aug 22, 2010
Posts: 1018
Portland, Oregon with Insanitizers
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Posted on Sep 16 2017 02:53 PM
My dad's guitars, ca. 1966. Univox Coily and Teisco. Coily vibrato replaced with Epiphone. Photo intended to be vertical, but it posted this way and this illustrates the surfy vibe they have.
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crumble
Joined: Sep 09, 2008
Posts: 3158
Guildford England
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Posted on Sep 16 2017 02:58 PM
I'd call it aesthetically odd.
Listen here
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Ariel
Joined: Aug 29, 2009
Posts: 1556
Israel
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Posted on Sep 16 2017 06:31 PM
Reverbenator wrote:
I don't think I'd call that a "100% lawyer guitar", because I'm guessing that any decent lawyer can probably afford any Jazzmaster he/she wants, including Vintage, as well.
(Probably without having to dig too deep into their pockets, either.)
Exactamundo!
Jake, I believe (forgive me if i'm wrong) is just in loss for words to describe this post-modernistic abomination. Have we left dentists, plastic surgeons and pedophiles out of the discussion? They have some answering to do, too. Blame Clapton, he can take it.
Not discounting the gravity of the current cultural war against us, dads don't necessarily have to be boring, but most naturally are, for the good of survival.
Nah, this is a direct competitor to Fender's hipster models, I agree. G&L always had this "working man's guitar" quality to them, not so? I bet it's excellently playable, and less exciting than a box full of kittens.
As for Millenials, seems they're afraid of overtones. Or that's what management thinks.
That Teisco looks very compelling, Squid. Something about the neck makes me want to see more pictures of it, if you have them.
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