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Old 11-06-2009, 07:04 PM   #16
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From what I remember. The Nighthawk, Blueshawk and The Hawk were all sub-$1000 w/ The Hawk being close to $500 or so, as the stripped-down Studioesque model.
They also used to have the slanted pickups and blade-type selector switch.
The new one looks like a baby Les Paul. Maybe that's intentional...
To me, that does not look like a nighthawk. I would be interested in a real one.

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I think dimensionally it may be identical to the older Nighthawks, but with all the hardware changes it loses the flavor of the original:
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Old 11-06-2009, 07:21 PM   #18
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I think dimensionally it may be identical to the older Nighthawks, but with all the hardware changes it loses the flavor of the original:
Yeah, and I want the funkiness, although... I prefer the 3 pickup version.
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Nah. The SG secured that title back in 1961 and has kept a stranglehold on it ever since...

I guess for what the new 'hawk comes with, the $1600 price seems on par with Gibson's pricing: AAA top, bound contoured body, nitro finish, Kluson tuners, P90/Bb3 combo and a hard shell case. This is no "Faded" series guitar.
SG's are one of my favorite looking guitars. I don't think I want to see your guitar collection anymore . . .
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That would imply Gibson has good looking guitars in the first place.


By all means, enlighten us with the guitars you consider to be better looking than Gibsons.
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SG's are one of my favorite looking guitars. I don't think I want to see your guitar collection anymore . . .
There are no SGs in it, I can assure you of that.

I wish I could explain to you why I dislike the SG body shape so much, but I really have no idea. It is something that I've held since I was a kid. Even my biggest early influence, Gary Rossington, played an SG for some of his slide guitar parts, but I remembering not caring for the look of that guitar at all. I've even played a few and while they've played nice and sounded cool, holding the thing was like holding an ugly baby.

Now we return you back to your regularly scheduled thread...
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Plus, SGs are uber-neck-heavy.

..........and really ugly.
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Yeah, and I want the funkiness, although... I prefer the 3 pickup version.
Oooh yeah...that's a guitar I could see myself getting behind.
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I wish I could explain to you why I dislike the SG body shape so much, but I really have no idea. It is something that I've held since I was a kid. Even my biggest early influence, Gary Rossington, played an SG for some of his slide guitar parts, but I remembering not caring for the look of that guitar at all. I've even played a few and while they've played nice and sounded cool, holding the thing was like holding an ugly baby.
Maybe Les Paul was a blood relative of yours .
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Maybe Les Paul was a blood relative of yours .
Doubtful. Seymour Duncan, maybe...
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