[gtrdave]

Originally Posted by tenwatt

I bet that this guitar will inspire people to buy an original Firebird that would have never heard of the Firebird otherwise.

Yeah, it could be more of a traffic builder than anything.
They'll probably sell enough to justify its existence and then have it fade away, hoping that people who come to look at it will at least purchase some other Gibson.

[Gibson SG]

I'm sure there will be enough sold to justify it's production. It would be perfect for someone who is touring and wanting a really versatile setup with minimum outboard equipment. But I can't imagine the learning curve on this sucker. Too many controls.

[roscoestring]

I've got one of those Line 6 amps with about a kazillion different effects built in.

I use only one.

[LC7rock]

Okay honestly, I don't like it at all.

1. It's ugly!
2. Forget Guitar Rig Controls, you can already do that with a footpedal.
3. If you are going to add a ton of controls, do it with the pickups and initial guitar tone, not the amplified sound.

Seriously, Dark Fire and Dusk Tiger were steps in a good direction, but this is a Guitar Rig controller on an ugly guitar.

If anything, it should have been the reverse Firebird.

[Demon_Hunter]

I like it.

Looks killer.

I'm personally curious what I could do with onboard effects, especially if I started mixing it with my pod pressets.

The tech in it kinda makes it more interesting to me.

[BillSPrestonEsq]

Originally Posted by LC7rock

Okay honestly, I don't like it at all.

1. It's ugly!
2. Forget Guitar Rig Controls, you can already do that with a footpedal.
3. If you are going to add a ton of controls, do it with the pickups and initial guitar tone, not the amplified sound.

Seriously, Dark Fire and Dusk Tiger were steps in a good direction, but this is a Guitar Rig controller on an ugly guitar.

If anything, it should have been the reverse Firebird.

I find the reverse firebird incredibly ugly, and nobody I know thought dusk tiger was a step in any direction they wanted to go.

[Almost Enough]

The only way I could see this technology taking off is if you can control which effects are "installed" in your "pedalboard" via laptop or rack unit. Say I don't like the fuzz, I can download a different one and set it in my virtual pedalboard and forget the old one. I could see something like that taking off. To be honest, I like that idea, but I hate the idea of changing sounds with my hands. There's a reason why pedals have foot switches. My other two appendages are doing something already. In this day and age, if a band is using a lot of effects, odds are they are using different pedals at different times in a song. Having to stop playing in order to turn on your delay is stupid.

I like the way it looks, though. Except for the ugly fretboard color.

I just don't understand how this is a "revolution". Make a modular guitar. THAT'D be a revolution.

Oh, and that CEO is about as exciting to listen to as the CGR Electronics forum is to read.

[S.B.Nichols]

way too many controls for my taste

[thesteve]

Originally Posted by Almost Enough

I just don't understand how this is a "revolution". Make a modular guitar. THAT'D be a revolution.

On top of this, guitars with built-in effects have been done before. Guitars with robo-tuners have been done before. Guitars with the hex-pickup system have been done before. All Gibson is doing is taking all of these ideas and smashing them together.