Why do people like gibson guitars

Plus, the president of Gibson isn't someone I would ever want to support. People love to pick on the big boys. Black Mamba , Mar 23, Messages: Likes Received: LP's are heavy as all get out with really fat necks.

Single coil and short scale are fail. Be a real man and pony up the dough for teh customz. Fwiw I love the feel of a LP in the seated position, really comfortable. Both companies make some great guitars and some not so great, just like any major manufacturer trying to expand their footprint.

Each has its drawbacks just like any guitar. I don't seem to notice the hate as much as you do, but I don't understand the kind of hate that you mention. I'd attribute it to stupid group think though. Lrrrr , Mar 23, Khoi , Mar 23, It was spectacular. My best guess is they aren't exclusive enough of names to be cool? Everyone has a Gibson and a Fender.

Well, I don't. As far as I'm concerned though, a good guitar is a good guitar. Getting hung up on a name is a good way to miss out on something great. Messages: 28, Likes Received: 8, I've got two Gibsons and a Fender, no hate here. Can you imagine Elton John or Rod Stewart playing in a living room?

Are you kidding me? The prices have gone bananas on guitars. Salas added at the other end of the market, the budget guitar market is harming the industry. The true artist in the company — the guy who builds a guitar by carving it out of a piece of wood hopefully will be the one that will be celebrated, not the middle management. Synthesizers, keyboards and electronic drums are now the norm in pop music sound. Wengrow said that Gibson got outmaneuvered by its competitors.

But other guitar makers such as Ibanez, Jackson, Yamaha and Paul Reed Smith, came to existence and copied their standards but continually updated many features and customizations that better reflected the idiosyncrasies of the times, often for cheaper prices. You also get less feedback, which limits the types of delay and overdrive tones you can experiment with, but ensures a cleaner and more consistent sound.

Gibson mainly uses mahogany for their guitar bodies, which is what gives it that slightly darker sound. Gibson typically uses a Outside of the sound created, Gibson guitars also feel different to players.

With a fatter neck, the strings are at a more even height, which may help you play faster. Les Paul guitars in particular boast a full tone that can serve as an entire rhythm section if need be. With a switch of pickups, you can also find a lead tone that cuts through, while still maintaining low-end frequencies.

A Gibson SG, another example, is a straight rock-n-roll or punk rocker guitar. Fenders are usually made with alder and ash, producing a brighter tone and offering a lighter feel. And for its fingerboard, Fender typically uses a shorter radius 7.

Beginners and players with small hands might find these thinner necks more comfortable. The single coil pickups of a Stratocaster, in particular, may be your preference if you like lots of treble in your tone and want to make lead lines pop. Telecaster tone, on the other hand, has a bit of a flat thud to it. Gibson debate. Both companies have produced legendary instruments that have shaped music around the world.

Both have helped define electric guitar tone. However, I will have to side with Fender in this arena. I love the feel of Fender instruments, particularly Jazzmaster and Telecasters. Both have broad, flat necks that fit my fingers and a tone that sounds divine. The Telecaster has an honest thud to its sound and the Jazzmaster gives you a full range of tonal experimental possibilities.

View Results. Search for guitar teachers in your area and get help with playing chords, songs, and much more. Good luck! Photo by Larry Ziffle. Search thousands of teachers for local and live, online lessons. Sign up for convenient, affordable private lessons today! I voted for Fender, but as you said it really depends on the style. Fast neck and comfortable. However when my musical interest changed to southern rock i decided to buy a gibson.

The mahogony body sounds different as does the string thru design of my firebird. Now i play both. Out of the box i prefer gibson and dont need to change a thing. All i use with my gibson is a wa wa and overdrive. It has weaker overtones, so a stronger fundamental. That lets you hear mistakes more easily, and is helpful to improve more quickly. I am not sure which guitar to vote but I like fenders because of sound and style of the guitars, same goes for Gibson guitars.

Fender vs. Gibson is really not the issue. It has more to do with the weight factor as well as hard-tail vs. A Telecaster will probably give you the same tuning stability and basic tonal range as an SG, but you might just as well consider an Ibanez or Charvel and get the result you want.

A good guitarist can play ANY guitar and get a good result. A Standard LP covers a lot of tonal ground. A flip of the three-way switch will take you from rounded bell-like tones with the neck pickup engaged, to crunchy rock sounds with the bridge pickup, to a middle position with both pickups engaged that sounds great for blues and country.

Many LPs now offer push-pull coil taps too. Rock players have been known to take the pickup covers off for a more aggressive sound. Some players prefer the single-coil P pickups and others like the mini-humbuckers.

There are options with three pickups, and even those with Floyd Rose vibrato systems. I grew up during the Golden Age of Shred and came to believe that ultra-thin-necked guitars were the key to effortlessly getting around the fretboard.

I played superstrats and other guitars that were built for speed. But as the years went on and I experimented with different types of guitars I discovered that thicker, heavier necks were actually more comfortable for me to play.

I still own guitars with thin necks, but I no longer feel like they give me an advantage when it comes to left-hand technique. Les Paul necks are a bit thicker, a bit rounder, and a bit beefier. Gibson has several neck shapes that vary a bit in their thickness. Set necks with comfortable specs: A big plus for me. Sure, Les Pauls look gorgeous, whether you choose a sunburst Standard, ebony Custom, or the bare-bones Studio.

Even the Epiphones look amazing. But Gibson never would have gotten this far on looks alone. For rock musicians, there is just something about that resonant Les Paul growl coming through an overdriven amp. Again, tough to fathom.

Or, maybe this is all hyperbole. This is only why I think so highly of the Gibson Les Paul. Play whatever inspires you. Ben - Sorry, I don't know a whole lot about pricing vintage guitars.

If it is in good shape I suspect it is pretty valuable. They may win in court but not the court of public opinion. And right after the bankruptcy too!!