Gibson Bashing or good review, What say you?

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smitty_p said:
Very sad sight. That is probably the only vehicle owned by that entire family.
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This would be rich compared to where I went with missionaries in the South American jungle in Bolivia.

There was not a man in sight, the women were either minding the children, pulling water up out of a hole in the ground by a rope attached to a piece of pipe, as many times as it took to fill up 5 gallon buckets. These would then be carried by the women on top of their heads to their homes or cooking areas. Which were mounds of dirt piled up in a fashion to make an oven of sorts out of it, or as I saw one place like a stove. A pot resting on some leaf springs bridged across some rocks, to cook over.

The missionaries told us the men were lucky to earn $120 USD per year. This was circa 1994.
 
JohnnyGoo said:
Heres mine.Love it.View attachment 93552
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I bought one of those when they were first released. I'm glad you love yours. I sent mine back after a week. It felt unfinished to me. It was extremely difficult to play because the fingerboard was so rough and the fret ends extended over the edge. It felt like my fingers were getting slashed while playing it.
 
I own Three Gibsons. A '12 Standard, '18 classic and '16 Explorer. I love his tone, I love set necks and his short scale but the finish on my LP's are not properly. Inlays have fallen on both LP's. The ones have fallen was because they installed backwards. Opposite inlays curves. Also my '12 standard has a neck that it's not straight like my '18 Classic but It's playable. When I bought new the neck was fine. The tuning stavility it's ok, the trick it's on the nut and how you install new strings. LP's guitars likes run with new strings. When the strings age they lose their elasticity. I replace them every month. '16 Explorer has much better neck than my LP's. I guess because it's 3 pieces neck. Recently I tryed '22 LP from a friend that the finish it's better than my LP's but pickups frame are ruber made. Don't fit properly.
I bought my LP's brand new. I paid a lot of money. Here in Spain the average economic purchasing power is much lower than USA. Probably never I'll buy a brand new Gibson again. But I love combo Gibson/Marshall. It's unique.
 
chilipeppermaniac said:
This would be rich compared to where I went with missionaries in the South American jungle in Bolivia.

There was not a man in sight, the women were either minding the children, pulling water up out of a hole in the ground by a rope attached to a piece of pipe, as many times as it took to fill up 5 gallon buckets. These would then be carried by the women on top of their heads to their homes or cooking areas. Which were mounds of dirt piled up in a fashion to make an oven of sorts out of it, or as I saw one place like a stove. A pot resting on some leaf springs bridged across some rocks, to cook over.

The missionaries told us the men were lucky to earn $120 USD per year. This was circa 1994.
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In Nicaragua, when we were there in 2019, a "good" job was $4.00USD per day

A gallon of gasoline in 2019 was $4.65USD and cars are generally owned by 4 or 5 people who operate it like a timeshare.
 
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