The Most Hilarious Gibson Bashing Video I've Ever Seen!

Don O said:
Same here. I too designed a few items for the Shuttle missions and the Space Station. Not allowed to take pics at work but here’s one little item I did. I designed this switch back in 1993. It replaced a $300 specialized switch that was Nuclear, Biological and Chemical (NBC) compliant switch for displays. This one costs about $10. It was used for about 20 years. Here it is on displays on the Space Station.

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Oh yeah and that stuff you did was cool too. :rolf:
 
smitty_p said:
This girl really doesn't like Gibson (or "Gibbon", as she calls them)!

I got a chuckle out of this.

Spoiler Alert:

(She thinks they're for Boomers).

Before watching...decide beforehand that you won't take yourself too seriously!

With that.....

Enjoy!

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SO, answer me this, should Gibbon Hire this Youtuber, or Mr " Play Authentic" Mark Agnassi to do their marketing?
 
smitty_p said:
Personally, I kinda got a kick out of her video.

Sure, I have three Gibsons, and I like them, but that doesn't mean I have to take it personally when she rags on them.

I thought parts of it were kind of funny.

I snickered at the statement about the SG being designed by a twelve year old. Makes me wonder now if that's where the first engineer to come up with the design got it from! Maybe his twelve year old kid drew a guitar and he took the idea to the Gibson staff meeting the next day!

Characterizing the Les Paul as an acoustic guitar in drag wearing cheetah print was kind of funny, too.

To be fair, she did express some appreciation for the Flying V.
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Hey, smitty speaks a lot of fun and good ways to react. I also laughed and in no way took things personally for my liking of Gibbon products.

Oh and the SG being designed by a 12 year old? Isn't that Twoob's point for Gibbon. Market to 12 year olds and the $$$$ will roll in.
In my viewpoint, what better product for youth than a product designed BY Youths ( 12 year olds)
 
chilipeppermaniac said:
Yup, I also meant to add to my original message that I bet all those Hard Rock guitars put together would be worth more money that the young "lady" in the Gibbon video will earn in her lifetime. Is it just me, or is there something odd about the appearance of the Gibbon basher?
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Even if they or them Is the case I do not care nor will I give them the attention they so desperately desire. as I believe that is most of why they or them do what they or them do (no different than any other generation, I was raised by hippies, not the fake ones from recently). Just my 7cents (adjusted due to inflation ). :wink:
 
smitty_p said:
It doesn't really matter to me. I just get intrigued at how things change and how peoples' preferences shift around.

Personally, I was kind of glad to see solos start to become less a feature of songs.
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I can see how you could say this, smitty.

The funny thing about music that many of us would find appealing ranges from the originals of rock such as Bo Diddly, Chuck Barry, Elvis, Dick Dale, Lemmy, Richards, Clapton, Walsh, Carlos, Tipton, etc, on up to Navarro, DeLeo, John 5, Buckethead, Gossard, Thayil, Petrucci, Vai...

Some like one or the other, some like certain ones, and some like or appreciate just about ALL that is out there honing their chops, practicing and playing in studios or stages throughout the globe.

I guess my point is, some players are good, some are great and some are specialists while others are multi-talented, and have the ability to play different styles across multi genres and still sound good.

As many here know, I appreciate punk as much as I appreciate sludge, or Blues as much as I like thrash, Motown as well as Mo(s) Def. Just kidding on the Mos Def part.

What smitty said about wanking solo based song styles, I partly agree and partly still like the solo. The ways bands such as STP, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, Seven Mary 3, Collective Soul play is equally as enjoyable to me as UFO, RUSH, BOC, Metallica, Mastodon, Tool, Megadeth, The Clash, Budgie, Nugent, etc and their styles. For me, variety keeps my interest.

While I can see the merit of the pared down way of thinking of our brothers, Robert and Gball, I can also see the merits of guitars owned by Mitch, Bdon, DonO, Jethro, and Session5, Kerry Brown, 67 plexi etc, who like guitars from various models, brands, build features. What works for some, is not always what works or brings others their version of happiness.
 
C-Grin said:
Even if they or them Is the case I do not care nor will I give them the attention they so desperately desire. as I believe that is most of why they or them do what they or them do (no different than any other generation, I was raised by hippies, not the fake ones from recently). Just my 7cents (adjusted due to inflation ). :wink:
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This message needs translation for me to understand what you are trying to say @C-Grin.
 
Clockworkmike said:
I guess I can see what you're conveying here but I couldn't nor would ever want to imagine a world without a rock guitar in it somewhere.

Whether it's rockabilly, dirty blues , classic rock, jazz fusion, metal or even punk: the electric guitar is the purest sound and essence of rebellion. The day mankind figured out magnetic response to the strings of a guitar, the world changed and it went even further radicalized once some guys like Willie Kizart, Link Wray and Dave Davies tore up the speakers in their tiny combo amps and discovered the key to immortality: distortion.

You can play it 6,000 different ways and flavors, but as long as you got a magnetic pickup and a lil slice of distortion: you are part of long and noble tradition of people who said "@#$& off!!!!" to social norms and went rogue.

And I'm proud as hell to carry on that cause lol
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chilipeppermaniac said:
This message needs translation for me to understand what you are trying to say @C-Grin.
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Sorry, I just do not care about twooba (in the voice of Arnold S “it’s not a Twooba) and just won’t give they or them any attention that it is looking for. I was raised by people who tried so hard to not be a part of society but they had to make a show of their non involvement. Therefore being hippocritcal as they were interjecting themselves into the society vs not being involved in it. And then relishing and glorifying the negative interactions they so desired to get.
 
gball said:
I don't think music can be a competition, even if network television is flooded with such nonsense as music competition shows.
As you stated, you like it or you don't. I like Dio. I also like the Melvins (who are way heavier than Dio ever was but still considered Grunge) and Soundgarden, and a thousand other bands. And I try not to compare them, just enjoy for what they are.
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chilipeppermaniac said:
What smitty said about wanking solo based song styles, I partly agree and partly still like the solo.
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To expand my thoughts, I have no aversion to all-instrumental music. My first love in music is classical music, which normally only involves an orchestra, though some have been written to incorporate choirs and solo voices, as well.

I certainly don't dislike guitar-centric compositions. Eric Johnson is a master at crafting musical compositions for guitar. They are very interesting and compelling, for me at least, to listen to. They are very creative, melodic, and have real movement. I don't consider these to be solos, per se. I consider them to be more of a composition. He's not the only one, but he comes to mind.

As for guitar solos, I don't actually dislike them. What I tend to dislike is the preoccupation with sticking them in every song. In my observation, things started to come to head in the hair metal of the '80s. Sure, we all loved the solos! We'd fast forward the cassette to the solo just to be amazed at it!

As things rolled into the '90s, I started to get a little bored with the cliche. As bands started to do songs that didn't necessarily feature a solo or which used much more simplistic approaches to one, I kind of admired the courage of it. It's like the song began to reassert itself as being more predominant than the solo.

So, my dissatisfaction is not with the solo, itself. It's more with a formulaic approach to it all. Sometimes, I think a song has more meaning if left without one and the listener is left with the overall impact of the song.
 
C-Grin said:
Sorry, I just do not care about twooba (in the voice of Arnold S “it’s not a Twooba) and just won’t give they or them any attention that it is looking for. I was raised by people who tried so hard to not be a part of society but they had to make a show of their non involvement. Therefore being hippocritcal as they were interjecting themselves into the society vs not being involved in it. And then relishing and glorifying the negative interactions they so desired to get.
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First off, what is a They Them?

And I guess I get the intended message of how you expressed your reply

If I may summarize what I think you said, then you can correct anything I misspoke.

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1. I seem to understand you to say, you don't particularly care to support the YouTwoober's comments, posts, presentation.

2.
I was raised by people who tried so hard to not be a part of society but they had to make a show of their non involvement. Therefore being hippocritcal as they were interjecting themselves into the society vs not being involved in it. And then relishing and glorifying the negative interactions they so desired to get.
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"Being raised by hippies who shunned government, society with class systems, morals, morale, financial goals, responsibility to anyone but themselves, the society as a whole, or anything but their professed utopian mindset, yet having to be hypocritical to survive in society vs the alternative if they stuck to their "principles" of not conforming or rebelling against the status quo and walking the walk of the talk they talked..."

Then the relishing part kind of means, when THE MAN reacts negatively to the counter culture, they get a charge from evoking these reactions?

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Does that pretty much sum up what you meant? Thanks.
 
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