Oops! I have to admit I took a double-take when I cruised over to Gibson’s website this afternoon only to discover that they’d rather unceremoniously pulled the veil off all but four of the remaining sixteen Guitar Of The Week instruments.
Now, I have no way of knowing if it was intentional or not––heck, someone in their web department may have just hit Publish when they should have hit Save––but considering that Gibson’s own hype was that they’d be revealing a new custom model each week, it seems highly unlikely that they meant for this to happen.
Still, ones man screw-up is another man’s “Late-Breaking News,” so before Gibson gets wise and pulls all the product pages down, here’s what we can look forward to for the next twelve weeks…
- Week 37 – ’67 SG Special Reissue w/P90′s
- Week 38 – SG Classic Custom Aged Cherry
- Week 39 – Les Paul Classic Custom
- Week 40 – ’84 Flying V Reissue
- Week 41 – Nashville Les Paul Jr. Double Cutaway
- Week 42 – Les Paul Classic Custom w/3 Pickups
- Week 43 – Explorer w/Short Vibrola
- Week 44 – Les Paul Standard Un-burst
- Week 45 – Joan Jett Melody Maker Double Cutaway
- Week 46 – Les Paul Classic Custom w/3 Pickups
- Week 47 – ’84 Explorer Reissue
- Week 48 – RD Standard Reissue
Highlights, in this blogger’s opinion, include the seriously stylin’ new ’67 SG Special Reissue w/P90′s, the intriguing Nashville Les Paul Jr. Double Cutaway (which features a single dog-eared P-90 pickup, and a custom pickguard sporting the “Prairie Flower” graphic from Gibson’s acoustic SJ-200,) and the Les Paul Classic Custom armed with three Dimarzio Super Distortion pickups.
Also notable is week #45, the Joan Jett Melody Maker, as it’s the first guitar in the series to bear an artist’s name, and hey––I love that headstock.
Sadly, unless they pull a rabbit out of their hat I think we can pretty much kiss goodbye the possibility of seeing a custom ES-335 or other hollowbody Guitar Of The Week model.
I’ll be taking a closer look at each of these instruments in the weeks to come.
- EGR’s Gibson Guitar Of The Week Index
- Spoiler Alert! Next Ten Gibson Guitar Of The Week Models
- Gibson Announces Guitar Of The Week #14 :: Les Paul Classic Antique
- Leaked! Gibson Guitar Of The Week #48: RD Standard Reissue Silverburst
- Gibson Announces Guitar Of The Week #2 :: Les Paul Classic Antique
- Gibson Announces Guitar Of The Week #3 :: SG Standard Silverburst
- Gibson Announces Guitar Of The Week #26 :: ’61 SG Reissue Classic White
- Gibson Announces Guitar Of The Week #19 :: Les Paul Classic Antique Zebra Wood
October 2nd, 2007 at 7:52 pm
Well, I guess they could do something in the last four weeks but IMO the RD is the only hella cool guitar of the bunch.
I guess I could get that silverburst flying V and reverse the strings but otherwise I’m out of luck.
October 2nd, 2007 at 9:31 pm
They jumped the gun. Not the shark. That means something completely different. Although I think Gibson jumped the shark a long, long time ago.
38 and 43 are wicked-sweet. The rest, eh, not so interesting.
October 2nd, 2007 at 9:33 pm
I’ll add that I love the headstock style on 45. I wish they’d use that on more guitars.
October 2nd, 2007 at 9:41 pm
Hehe… good catch Bri––I really ought to proof-read my headlines before I hit publish.
It was Fonzy who jumped the shark––I should know, I thought for sure he wasn’t going to make it. ;)
October 2nd, 2007 at 11:10 pm
38 with a 61 reissue small pickguard, Slim taper neck and we’re talking business.
They need to go back to using the custom inlays, the holly is for SGs!
October 3rd, 2007 at 5:20 am
Love the ’67 SG Special – it’s like a poor man’s Pete Townshend signature. Instant LIVE AT LEEDS/ISLE OF WIGHT.
And I like the Nashville Jr, too.
October 3rd, 2007 at 8:06 am
Mark, I can already tell it’ll be a miracle if I can refrain from picking up a ’67 SG Special….
October 3rd, 2007 at 8:27 am
I like the Nashville LP DC, but that’s all… Most of the GOTW are disappointing to me; I expected a Firebird I reissue, or a custom Explorer with competition stripes and varitone, a goldtop Lucille, guitars like that… Guitars that would be different, or unavailable models brought back to life. Except the awful reverse V, it’s been very conventionnal. :(
October 3rd, 2007 at 10:42 am
Yeah, I’d love to see a Firebird or two. Always would have liked a non-reverse, in cardinal red or off-white, preferably three P-90s. And a Firebird XII wouldn’t have gone amiss, either.
October 3rd, 2007 at 3:43 pm
they took down the Joan Jett page on the Gibson website…hmmmm
October 3rd, 2007 at 6:06 pm
I’d like to see a few more 70s Gibsons (like the RD) brought back and twisted around…an L-5S in Silverburst; an L-6S with a figured maple top; a Bicentennial Firebird with ’57 classics. Those guitars with modern electronics and build quality would kick some ^*^*^
October 15th, 2007 at 3:21 am
hi, i am looking for an electric guitar with a wider than normal neck,a friend has a jackson,but way too much money for me.the guitar is electric and has a wide neck or fretboard and 24 frets.
can you help me.
thanks bob romeo
bromeo54@aol.com
October 29th, 2007 at 5:30 am
I thought for sure everyone would be digging week 42 — the 3 pup Classic. That’s basically the Ace from Kiss model.. hasn’t been available for years….