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I, For One, Welcome Our New Guitar Overlords

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jeph:
You think that's bad, I have a Firebird Studio. Damn thing's headstock is almost as long as the EDS and even flimsier-looking. I keep it in its case because I'm terrified of what would happen were I to knock it off its stand.

Patrick:
That's what happened to my SG. The bullshit part? It fell face-down, hit the nut, and yet it broke like 4cm *behind* the nut.

Question though: is the Firebird's headstock angled or straight? If it's straight, there's a bit less need for worry. But I still wouldn't trust that thing, mahogany's brittle despite being fairly dense, that's the only reason anybody can EVER get feedback out of Les Pauls.

I'm still not impressed by this self-tuning guitar, though. For one, I saw that headstock, and it's still as failtastic as all other Gibson headstocks I've seen. For two, you can't tune it while you're playing anyway, so it's not exactly a big difference. For three, if Ted Leo hadn't had to tune up his guitar during his "yap with the crowd" sessions when I saw him at Stanford, it wouldn't have quite had that rough-and-ready authenticity that is so much a part of my admiration for his music and his live performances.

Ballard:

--- Quote from: jeph on 13 Nov 2007, 19:55 ---You think that's bad, I have a Firebird Studio. Damn thing's headstock is almost as long as the EDS and even flimsier-looking. I keep it in its case because I'm terrified of what would happen were I to knock it off its stand.

--- End quote ---

No way that's at a weird angle like the typical Gibson headstock though, right?

jeph:
Actually yeah. Same angle and everything. It's cool looking, but they basically took the worst aspects of the Gibson headstock and combined them with the worst aspects of the Fender headstock.

Sweet guitar though. I love the way Firebirds balance when you play 'em standing up.

Patrick:
Ugh, I bet if you breathed on it hard enough, you could snap it like a wishbone.

(I love how nobody cares about the self-tuning guitar and is now talking about how shitty Gibson's headstocks are. This means the threadjack is complete and I have just won an inter-nets victory)

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