What always surprises me is how many of these hideous abominations have Gibson’s name on them. It’s like Gibson forgot how to make a guitar after the 60’s.
No way ...Post #29
Also....I really want to know the story behind this...or maybe I don't.
Dude! Do you have the huge matching cabinet?
Yup. My former mentor / open-mic host owned a couple of these Tylers, one black, the other cosmic vomit finish. Although the guy was a true friend in every sense, I couldn't quite get used to his preference for guitars.
The Gibson Moderne! A guitar teacher I took a couple lessons from showed me an example of his, asked me how much I thought it was worth. I had no clue and, TBH, the headstock just didn't do it for me. The body shape I could get used to, but not the headstock.
An Ovation from the 70's/80's! Do you think Klein adapted their design from this? The Ovation factory used to be about 15 minutes from us, then they moved northwest into the boonies in Connecticut. That's a pretty rad piece of history there. Am guessing that the tone doesn't do much for the guitar...
Then I am a hater with no taste
They must have bought a lot of burl really cheap. I have a AZ with a burl top, and while I love it to death (the guitar, not the top) I wish it had a flame top.
I wonder if that would match a JMP-1.Not the most offensive thing here, but my bandmates always called my Boss GX700 the Cheesebox.
Even once I got into a 4cm rig with that thing, there was one preset on it called 'Windows' that had an amp/cab sim I really liked. I've snuck that preset into recordings more times than I'd care to admit, or that anyone will ever know.
edit: in hindsight, that thing actually was a pretty decent precursor to the Fractal world, the way it was laid out.
It was marketed as being able to sound like either a Gibson or a Fender. They even had a chart that showed where to set the switches and knobs to get those results. Since I hadn't played either Gibsons or Fenders at that stage of my life (high school kid), I didn't know better. Once I got a real Gibson (the '68 Les Paul Custom I got my senior year), I realized how un-ballsy the active Ovation pickups and circuit sounded. It played like a dream, though. A few years later I owned an Ovation Deacon for a minute, too.
That is certainly a unique model. I don't think I'd have the balls to gig with that doohickey if you handed it to me. I think I'd just get too big of a head receiving compliments.
Fortunately, it comes with a solution to that problem.
If you've got zombie lips with acne, try some lip balm and Clearasil. You'll thank yourself later.
I guess it's the kind of thing that grows on you.
