eric clapton les paul reissue

[C2james]

i just found out on the gibson website that next month they are releasing eric claptons les paul from his days in the bluesbreakers, i think this will be amazing and would love one, who else would want one?

[Evangelion]

I'd buy one in an instant, but for the nasty feeling that the price will be way beyond me, indeed everybody except Eric himself!

[nonplussed]

Another slightly pointless but lucrative way for Gibson to cash in on the iconic status of their main electric. I wouldn't really be interested, despite being a huge Clapton fan, as it's not really meant for players, it's meant for collectors. Fine for what it is, and an obvious easy money spinner for Gibson - who sorely need it - but it wouldn't be for me. If I wanted to approximate his Beano album sound I can't see why I couldn't do it with a normal '60 Historic Reissue, not to mention the even cheaper options they have on offer.

[JonRB]

I always associate Eric Clapton with the Fender Stratocaster, as would a lot of people I'd imagine.

[Evil Jack]

Well hopefully it will be better looking than a lot of their recent output....

..I mean, WTF is this?

http://www2.gibson.com/Products/Electric-Guitars/F...



How the mighty....

[Evangelion]

Before I clicked the link I thought I'd be looking at the reverse V - but this is almost as awful!

[AdeTuono]

Evil Jack said:

Well hopefully it will be better looking than a lot of their recent output....

..I mean, WTF is this?

http://www2.gibson.com/Products/Electric-Guitars/F...



How the mighty....

Good grief! Whatever's going on there? As said, the reverse V was bad enough (thankfully discontinued). But there's also the Dusk Tiger, Holy Explorer and the Eye, which looks like a bd son of an SG & a Strat, but with added wings. Must have a 10-year old in the design dept.

[C2james]

Evil Jack said:

Well hopefully it will be better looking than a lot of their recent output....

..I mean, WTF is this?

[url]http://www2.gibson.com/Products/Electric-Guitars/Firebird/Gibson-
USA/Firebird-X.aspx[/url]



How the mighty....

Yeah I to admit this is a problem with Gibson, they are trying to do vintage guitars aswell as doing new futuristic designs. If I had the money I would buy the Clapton les Paul and use it everyday but there are a lot of reissues and replicas out at the moment I have to admit.