The first one for a woman? Really?
Get with it, Gibson.

I love rock and roll.

Bob Falfa: The first one for a woman? Really?
Get with it, Gibson.

Agreed, but they couldn't have picked a more rock 'n' roll woman!

Put another dime buck in the jukebox, baby

gotta update the lyrics due to inflation, just sayin'!

I like Joan Jett and this is cool.

That said, Ruyter Suys rocks harder. nsfw (new window)

Quick! Someone make a joke about "licks" on a guitar and the fact that Joan is a vag-licking lesbian!

I'm confused. Is this Gibson's first guitar designed for women or their first designed after a woman because if it's the former I'm calling B.S, especially since they have the Les Paul Goddess, which is an awesome insturment for anyone regardless of gender.

redface: I'm confused. Is this Gibson's first guitar designed for women or their first designed after a woman because if it's the former I'm calling B.S, especially since they have the Les Paul Goddess, which is an awesome insturment for anyone regardless of gender.

After a woman, the first "artist signature" model for a woman.

Who's next...?

The Eric Johnson (new window) signature guitar makes sense, but Joan Jettttttt? Please. She's a skank and her guitar playing sucks out the ass.

/Still my guitar gently weeps... for the future

Melody Makers are the most underrated rock guitars out there I think.

Light as hell, cheap, and rock like a bastard if they have the P90s. Yeah the scale is short so your tone will adjust accordingly but I love them. I only have one now, wish I still had the one I gave away.

Joan's will be cool I bet but I have a thing against signature models (not counting the Stevie neck on my frankenstrat). If I didn't buy Joe Strummer's tele, I am not buying a signature model.

PresentCompanyExcluded: She's a skank and her guitar playing sucks out the ass.

You do not understand teh rawk.

And Joan really isn't a skank.

Bob Falfa: The first one for a woman? Really?
Get with it, Gibson.

Um, not to be misogynist or anything but you'll have a hell of a job finding a fraction as many female electric guitar players interesting enough to model a signature line after. I mean, Joan Jett? Really? Some cool songs for sure, but it makes as much sense as having a Malcolm Young signature guitar.

Oh...

Zem: I mean, Joan Jett? Really? Some cool songs for sure, but it makes as much sense as having a Malcolm Young signature guitar.

OK now I am all riled up. Malcolm Young is a GREAT guitarist -- one of the best rock rhythm guitarists ever. He's a human metronome.

Joan's signature model is about her status as a rock icon, not her speed with the harmonic minor.

And I find the phrase "some cool songs" a little silly. Songs are EVERYTHING.

Zem: Um, not to be misogynist or anything but you'll have a hell of a job finding a fraction as many female electric guitar players interesting enough to model a signature line after.

Oh, I also disagree with this statement completely.

Really.

The Dynamite Monkey: Zem: I mean, Joan Jett? Really? Some cool songs for sure, but it makes as much sense as having a Malcolm Young signature guitar.

OK now I am all riled up. Malcolm Young is a GREAT guitarist -- one of the best rock rhythm guitarists ever. He's a human metronome.

Joan's signature model is about her status as a rock icon, not her speed with the harmonic minor.

And I find the phrase "some cool songs" a little silly. Songs are EVERYTHING.

Of course he's a human metronome - all their songs are 80 or 120 BPM. Kinda hard to screw it up.

The Dynamite Monkey: Zem: Um, not to be misogynist or anything but you'll have a hell of a job finding a fraction as many female electric guitar players interesting enough to model a signature line after.

Oh, I also disagree with this statement completely.

Really.

All those people you linked to indeed kick ass, but since when was Wanda Jackson known for her guitar playing?

PresentCompanyExcluded: The Eric Johnson (new window) signature guitar makes sense, but Joan Jettttttt? Please. She's a skank and her guitar playing sucks out the ass.

/Still my guitar gently weeps... for the future

pppffft. She don't give a damn 'bout her bad reputation.

sad

she's not much of a guitarist
but if the chicks need a role model
well who am i to say no?

El Freak: All those people you linked to indeed kick ass, but since when was Wanda Jackson known for her guitar playing?

OK I see your point, but I take a similar position on her as I do to Joan's re:her iconic status and the fact that she did play. You can substitute Maybelle Carter or Poison Ivy if you prefer.

/carter pickin' takes a bit'a practice!

misery faded: Of course he's a human metronome - all their songs are 80 or 120 BPM. Kinda hard to screw it up.

I thought I had seen every possibly kind of guitar snobbery, but are you actually insulting him based on the tempo of AC/DC's songs?

And I don't know about you but I have seen guys screw up at every tempo. Not me of course, my playing is flawless (ahem! nothing to see here, just move along...)

Bonnie Raitt has a signature Strat. Susanna Hoffs has a signature Rickenbacker.

chz668: Bob Falfa: The first one for a woman? Really?
Get with it, Gibson.

Agreed, but they couldn't have picked a more rock 'n' roll woman!

Maybe they could have picked one that can actually play the instrument? Nahhhhhhhhhh...

The Dynamite Monkey: Zem: I mean, Joan Jett? Really? Some cool songs for sure, but it makes as much sense as having a Malcolm Young signature guitar.

Joan's signature model is about her status as a rock icon, not her speed with the harmonic minor.



Great, so I guess the Madonna or Michael Jackson signature model is soon to follow!

How did that hack get a signature model?

I want Gibson to put out a Samuel L. Jackson special edition. I loved the purple ES-355 he plays in Black Snake Moan.

TheHopeDiamond:

Simulpost

/nothing else to add

chz668: Agreed, but they couldn't have picked a more rock 'n' roll woman!



Chrissie Hynde would kick your ass for saying that, but she's a pacifist.

Wanted to touch..... 20 years ago.
Today?? Not so much.

If BC Rich introduced a Lita Ford signature guitar, I would buy three of them.
That girl can play like a motherfarker.

/And I have way too many BC Rich guitars.
//Assuming there is such a thing.

And while you're at it, Gibson, how about a Sister Rosetta Tharpe Deluxe SG?

Goodbye Blue Monday:
Who's next...?

I wish. Ms. Brownstein can coax such wonderfully horrific sounds out of that SG.

The Dynamite Monkey: misery faded: Of course he's a human metronome - all their songs are 80 or 120 BPM. Kinda hard to screw it up.

I thought I had seen every possibly kind of guitar snobbery, but are you actually insulting him based on the tempo of AC/DC's songs?

And I don't know about you but I have seen guys screw up at every tempo. Not me of course, my playing is flawless (ahem! nothing to see here, just move along...)

I'm not saying he isn't a good player, but AC/DC as a whole is way overrated.

I read the headline as the first for Gibson, not the first ever in the history of signature guitars because as noted there was/is a Bonnie Raitt Fender and there was a Suzanna Hoffs Rickenbacker.

TheHopeDiamond: How did that hack get a signature model?

Uhhh, possibly by being a million selling rock icon who had a great deal to do with changing the rules of women in rock and being an idol to a hugely untapped guitar market?

doxonrox99: Great, so I guess the Madonna or Michael Jackson signature model is soon to follow!

OK that's just dumb as neither of them were guitarists.

doxonrox99: Maybe they could have picked one that can actually play the instrument? Nahhhhhhhhhh...

How many Joan Jett shows have you been to? What makes you say she can't play?

carmody: And while you're at it, Gibson, how about a Sister Rosetta Tharpe Deluxe SG?

I would support that also. Martin made a Libba Cotten signature model which sold pretty well, so they don't have to be contemporary artists for it to work.

misery faded: I'm not saying he isn't a good player, but AC/DC as a whole is way overrated.

Well that is a legitimate opinion and argument -- but one I disagree with completely.

The Dynamite Monkey: I have a thing against signature models (not counting the Stevie neck on my frankenstrat)

Duhh. And my Les Paul. I guess I don't even count that one as a signature model.

Come on, Gibson.

WTF?

Uzzah: Chrissie Hynde would kick your ass for saying that, but she's a pacifist.

Ya know... I just don't like Chrissie Hyndes music...

I agree with andorob...

WTF Over! Nancy Wilson did more for Gibson and rock & roll than Joan Jet could ever hope to accomplish...

Where's Nancy's signature guitar?

GT_Frog: Where's Nancy's signature guitar?

Didn't she have an Ovation signature model many moons ago? (no time for teh googles now, will check and be back)

And while you're at it, Gibson, how about a Sister Rosetta Tharpe Deluxe SG?

Props for the nod to Sister Rosetta, but that's an early Les Paul. There were some early Les Paul's that had the SG style double cutaway body.

The Dynamite Monkey: Zem: Um, not to be misogynist or anything but you'll have a hell of a job finding a fraction as many female electric guitar players interesting enough to model a signature line after.

Oh, I also disagree with this statement completely.

Really.

You forgot my personal favorite. Link (new window)

The Dynamite Monkey: And I find the phrase "some cool songs" a little silly. Songs are EVERYTHING.

No no, it's how fast your fingers can move. Tune? Melody? Who needs that when you can SHRED!

Crewmannumber6: You forgot my personal favorite. Link (new window)

I have a neighbor who was a friend of hers when she first started playing guitar. He says it was amazing how quickly she progressed from hack to great. Of course he never mentioned she had been to Berklee, which I did not know until I clicked your link.

I also didn't know she was married to Derek Trucks! That kid plays the crap outta the geetar also.

zappaisfrank: And while you're at it, Gibson, how about a Sister Rosetta Tharpe Deluxe SG?

Props for the nod to Sister Rosetta, but that's an early Les Paul. There were some early Les Paul's that had the SG style double cutaway body.

I've been on the you tubes now looking at some vids of the sister...

...and I promise if I could get music like this (new window - no RR)I would go to church every Sunday. That solo she plays -- that's pure rawk. I just wish I could turn her amp up to 11!

Yeah awesome, she is a true guitar genius.

Whos next Debbie Gibson. I think she held a guitar once.

Hey, Dynamite Monkey, she's totally amazing. I have an LP of hers I just bought recently, comprised of stuff she recorded in the 1940s. She plays so HARD and PIZZICATO it's awesome...you can tell she started out playing unamplified acoustics.

Sister Rosetta gets my hair standing on end.

And yeah, I reckon that might well be one of the pre-SG Les Pauls. Never thought about that...I like it because it's the super-deluxe three-pickup model, white with gold hardware. A classy axe for a magnificent lady.

(Me personally, I play a 1980 Les Paul Studio/Standard.)

dothemath: Yeah awesome, she is a true guitar genius.

Whos next Debbie Gibson. I think she held a guitar once.

Are you implying she plays poorly? Can you cite examples of her playing poorly? (very early runaways clips notwithstanding).

She is a well above average rhythm guitarist who is much for famous for her singing and songwriting than her playing. Like pretty much every rock star.

The Dynamite Monkey: dothemath: Yeah awesome, she is a true guitar genius.

Whos next Debbie Gibson. I think she held a guitar once.

Are you implying she plays poorly? Can you cite examples of her playing poorly? (very early runaways clips notwithstanding).

She is a well above average rhythm guitarist who is much for famous for her singing and songwriting than her playing. Like pretty much every rock star.

I am stating that she, at her best, is average. This is an attempt by Gibson to cash in with the female demo.

Signature series guitars should be reserved for players with a "signature" sound. Whats her sound? Generic rock distortion?

dothemath: Signature series guitars should be reserved for players with a "signature" sound.

Sez who?

dothemath: This is an attempt by Gibson to cash in with the female demo.

So: Guitar buyers want to buy Joan Jett signature model. Guitar company wants to sell them one. But this should not happen, because it does not meet your arbitrary aesthetic?

That's a very difficult position to defend, I think. Well, I don't like Yngwie, so scratch his signature model, and honestly I have never been into Jeff Beck, so his goes too...

As for a "signature" sound, she's a freaking rock icon, known all over the world, as a groundbreaking guitarist and singer who helped change the perception of women in rock. If you had ever seen her live you'd also know she is a great performer as a guitarist as well. But she doesn't play noodley solos.

If she does not "deserve" a signature guitar, then no one does.

Since none of you bastards put up a pic..