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(Some Tfette) Interesting Gibson announces Joan Jett signature model guitar - Do you wanna touch (yeah)   (bizjournals.com) divider line 70
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Bob Falfa [TotalFark] 2008-06-11 06:16:09 PM  
The first one for a woman? Really?
Get with it, Gibson.

 
SilentStrider [TotalFark] 2008-06-11 07:34:32 PM  
I love rock and roll.

 
chz668 [TotalFark] 2008-06-11 08:05:57 PM  
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!

 
Dialectic 2008-06-11 08:24:46 PM  
Put another dime buck in the jukebox, baby

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

 
RagingLeonard [TotalFark] 2008-06-11 08:25:22 PM  
I like Joan Jett and this is cool.

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

 
AdolfOliverPanties [TotalFark] 2008-06-11 08:41:53 PM  
Quick! Someone make a joke about "licks" on a guitar and the fact that Joan is a vag-licking lesbian!

 
redface 2008-06-11 09:00:57 PM  
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.

 
Goodbye Blue Monday 2008-06-11 09:10:13 PM  
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...?
rantsandblips.files.wordpress.com

 
PresentCompanyExcluded 2008-06-11 09:12:59 PM  
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

 
The Dynamite Monkey 2008-06-11 09:13:34 PM  
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.

 
The Dynamite Monkey 2008-06-11 09:14:42 PM  
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.

 
Zem 2008-06-11 09:18:12 PM  
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...

 
The Dynamite Monkey 2008-06-11 09:24:01 PM  
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.

 
The Dynamite Monkey 2008-06-11 09:35:33 PM  
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.

 
misery faded 2008-06-11 09:50:52 PM  
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.

 
El Freak [TotalFark] 2008-06-11 09:55:41 PM  
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?

 
MrGuy 2008-06-11 09:59:25 PM  
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.

 
davynelson 2008-06-11 10:15:32 PM  
sad

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

 
The Dynamite Monkey 2008-06-11 10:22:23 PM  
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!

 
The Dynamite Monkey 2008-06-11 10:24:22 PM  
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...)

 
carmody 2008-06-12 12:15:23 AM  
Bonnie Raitt has a signature Strat. Susanna Hoffs has a signature Rickenbacker.

 
Goonie_Goo_Goo 2008-06-12 12:33:13 AM  
The guitar only plays three chords!

 
doxonrox99 2008-06-12 12:49:07 AM  
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...

 
doxonrox99 2008-06-12 12:52:06 AM  
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!

 
TheHopeDiamond 2008-06-12 01:03:36 AM  
How did that hack get a signature model?

 
Bot v2.38beta 2008-06-12 01:03:36 AM  
I want Gibson to put out a Samuel L. Jackson special edition. I loved the purple ES-355 he plays in Black Snake Moan.

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Bot v2.38beta 2008-06-12 01:06:25 AM  
TheHopeDiamond:

Simulpost

/nothing else to add

 
Uzzah 2008-06-12 01:12:23 AM  
chz668: Agreed, but they couldn't have picked a more rock 'n' roll woman!

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

 
Life_is_a_carnivore 2008-06-12 01:21:34 AM  
Wanted to touch..... 20 years ago.
Today?? Not so much.

 
JohnnyDreamboat 2008-06-12 01:40:05 AM  
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.

 
carmody 2008-06-12 01:55:47 AM  
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And while you're at it, Gibson, how about a Sister Rosetta Tharpe Deluxe SG?

 
Mr. Chainsaw 2008-06-12 02:03:54 AM  
Goodbye Blue Monday:
Who's next...?


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

 
misery faded 2008-06-12 02:41:43 AM  
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.

 
Mega_Doof 2008-06-12 07:10:18 AM  
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.

 
The Dynamite Monkey 2008-06-12 08:37:37 AM  
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.

 
andorob 2008-06-12 08:42:57 AM  
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Come on, Gibson.

WTF?

 
mekkab [recently expired TotalFark] 2008-06-12 08:48:06 AM  
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...

 
GT_Frog 2008-06-12 08:53:08 AM  
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?

 
The Dynamite Monkey 2008-06-12 08:54:31 AM  
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)

 
zappaisfrank [TotalFark] 2008-06-12 09:04:48 AM  
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.

 
Crewmannumber6 2008-06-12 09:29:26 AM  
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)

 
Rev. Skarekroe [TotalFark] 2008-06-12 10:14:37 AM  
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!

 
The Dynamite Monkey 2008-06-12 10:16:54 AM  
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.

 
The Dynamite Monkey 2008-06-12 10:26:36 AM  
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!

 
dothemath 2008-06-12 10:37:06 AM  
Yeah awesome, she is a true guitar genius.

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

 
carmody 2008-06-12 10:38:42 AM  
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.)

 
The Dynamite Monkey 2008-06-12 10:50:56 AM  
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.

 
dothemath 2008-06-12 11:14:11 AM  
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?

 
The Dynamite Monkey 2008-06-12 11:52:14 AM  
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.

 
flamingsquirrel23 2008-06-12 11:52:25 AM  
scrink.com

Since none of you bastards put up a pic..

 
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