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I got thinking about Jackson / Charvel's history and legacy. Major points, I mean. The stuff that really defined the company, especially their success in the early years. ...No brainer: the bedrock of J/C's existence is the concept of a true custom shop. Anything goes. You dream it, and they'll build it.
In essence, this was a response to guitarists' disappointment with the factory offerings by the big names. Lots of folks were "hot rod'ing" their axes, because Fender or Gibson weren't offering what they wanted. And, in turn, J/C started the custom shop concept, for straight-from-the-factory hot rod'ing. Hence the concept of the "superstrat" or "hot rod'd strat". That's really a J/C creation.
And, as we all know, J/C applied that same approach to Vs, Explorers, Firebirds, etc. ...So why didn't they ever do a hot rod'd Les Paul during the San Dimas years? Comparatively, these are near non-existent in J/C's history. Why not apply the same successful "superstrat" formula to a Les Paul body style? Why didn't they ever do that? This seems espcially strange considering they applied it to nearly every OTHER Gibson body style during the 80s. In retrospect, the absence of that one Gibby body style is so conspicuous, that it almost seems like it might've been a conscious decision to NOT do LPs. [img]/images/graemlins/scratchhead.gif[/img]
...What do you think? Were there other similar "why didn't they"'s that you wonder about?
In essence, this was a response to guitarists' disappointment with the factory offerings by the big names. Lots of folks were "hot rod'ing" their axes, because Fender or Gibson weren't offering what they wanted. And, in turn, J/C started the custom shop concept, for straight-from-the-factory hot rod'ing. Hence the concept of the "superstrat" or "hot rod'd strat". That's really a J/C creation.
And, as we all know, J/C applied that same approach to Vs, Explorers, Firebirds, etc. ...So why didn't they ever do a hot rod'd Les Paul during the San Dimas years? Comparatively, these are near non-existent in J/C's history. Why not apply the same successful "superstrat" formula to a Les Paul body style? Why didn't they ever do that? This seems espcially strange considering they applied it to nearly every OTHER Gibson body style during the 80s. In retrospect, the absence of that one Gibby body style is so conspicuous, that it almost seems like it might've been a conscious decision to NOT do LPs. [img]/images/graemlins/scratchhead.gif[/img]
...What do you think? Were there other similar "why didn't they"'s that you wonder about?
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