Gibson Shark Fin

[Greentele]

Looks kinda cool........

http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/DSSFS1PT

[Grandturk]

Pass.











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I mean, pass me whatever weed they're smoking in Nashville.

[ejpii]

Kind of Hamer Scarab-ish.

EJ

[StukaJU87]

My eyes!!!!! Holy shit, that's fugly.

[rjohnstone]

Yuck

[DonP]

It seems like Gibson is the only company trying to come up with something different. Sure it may be fail most of the time, but at least they are trying.

Look at the flying V, explorer and modern. All three were fail when they came out in the 50s, but now 2 of the 3 are huge hits. Whose to say that some of these "experiments" might not become huge hits in the future? You just need a "Slash" or Randy to pick one up and make a record with it.

[Grandturk]

It seems like Gibson is the only company trying to come up with something different.

I wouldn't say that. Parker, Vox, Taylor, Washburn, Yamaha, Gary Kramer, Dean, BC Rich... they're all putting out weird and new stuff (some shitty stuff as well). Gibson may have come out with the original wacky stuff, but since 1961, they've been a day late and a dollar short on their new designs.

IMO.

[Axewielder]

Sooo....the shark fin doesn't have shark fin inlays? Weak.

[RacerX]

I like the reverse headstock, but this is just an Explorer with a ghey cutout, right?
Almost looks like something Rondo would put out!

[ejpii]

http://images.google.com/images?q=hamer+scarab&rls=com.microsoft:en-us&oe=UTF-8&rlz=&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=jBDFSsr8JoqXlAeN_ZWSAw&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=7

[mr426]

It looks more to me like a Killer that Akira from Loudness played.I agree the headstocl is great, but it's just an Explorer with a stupid cutout.Now had they made a Explorer with a rev headstock, I may have bought one.Who the hell is working at Gibson lately? They are not doing well in the design dept.....First that dumb rev V, then that stupid Hendrix and now this? Someone needs to get fired....

[stevieb91]

Looks alot like the Culprit.

[RR666]

Ugly.

[Musician78]

It's ok. Nothing I would buy. It would look a shit tons better if it had some sort of cool inlays. Plain (dot) inlays bore me. But even if the inlays were still better, I would not want to buy one.

[Hellbat]

Wonder where they got the Shark/Sharkfin idea from? Too bad for them they cant use the stripes. I wonder if Ed Patented the use of turnbuckles on guitars too?