Another winner from Gibson

[Snoogans]

http://www2.gibson.com/Products/Electric-Guitars/Les-Paul/Gibson-USA/LPX.aspx

...if you have a fuckton of cash and absolutely no idea.

[straycat]

My guess they are trying to use up all the left over electronics from the Firebird X's.
I look at it this way as quickly as effects technology advances this guitar will be out of date in less than a year.

[Sephiroth]

Gibson is starting to get good at producing guitars that end up on clearance fast

[ralph]

while this sucks total balls, it is much more appealing than the firebird X, that is a monstrosity

[Hellbat]

Maybe in a couple years they'll be like the robots and get blown out for $1K.

[chrisolson]

I just don't get it... They are not a company that really needs to "evolve"...

[asix]

fender seem to be getting it right with the pawn shop guitars. gibson dont seem to be able to mix and match there range.

[slayer]

I agree. I wish they would just stick mainly to making very good quality LP Standards with a 1950`s neck with non-releived weight bodies, nickel hardware and grover tuners and nice rosewood boards. That is what I want. Looks like they call it the LP Traditional now possibly. Looks like the regular LP Standards come with the 60`s tapered neck. I should haved bought a LP Standard 15-20 years ago when they were simple. They may still have been weight relieved though. Oh and use real MOP inlays you cheap Mfers!!

[Sephiroth]

Maybe in a couple years they'll be like the robots and get blown out for $1K.

I liked the robot explorer.

Rear-routed for clean front: check
bound fretboard: check
inlays besides cheap-ass dots: check
decent pups: check

The only thing that kept me from getting one and it made me shit the bed in anger (not literally) is it was only available in fucking red. They didn't even try to offer more colors like of course the basics (black and white), and I am sure that red is what helped contribute to its poor sales.


it was so close to being the perfect Gibson explorer (electronics gimmicks aside), but Gibson just cannot ever EVER make that perfect explorer.

They're stupid like that, like how they made "metal" and "goth" Les Pauls to appeal to more metal players, and all was well on the outside and you think they might have done good and might be able to compete with ESP smoking their asses with ESP ""eclipse" copies of LPs................up until you realize they put the damn tree-trunk necks on them instead of the 60's fast necks.


They always get so close, then in that last step to make a perfect instrument someone goes full retard and everything goes to shit.

[MetalHeadMat]

Jesus fuck, how are they still in business?? I'm surprised it doesn't have 23 frets like that fucking Firebird X

[Shawn Lutz]

hideous

[vector]

LMAO! On top of being butt-ugly, it has approximately NOTHING I look for in a guitar. Not even a fan of LP's outside of their iconic design/looks. Sheeesh.

[Devotee]

lulz... Every time Gibson comes out with a new product like this, they reinforce my idea of them as a dinosaur company trying to do something they view as state of the art and innovative but end up producing horribly dated gimmicky crap. This shit reminds me of James Bond's Aston Martin DB5 with all the switches and buttons, TV intercom, rocket launchers and silly gadgets... But nowhere near as useful.

It feels kinda like your grandma trying to design the latest smartphone. Gibson really needs to fire their whole R&D department.

[Hellbat]

They should have pulled a Coca Cola and replaced all the Les Pauls with the "New Les Paul". Then when everyone started going bananas sixth months down the line re-introduce the "Les Paul Classic". They could get Max Headroom to push it.

[Snoogans]

I love the spiel "There are plenty of guitars for the timid - for the the bold there's the LPX"
So bold players need a guitar that tries to do everything for them?

Does anyone really believe that these things are built in the USA? It's even got an Epiphone headstock ferchrissakes!